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On Social Democracy, GDP/Capita and Disposable Income
11 January 10 05:51 PM | mrdecav | with no comments
I'm sitting here on a short trip to Munich, and just read Greg Mankiw's latest post regarding today's New York Times article by Paul Krugman regarding European Social Democracy and the pending US healthcare reform. Paul Krugman essentially...
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On Compensation in Finance
05 February 09 10:55 PM | mrdecav | 4 comment(s)
This post is part of a series of essays on things unrelated to software development. You can find all the essays here. The compensation structures on Wall Street have long been criticized as excessive, lavish and unnecessary. Banks have consistently justified...
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Hybrid Vehicles: Environmentally Evil?
04 January 07 01:08 PM | mrdecav | 1 comment(s)
I was drawn into a debate the other day with one of my brothers my long standing argument that hybrid cars (such as the Prius) are not as environmentally friendly as both the car companies, hippies and media claim. I argued that although the burning of...
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