Archive for April, 2009
The President:Invoking the Sputnik Era, Obama Vows Record Outlays for Research The President’s adviser:Does Government R&D Policy Mainly Benefit Scientists and Engineers?by Austan GoolsbeeConventional wisdom holds that the social rate of return to …
The Washington Post reports:President Obama plans to convene his Cabinet for the first time today, and he will order its members to identify a combined $100 million in budget cuts over the next 90 days, according to a senior administration official…….
The Dow Jones Industrial Average peaked at 14,200 on October 9, 2007, fell to 9,600 on November 4, 2008 (election day), kept falling, to 6,400 on March 6, 2009, and since then has risen sharply, to 8,100. (I have rounded to the nearest hundred. I use m…
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This one goes out to all of my fellow nerds. Best of luck to you all.
A great video (via Cheaptalk) to use when teaching the prisoners’ dilemma, dominated strategies, Nash equilibrium, etc.Update: Several readers have emailed me to point out, correctly, that the game in this video differs from a prisoners’ dilemma becaus…
