Monster Waves Teahupoo Billabong Pro (Aug 27th 2011)
I originally downloaded this video off of Vimeo and it has since been removed from their website. I noticed YouTube and EMI had blocked...
How Biased Is Your Media? Freakonomics Podcast
This is an interesting discussion about media bias in two halves: The first half is an interesting if bizarre discussion with Tim...
Thinking About The Insurance Industry
David J. Merkel is a CFA, FSA. His forthcoming equity asset management shop is tentatively called Aleph Investments. From 2008-2010, he...
Comic Relief for Fear of Terror
Fear of Terror Makes People Stupid … So Here’s Some Comic Relief I have exhaustively documented the fact that fear of terror makes...
Censorship By Top Social Media Websites
Top Social Media Websites Caught Censoring Controversial Content Facebook pays low-wage foreign workers to delete certain content based...
Moral Hazard-CAC
Moral Hazard-CAC February 23, 2012 David R. Kotok ~~~ The issue of moral hazard came up three times this week. The first was during a...
Pleasure Principles
“What will fill the vacuum formerly occupied by religion?” The most thoughtful, as well as the most memorable wedding gift my spouse...
10 Thursday PM Reads
My just got back from the beach reads : • For Whom The Bailout Tolls (A Fistful Of Euros) see also Portugal Needs More Money To Stay...
The Flavor Network
Click to enlarge: Source: The Backbone Of The Flavor Network Hat tip Flowing Data
Punch Lines or Politics? We May As Well Laugh…
This is a guest post from Kent Thune, blog author of The Financial Philosopher. Years ago, I replaced my frustration over the political...