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Dissing equilibrium
I was talking to an economist this week. (She's not an environmental economist -- I don't know whether that would...
Watch more commercials
OK, you got me. If pretty much the only TV I watch is an occasional movie on HBO, then once...
Watch more TV
OK, I admit it. For me, watching pretty much any TV is watching "more". But from time to time, there...
Sequestration reality check
The last time I did algebra in these pages, I crashed and burned. But the compulsion, triggered by President Obama's...
In praise of Gordon Gekko
Today, I got lucky. It's usually better to be lucky than good (a poker player told me that one). It's...
Watching trees grow
One of the questions that Greenback students often pose about carbon dioxide emissions runs along the lines of, "well, if...
Yesterday's news
No, I'm not concerned with what will be (by the time you read this) last night's State of the Union...
The real mother of invention
No, not Frank Zappa. Well, maybe Zappa, too, but that's not what I meant. What I meant was perceived necessity...