thanks to Tyler of Marginal Revolutions for the link:
do I email them that the typo???
INTP - The Thinkers
[INTP]
The logical and analytical type. They are especialy attuned to difficult creative and intellectual challenges and always look for something more complex to dig into. They are great at finding subtle connections between things and imagine far-reaching implications.
They [...]
We don’t have thanksgiving here in the Philippines but that is no reason to snatch a holiday and thank the people who have made my life great!
Thanks to my Mom and Dad, my brother and sister for supporting me during the times when life makes me want to give up.
To my friends who always has [...]
Mark usually went home for the weekend but didn’t last sunday so Me, Chuck and Mark decided to hang out in trinoma. I was late around 30 minutes. I didn’t tell them but I was nearly in fight before I went to trinoma.
Suffice to say this blog post Isn’t about my near physical altercation with [...]
Back in 1998 I argued that the Bank of Japan needed to find a way to “credibly promise to be irresponsible.” That didn’t go down too well, but it was what sober, careful economic analysis prescribed.
Or as I said in the linked paper,
The whole subject of the liquidity trap has a sort of Alice-through-the-looking-glass quality. [...]
“Every American has a right to affordable, high-quality health care,” Mr. Baucus said. “Americans cannot wait any longer.” Far from being a distraction from efforts to revive the economy, he said, “health reform is an essential part of restoring America’s economy and maintaining our competitiveness.”
Senator Takes Initiative on Health Care - NYTimes.com.
I have to confess that I have this character failing that I am slowly trying to change, Its a combination of not wanting to waste time (from ikiru–”I don’t have that kind of time”) and somewhat being bored with establishing context for effective communication. I think its a patience thing!
And Summers, like Paulson, is really [...]
Damn, I want to fall in love, need to get out of this cursed over rationality!
When he first said this, it sounded kind of crazy to me. What does it mean to say that people are addictive?
Then I thought more about it, and I think he is right. Falling in love is the ultimate addiction. [...]
from Del Harris ht to Eric Musselman:
It’s hard to find a job in this life that is always interesting and exciting over a 50-year period. In the end, the value of anyone’s job probably is determined by relationships that are formed more than the wins and the money. Because as we have found out, the [...]
nice quote about josh lyman, oops Rahm Emanuel!
“He’s got this big old pair of brass balls,” he said. “And you can just hear ‘em clanking when he walks down the halls of Congress.”
BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Profile: Rahm Emanuel.
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nice to know though it was in president Bartlett’s term and not in Matt Santos‘
Life Imitates Art Imitating Life
From reader AB:
1998: Josh Lyman is modeled after Rahm Emanuel.
2004: Matt Santos is modeled after Barack Obama
2006: Matt Santos wins the presidency, and appoints Josh Lyman his Chief of Staff
2008: Barack Obama wins the presidency, and appoints [...]
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