News & Musings
News & Musings
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Cliché, certes..., mais toujours incontestable et incontournable: la France reste le pays à battre en matière de gastronomie.
La liste complète des Étoiles du Guide MICHELIN France 2025
Voici la liste complète des 654 restaurants Étoilés dans le Guide MICHELIN France 2025, classés par distinctions, ...
guide.michelin.com
Who benefits when platforms use historical consumer data for pricing? Total consumer surplus falls but most consumers benefit at the expense of those with the highest WTP. Platform sellers benefit even though they do not have access to consumer data. https://www.econometricsociety.org/publications/econometrica/forthcoming-papers/0000/00/00/Personalized-Pricing-and-the-Value-of-Time-Evidence-from-Auctioned-Cab-Rides/file/18838-4.pdf
.@realDonaldTrump's idea was to make America great again. The result in the quarter of President Trump taking office was the worst relative stock performance vs. Europe in the decades since they began collecting data.
"This is my home - I really love my country. But a lot of my mentors have been telling me to get out, right now"
75% of US scientists who answered our poll are considering relocating. Read the full story: https://go.nature.com/4iJhsov
Studio Ghibli responds to the Ghiblification of the Internet over the last few days...
Fără îndoială că talentatul domn jurnalist traducând "academic" din engleză prin "academician"—și etichetând ca "somitate" pe cineva cu publicații în... Sustainability—trimite într-un mod foarte subtil la celebrul academician neaoș care tradusese "footnote" prin "notă de picior".
I heard a lot about sensorship and self-sensorship among academics. But, until this year, I have never seen it in reality among the economists. Academic economists, at least those that I know, felt comfortable experessing publicly their opinions on economic policy.
Take a VAT tax such as in Europe. Modify it so imports (say from USA) no longer pay the tax, and exports now do pay it.
Affects trade and benefits the US?
No. A well known trade result Lerner symmetry says it is trade neutral. Magical, not intuitive on first glance, but true.
Nu aveam nici o îndoială că Ciolacu e prost..., dar pe undeva totuși nutream speranța că nu poate fi *** chiar atât de prost ***:
(aleator dintre episoadele anterioare: )
Burduja trebuia demis de mult pe bază de incompetență crasă (e.g., https://x.com/sbuhai/status/1902823414152266108, https://x.com/sbuhai/status/1886365465510809668, https://x.com/sbuhai/status/1883984517884780638, https://x.com/sbuhai/status/1798675822632657145, https://x.com/sbuhai/status/1814710288232358065, etc. ), dar bine că s-au trezit, în sfârșit, și ONG-urile astea: https://hotnews.ro/75-de-ong-uri-cer-demiterea-ministrului-energiei-sebastian-burduja-pentru-represaliile-ordonate-de-ministru-impotriva-societatii-civile-1933098
