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“This was really eye-opening for me”: Fed’s Raskin Shocked at Low Quality of Work at Local Job Fair (Reuters)
Pedro da Costa notes that Sarah Bloom Raskin's comments at A Bold Approach to the Jobs Emergency on June 4th were surprisingly personal. Raskin's trip to the job fair helped her to understand
...Myerson’s Ode to Crony Capitalism
This is the fifth installment in my series of article about the predictive and policy failures of Roger Myerson, Nobel Laureate in economics in 2007. My firsttwo articles critiqued his claim that capitalism’s unique advantage over communism is plutocracy because only exceptionally wealthy CEOs c...
Theo the ‘cat burglar’ steals child’s artwork and hand puppet BBC (Lambert)
NYC airport builds turtle barrier to guard runway Twin Cities (Chuck L)
Drunk British Man Survives Fall From 15th Floor Apartment Balcony Gawker
Dramatic Loss in Snowfall for Los Angeles-Area Mountains Predicte d Science Daily (furzy mouse)