Newmark's Door

Honolulu discovers the joys of too costly, vastly oversold light rail. 

(Q: Why don't they learn? A: Because it's not in their interest to.)

Answer, in short: it appears to be evidence consistent with the Trivers-Willard hypothesis.

I don't know whether the author's argument is correct--it's macro, after all--but this assertion is quite true:

Why do the Federal Reserve and many economists want more inflation? Based on commonly held perspectives among economists and commentators in the financial media, one would think that inflation was something vital to the proper functioning of our economy. Long forgotten, though only a short time ago, inflation as seen in the 1970s and 1980s, was enemy #1 of the U.S. economy.

Fine, brief article by a Harvard Law professor on why the claim that firms focus too much on the short-term too much is questionable. (And if it is actually a problem, Ms. Hillary's fix, won't.)

FYI.

Well, that's who she is and that is what she does.

"No one" is used advisedly.

But if you solve one, please do drop me a line.

"Google will roll out an update on December 6 that will dramatically reduce the amount of RAM, or memory, that its Chrome web browser uses by up to 50% . . ."

In 16 states Liam is the most popular boys' name. For the actor?

First tip: run, if you can.