Monday, December 2, 2013

So How Are the Netherlands in an Austerity Trap?

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In response to Standard and Poor's decreased credit rating of the Netherlands, an Oxford professor wrote a  blog entry  about how the N...
Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Chanukah and Thanksgiving: Double the Holidays, Double the Gratitude

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This year, Chanukah comes so early on the Gregorian calendar that we will experience a rare phenomenon that has been dubbed as Thanksgivukka...
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Monday, November 25, 2013

Sierra Leone Doesn't Have a Credit Rating, So Why Don't I Provide One?

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Lately, I have become more interested in the world of credit ratings. Although it might seem like a bunch of financial jargon, how it reflec...
Sunday, November 24, 2013

Scanning for the TSA's Ineffectiveness and Why We Need to Privatize Airport Security

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Nothing says "fun at the airport" like a good-old fashioned, unsubstantiated pat-down from a TSA employee. Sarcasm about my recent...
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Thursday, November 21, 2013

Pirke Avot 2:16: The Evil Eye and Keeping an Eye on Our Own Jealousy

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Rabbi Yehoshua (Pirke Avot 2:16) said that three things removed an individual from this world: an evil eye, an evil inclination , and basele...
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Sunday, November 17, 2013

Do We Recycle Too Much? A Look at the Economics of Recycling

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Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. This was the common environmental mantra of the last couple of decades of the 20th century. I remember that slogan b...
Friday, November 15, 2013

Why We Need to Reform the Food Stamps Program and How to Approach Reform

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Facebook debates can be nasty and unproductive at times. Yesterday, I was in the middle of one about food stamps that was, on the whole, pro...