Daily Archives: Thursday, March 7, 2002

Repeat after me: productivity growth. The New York Times reports that the apparent strength of the current economic turnaround has caught most economists off-guard. But then, they were out to lunch on the way down as well. Why are the … Continue reading →

The continuing saga of David A. Vise’s book purchasing oddities make for some interesting story-weaving, but an interesting sidebar is the light it casts on the always bizarre economics of the book publishing business. The Washington Post, the newspaper where … Continue reading →

Matt Drudge does a great job pointing to breaking and obscure news on the Web, but sometimes his big scoops make no sense to me. For example, his recurring “exclusive” that the movie A Beautiful Mind does not include some … Continue reading →