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Entries from December 2012

Why Hasn’t Europe Caught Up?

December 8th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Economics

My pal Steve reminded me of his thought-provoking post he made a while back asking the question “Why Hasn’t Europe Caught Up?” Gallup may have a partial answer in this report issued in 2007. The results echo what the class concluded in an Economics course I took years ago. The overarching topic was an evaluation […]

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The First Tweet Mentioning Seattle

December 8th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Cool Stuff

Been playing with oldtweets, which searches an archive of the first year of statuses posted on Twitter. Makes it easy to see who tweeted what first. Was pleasantly surprised to see an old conference cohort of mine — Jeffrey Veen, was the first person to tweet the word “Seattle.” Not only that, that it mentions […]

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Posted Without Comment

December 8th, 2012 · No Comments · Economics

Three charts.

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