Author Archives: mkevane

Here is what she said about the after-school reading program, supported by Chen Yet-Sen Foundation from Hong Kong. My name is Atanga Matilda I am 12 years. I come from Kunkua, I am in class 6. I want to be … Continue reading →

In macroeconomics we talk a lot about total factor productivity.  Tyler Cowen in Marginal Revolution points today to two good productivity related articles.  The first is on a pretty expensive infrastructure project whose depreciation may make the NPV negative.  Shenzhen’s  … Continue reading →

Finally, in an online world of gratuitous snark, one courageous editor has displayed the vision to give thumbs down to thumbs down. You read that right: no negative reviews.  “Why waste breath talking smack about something?” the recently hired book … Continue reading →

The retraction part is here. A long-simmering feud between the prominent evolutionary theorist Robert Trivers and a colleague at Rutgers University took a strange turn last month, when Mr. Trivers revealed that he had been banned from the New Brunswick … Continue reading →

L’exemple suédois est particulièrement illustratif : une dette publique élevée (proche de 85 % du PIB), un chômage élevé, et une production en stagnation en 1990 ; ensuite une réforme radicale de l’Etat, avec en particulier les effectifs dans le … Continue reading →

But the original is a parody of sexist music… so is this new video an un-ironic self-important humorless “parody” of a misinterpreted rap? Can you do a parody if you have no sense of humor?  Or maybe it is a  … Continue reading →

In financial markets the mechanism for avoiding moral hazard is a bit different, but the principle is the same. The key is to make sure that those who are making the decisions about how to invest other people’s money face … Continue reading →

Because it is, except you’d have to know that inflation in India is running about 7%… mentioned nowhere in the article… Having become accustomed to unlimited low-cost cash, the shift to market-based funding has led to some volatility as banks … Continue reading →

About once a week, Gary Vaynerchuk posts a Twitter message that reads, “Is there anything I can do for you?” He means it literally. He is inviting his roughly one million followers to send requests for any kind of help … Continue reading →

Just saying, from an ordinary user’s perspective. Dropbox did not fail in a year of use. Even from Burkina Faso to Dropbox server. Google Drive can’t even correctly sync from San Jose to Santa Clara.