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Ha! it has a tag cloud. Compelling corrective on the potential of microfinance Lots of financial info ... friend uses the 100-day as rough measure of volatility. (Not that I'm going to use this. I am absolutely not going to start day-trading and spend all day checking stock quotes and trading "hot tips" with friends.) "Various intelligent and readable weblogs by economists"
"It is a country that seems to have achieved a sweet spot, combining the vigor of American capitalism with the humanity of European welfare, yet suffering the drawbacks of neither. And it manages this while keeping a consistent budget surplus. That country, rolling into its 16th year of uninterrupted growth, is Australia." Shortage of skilled workers, you say? Hmmm... The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom
Just published, sounds v. good. Buy at Amazon or download CC-licensed PDFs. Also see the associated wiki maintained by the author. The Global Baby Bust
Philip Longman argues that declining birthrates will be socially and economically ruinous. Nationmaster
Tons of statistics in a bunch of categories, with different visualization options. Very interesting feature that shows you which variables are correlated with the variable you're looking at. Shame you can't look at things over time. |
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