Austro-Keynesianism Rules, OK!
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Economics
on 01-30-2010
Filed under: A Fistful Of Euros, Culture
Mostly in lieu of a proper review, excerpts from The Discovery of France by Graham Robb, the best non-fiction book I read in 2009. (Tough competition, too: In Europe: Travels Through the Twentieth Century by Geert Mak, Gold and Iron by Fritz Stern and To the Castle and Back by Vaclav Havel were all top...
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Economics
on 01-27-2010
Filed under: A Fistful Of Euros, Culture, Life, History, France, Geography
Instead of a straight-up best-of list, a slightly more eclectic look back at what I read in 2009. Best large Russian book, Tolstoy’s big one; best small Russian book (and most scurrilous of any nationality) Moscow to the End of the Line by Venedikt Erofeev. Best fantasy, parts two through four of the...
Posted to
Economics
on 01-24-2010
Filed under: A Fistful Of Euros, Culture, Life
Some interesting linguistic thoughts from ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet in an interview with Focus –
FOCUS: Has the fact that you have learnt German helped you?
Trichet: It certainly has. At the ECB, we mostly talk in English. But in the corridors you’re just as likely to hear German, French...
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Economics
on 01-24-2010
Filed under: A Fistful Of Euros, Culture