A literature review suitable for NYTimes What Stock to Buy? Hey, Mom, Don’t Ask Me (Greg Mankiw) Yep, it’s all about holding stocks, a diversified mix of them.
Lit review: gold
A literature review that works for NYTimes Budging (Just a Little) on Investing in Gold (Greg Mankiw) “Gold may offer an average return near that of Treasury bills, but its volatility is closer to that of the stock market.”
Writing, connected to economics of information?
While thinking about the writing that students will be doing in London, I came across this piece. Why so Many Bright Students and So Many Dull Papers? (WAC Journal) There don’t appear to be many citations of the paper other than…
In the eye of the beholder
One of the books considered for Lafayette’s first-year reading, this review brought some of the book’s points back to me, and it also provides some context for it. David Kellogg – The Bullshit Revival (Pedagogy) The “defining characteristic” of bullshit is…
Security, now and in the future
Thinking about passwords. The Inevitable Downfall of Your Password (New Yorker)
Why learn to code?
Three reasons get a better job be more valuable at an early point in your career manage the folks in R&D better enrich your view of the world That was four reasons, you say? Eh, I started at zero.