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Sierra Nevada on Boxing Day
I am writing this by the fire inside this restaurant, having hiked here from Granada.
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Are record companies useful?
Interesting article in The Grauniad by Laura Barton who claims that 2005 has seen a decline…
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Exciting new aid policy
The G7 Finance Ministers met in London this weekend, and agreed to pilot the policy that…
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Yosemite at Thanksgiving
Just back from Yosmite, where we went for Thanksgiving. We hiked to Cloud’s Rest (where this…
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Migration and wages
Though I am generally a big fan of the FT, this article by Andrew Balls (FT.com…
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Why we don’t need a Tobin Tax
There are two arguments for a Tobin Tax (i.e. a small tax on foreign exchange transactions):…
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Rolling Stones Live in San Francisco
We went to see the Rolling Stones on Sunday evening at the SBC Stadium in San…
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Youssou N’Dour Live in Berkeley
We went to see Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour on Saturday, live here on Berkeley in the…
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Two odd memes about suicide bombing
Whenever multiple explosions occur at the same time we are told that the operation “bore all…
