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The Public Economics page is under construction and I will be filling out the other pages soon. I have added to Links I Like (on the right) a new site, A Fine Theorem. Regular weekly posts are starting this week.

A bit backed up by the semester’s start and snow blizzards, but I intend to post more soon and also to expand the pages on mechanisms, public economics, and networks.

Terence Tao has a prominent blog on mathematics. Yesterday’s post encapsulates his observations on the influence of internet-based technology on all aspects of the academic profession from his perspective of a well-respected mathematician who is about to give a speech … Continue reading →

Chris Dillow has an interesting post on mechanisms and why economists cannot make good predictions. But first of all, he uses “mechanism” in a different way than I like to see it used. In my mind, a mechanism is as … Continue reading →