It was all about the tie. Big Acquisitions Can Fall Apart Over Tiny Details “Each day, we would eagerly await the arrival of the employees to see if any more had decided to join our movement by turning up to…
Category: London
Inheritance
Wow, this is crazy! Or is it? (Said the first male son.) Son and Heir? In Britain, Daughters Cry No Fair Word builders: primogeniture, antediluvian, omertà.
Sean O’Casey
“The first Irish playwright of note to write about the Dublin working classes.” from Wikipedia
Point counterpoint on income inequality
The summer issue of the Journal of Economic Perspectives will feature a collection of articles on inequality and the top 1%, some of which are now being circulated by the authors. Intergenerational Mobility excerpt, with links to works in progress.
Vacationing and economics
Perhaps a nice weekend stop on the continent. The Town Where European Parliament Waste and Dysfunction Will Get You A Bargain Vacation (Slate)
Two Scots
“Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.” —David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature, Sect. iii. Of the Influencing Motives of the Will As compared to Smith’s use of reason in The Wealth of Nations.
Jobs, internationally
2007–2013 International comparisons of employment (BLS)
Myanmar’s money
Links to stories from Planet Money, with parallel quotes from Lonely Planet’s Practical travel information on Money and costs in Myanmar/Burma. Why (Almost) No One In Myanmar Wanted My Money “Some hotels, shops and government ferry clerks give change in…
The Lord Alli
Looking forward to learning more. Waheed Alli, Baron Alli “In British political terms he is considered Asian, though both of his parents are from the Caribbean; (see Indo-Caribbean). His mother, a nurse, is from Trinidad, and his estranged father, a…
Magic Hat fun
Some bottle tops for the day. Bubbles in the bath make your toes laugh It’s Crazy to be Lazy Be a Traveler, Tot a Tourist wicked words are for the birds