“The Environmental Security Hypothesis says that in tough times men will prefer women who are good at production, generally older, taller, heavier, less curvaceous women with less body fat. In good times, they will prefer women who are good at…”
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The Playmate Indicator
October 19th, 2008What do you do to stay sane?
October 19th, 2008“Here’s a project asking people to list five things they do to stay sane. I’m going to arbitrage and ask only for one thing you do to stay sane. Please leave your answer in the comments. I try to listen…”
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Best Sentence I Read Today
October 19th, 2008“The Bush administration, having entered office as social conservatives, leaves office as conservative socialists, proprietors of the most sudden large expansion of the state’s role in the US economy since mobilisation for the second world war. Brad DeLong here.”
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Jokes about the financial crisis
October 19th, 2008“The most popular game for Icelandic families in 2009? Go Fish! What’s the capital of Iceland? About $20 Iceland was a currency posing as a bank. I went to an ATM today, and it asked to borrow a twenty till…”
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Manipulation of Prediction Markets
October 19th, 2008“As many people suspected someone was manipulating Intrade to boost John McCain’s stock price: An internal investigation by the popular online market Intrade has revealed that an investor’s purchases prompted “unusual” price swings that boosted the prediction that Sen. John…”
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CEO Change At Twitter: Ev Williams Back At The Helm
October 16th, 2008“We knew something was up. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey (pictured left) has stepped down, and co-founder Evan Williams moves from the Chairman role to CEO. Williams talks about the change in a blog post : “While the board of directors and the company have nothing but praise for where Jack has taken us, we also agree that the best way forward is for Jack to step into the role Chairman, and for me to become CEO. Jack will remain on …”
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Still Not Sure Who To Vote For? Take the Glassbooth Quiz.
October 16th, 2008“By this point, most Americans have made up their minds about who they are going to vote for President come Election Day. But if you are still trying to decide, or just want to reassure yourself that you are indeed voting for the candidate who most closely reflects your views, take the Glassbooth Quiz . The site is run by a non-partisan, non-profit organization (or so it claims ). You tell the site what your positions are on a range …”
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What are economics blogs good for?
October 16th, 2008“But the Harvard economist [Dani Rodrik] finds the blog — short for Web log — useful because it serves as a reference catalog for his ideas. “I now constantly Google my own blog for ideas that I knew I had…”
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8 Poverty Resources You MUST Check Out Today. No Excuses
October 16th, 2008“There are 1 billion impoverished people in the world. There are only 8 causes in this list. It will take you 2 minutes to read it, and 1 minute to share one of the links with your friends. Why wouldn’ t you act now and make a dent in the poverty problem? [This post is part of Blog Action Day : Mashable proudly supports bloggers, readers and social media users taking action to eradicate poverty worldwide.] Bill Melinda Gates Foundation …”
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6 Places to Catch the Debate Online
October 15th, 2008“There’ s just a few minutes left until the last debate of this season. Some of you are likely thankful for that, and many others are still hungering for more. For those of you in the latter category, I’ ve got a quick list I’ ve compiled for you giving you a myriad of viewing options if you’ re not able to find a TV set for the duration. Hulu Hulu’ s high quality player will actually be streaming the …”
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