Friends of African Village Libraries (I post regularly here)- Daytime session at Sherigu Community Library
- La deuxième journée des activités de café littéraire à la bibliothèque de Boni
- Échanges avec la nouvelle gérante de la bibliothèque de Koho
- Reprise des activités de la bibliothèque mobile Pénélope
- Sortie de la Bibliothèque Mobile Pénélope à l’école Sainte Thérèse
- Bonne nouvelle pour les amoureux de la lecture à Niankorodougou
- Bibliothèque communautaire de Zimtenga ! Les livres attendent patiemment le retour des communautés
- Bilan des activités du mois d’août de la bibliothèque de Bougounam
- Bilan des premières journées du café littéraire
- Nyariga community library, daytime activities
Author Archives: mkevane
Nice perspective on Janet Yellen’s speech on inequality
For the last five years of economic expansion, Congress has been unwilling to use fiscal policy to try to encourage faster growth. That has left the Fed as the only game in town, and the Bernanke Fed again and again … Continue reading
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Neil Irwin tries to summarize last week…
There are two problems when I read the very nice summary: (1) If the stock market rises 3% this week, does that mean his analysis of last week is wrong? Always a bad idea to theorize about the longer term … Continue reading
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More on the TPP trade talks from WikiLeaks
Two of the more contentious areas in the IP area relate to copyright and pharmaceuticals.For example, current patent law allows drug companies a monopoly on drugs they have created for a defined period, meaning other companies are not allowed to … Continue reading
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TPP trade talks are making the news
Over the last year or two, critics of trade agreements have stepped up their attacks on the “secrecy” of trade negotiations. Discussing these agreements behind closed doors, or only with corporate advisers, they argue, undermines democracy and the rule of … Continue reading
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More volatility in the global economy
Investors flocked to the relative safety of government bonds on Wednesday, pushing yields on United States Treasuries and on German bunds sharply lower. The yield on the 10-year United States Treasury note — a benchmark for many interest rates — … Continue reading
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Trustees ignoring faculty? Nah, why would they do that?
But a restive faculty [at Catholic University] has made it clear that not everyone is satisfied with his tenure. In May, at the beginning of a scheduled performance review, 42 full professors wrote a letter to the board that raised … Continue reading
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Mixed messages on role of head of World Bank and Ebola
On the one hand, the reporter sings the praises on Dr. Jim Yong Kim. On the other hand, there are passages like this: In July, as the epidemic was worsening, Dr. Kim fired off emails to other global health leaders. … Continue reading
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Petting a wallaby is a great way to end a Saturday evening
Leslie and I and neighbors Alan and Ken had a great time at the Congo gorilla benefit at the Happy Hollow Zoo in San Jose. How great a time? Let’s say “petting wallaby” kind of time…. And BTW, FAVL and … Continue reading
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Economics stand up comedy
By the time Bauman takes the stage, the packed house — looks like at least 200 people — are cheering and clapping for the world’s first stand-up economist. He grabs the mic and starts his set by admitting just how … Continue reading
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Data, asking questions, and disaster (the Thiokol graph)
The following two graphs are well-known; I was talking about them in class today. The Thiokol engineer’s ‘chart” was unreadable, and so symptomatic of a culture of not really asking questions that challenged higher-ups. Here … Continue reading
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This is when reporters get me upset
So you lazy reporter (Jad Mouawad, the friggin “airline correspondent”), you can’t actually name a single member of Congress or the administration who wants a travel ban. Why write the article? Why push to get it on the front page? … Continue reading
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One of my distant relations centrally involved in an important controversy at Catholic University
I think I would have been on the other side of the issue. But I guess he gets props for standing his ground? What if his ground was bad ground? No honor in sinning, is there? In 1958 Monsignor Kevane … Continue reading
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I.M.F. Lowers World Growth Forecast
The fund brought its estimate for global growth down to 3.3 percent from 3.7 percent, and reduced its forecast for 2015 to 3.8 percent. The fund pointed to weaker growth in China, Europe, Japan and Latin America Brazil in particular … Continue reading
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Thanks Jimmy Baldwin, you’re no help
I have not been able to track down the source of this quote attributed to Baldwin: “You write in order to change the world … if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you … Continue reading
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Feenstra and Taylor fail? (in context of big success)
I am using Rob Feenstra and Alan Taylor’s International Trade (Worth McMillan, 3rd ed) for my International Trade class. It is a super book… they do trade exactly the way I have been teaching it. So happy. But you still … Continue reading
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Using quotes in local and global macros in Stata
For some reason I spent a lot of time yesterday doing this: turn a list of variables into a list with doublequotes for each variable, then separated by commas. I confess I still do not really understand the logic of … Continue reading
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Coding Stata and listening to The Format, On the Porch, over and over…
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How do néré and karité trees change sorghum yields in Burkina Faso?
A nice study reminding agricultural experts to be modest about what is known and unknown about complex cropping systems in West Africa. Parkia biglobosa and Vitellaria paradoxa are known to improve soil fertility and redistribute water under their crowns in … Continue reading
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Bruno Jaffré thinks the situation in Burkina Faso is getting serious
Bruno Jaffré writes: L’ambiance est délétère et plus la crise s’approfondit plus la colère gronde. Alors qu’il suffirait que Blaise Compaoré respecte la constitution, comme il a juré de le faire, par le passé, qu’il accepte d’organiser les élections sans … Continue reading
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Mali struggles to filter passengers from Ebola-hit Guinea
I had been wondering about how the border is being controlled. Reuters gives us the info. HT: Penelope Hartnell At a Mali border post in Kouremale about 130 km 80 miles south of the capital Bamako, five health workers stand … Continue reading
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