Air travel CO2 from UW and other ACUPCC signatories
The University of Washington is part of the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), a pledge to measure and reduce college and university [...]
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Obama Backs Senate on Health Bills’ Disparities From Footnote to Fame in Civil Rights History Mayor Says Student Scores Will Factor Into Teacher Tenure China [...]
3rd exam W/Th Dec 9/10 (and book reports Dec 14-18)
Here’s what the exam will cover (and sample problems from each chapter of the online micro book): Ch 10: From some to many. (You shoul [...]
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News Corp. Weighs an Exclusive Alliance With Bing A Price War Brews Between Amazon and Wal-Mart G.O.P. Considers ‘Purity’ Resolution for Candidates. Of the 10, [...]
Readings for Friday Fun Day
Let's use Friday to get caught up on current events. Please read the following articles and bring your questions about them (and anything else you [...]
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Carl Ballantine, Slapstick Magician, Dies at 92: "He is survived by a sister, Esther Robinson, of Chicago, and two daughters, whom Mr. Ballantine, an inveterate [...]
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Pigs Prove to Be Smart, if Not Vain: “I look at the pig as a great animal model for human lifestyle diseases,” he said. “Pigs [...]
Lakeside readings for this week
Cloud computing: Clash of the clouds Microsoft agrees to end unfair monopolistic practices The importance of antitrust enforcement in the new economy. (For more on [...]
Good thing my PhD’s not from Harvard!
Dick Armey (former House majority leader and himself an econ PhD) in an NYT Magazine article by Michael Sokolove: He spent the first part of [...]
My hilarious global warming exchange with Ruffin and Gregory
In November 2000 I received a complimentary copy of a new microeconomics textbook by two professors at the University of Houston. The book's treatment of [...]