The World Cup: The Dismal Science and the Beautiful Game
A light-hearted economic analysis of the World Cup
Read more...Category Archives: Curiousities
The Italian Mini-BOT Debate
More discussion of how well a proposed Italian parallel currency, the mini-BOT, might work in practice.
Read more...Seed Catalogs of Desire
The history of seed catalogs
Read more...A Thanksgiving Tale: Rescued by Cafe DuPont
A Thanksgiving misadventure has a happy ending.
Read more...Yes Men Target “Better Deal” #DNCTakeBack Scam
The DNC’s Better Deal scam is barely out of the box and the Yes Men are already making fun of it.
Read more...More Animals in Government!
Why we should have government go more officially to the dogs and cats.
Read more...John Helmer: Kremlin Lapels Point to Putin as President for Life
A tutorial on peaked lapels as a political indictor.
Read more...Xmas Medley and Open Thread
Christmas musings and open thread.
Read more...We Launch PropOrNot.Org To Identify Inept Propagandists and School Amplifiers Like The Washington Post on How to Spot Them
Please visit our new site, PropOrNot.org, Have a laugh at the expense of incompetent McCarthyite wannabes!
Read more...Dwight Eisenhower to Enter Presidential Race
Will Eisenhower rescue the 2016 Presidential campaign?
Read more...Angela Merkel Rap Video
Angela Merkel has arrived. She now has a rap parody.
Read more...Cheat Sheet for the Australian Double Dissolution Election This Weekend
A primer for the Australian elections on Saturday. Enjoy!
Read more...New Zealand: Kea Street Cred and US$1Bn Promise Lures Kiwi to Front Very Peculiar Financial Service Providers
Another duo of wildly offbeat New Zealand Financial Services Providers
Read more...Star Wars: The Fed Awakens
A short take on the Fed’s recent antics.
Read more...Uber Spends $100 Million to Save its Business Model, But It May Have Just Doomed It
I’ve written before at this august site about how Uber’s business model is to arbitrage state and federal law and replace a monopoly with a different monopoly. They obviously placed a high value on the arbitrage. How high? About $100 million.
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