Whose company? Whose oversight?
https://www.wsj.com/business/elon-musk-spacex-loan-269a2168 The WSJ story is interesting. Some WSJ reader comments even more so. They defend Musk on three grounds: On
Read Morehttps://www.wsj.com/business/elon-musk-spacex-loan-269a2168 The WSJ story is interesting. Some WSJ reader comments even more so. They defend Musk on three grounds: On
Read MoreWell said Joel Kotkin! Zoning rules have become a target in many libertarian circles. Joel Kotkin who I believe is
Read MoreProject Syndicate Op-ed This oped, just published in Project Syndicate memorializes Janos Kornai. I never met Janos but we published
Read MorePer Larry Summers (quoted in Robert Armstrong’s FT piece) “The first edition of Paul Samuelson’s textbook [Economics from 1948]
Read MoreThe day Kabul fell I found myself at a Peet’s in Harvard Square. I had an inkling the barista might
Read MoreToday’s Wall Street Journal has an interview with a U Penn historian, whose image of the Founding Fathers is similar
Read MoreFirst oped in more than a year (when I was maniacally trying to get my medical innovation course done… Trigger
Read MoreKeynes thought it would be ‘splendid’ if economists became more like dentists. Disciplinary economics
has instead become more like physics in focusing on concise, universal propositions verified
through decisive tests. This focus, I argue, limits the practical utility of the discipline because universal
propositions form only a part of new policy recipes. I further suggest that, as in engineering and
medicine, developing economic recipes requires eclectic combinations of suggestive tests and
judgement. Additionally, I offer a detailed example of how a simulation model can help evaluate
new policy combinations that affect the screening of loan applications.
The venerable sage, Bob Aliber (and co-author of Manias, Panics, and Crashes), sent along this fine memory of the late,
Read MoreThe course seeks to encourage and guide innovators in health care and other industries using case-histories of transformational advances, supported
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