[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
- Agora
- [Women & Hollywood]
Agora tells the true story of 4th century astronomer and philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria. While all her works and theories were destroyed, the film gives the impression (though is clear not be definitive) that she was one of the people who not only pondered the stars, but was one of the early theorists who figured out the relationship between the earth and the sun…
- Interests And Ideas
- [Paul Krugman]
[Krugman further explains why he recently "decried the emerging conventional wisdom that we need to tighten monetary and fiscal policy." -L]
..it’s a bad idea bubbling up among many people. [...] Which is not to say that this position makes any sense. What it does reflect, instead, is the pervasive bias toward believing that imposing suffering is good policy. I wrote about this bias a little while back, citing Keynes, who similarly noted the strange collection of motives behind the punishment mentality…
- Buffett to face US crisis inquiry
- [BBC News]
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is to face questions about the role of credit rating agencies in the financial crisis.
- My five favourite food wallpapers
- [OMG! Ubuntu!]
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