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Economist Brad DeLong has received a DMCA takedown notice from HarperCollins, publisher of Steve Levitt and Steve Dubner’s SuperFreakonomics.
- Brad DeLong has received a DMCA takedown notice from HarperCollins.
- http://delong.typepad.com/files/superfreakonomics-chapter-5.pdf
- Is SuperFreakonomics author Levitt again denying the ‘unequivocal’ scientific evidence for global warming? New Yorker’s Kolbert calls book a form of “horseshit.”
- One error retracted, 99 to go. Superfreaknomics authors will, in future editions, correct their claim that Caldeira believes “carbon dioxide is [...]
Why did Brad DeLong pick on our Eric Zitzewitz?
Jason Ruspini:
It seemed like Delong interpreted the mere suggestion of 10% interest rates as a veiled attack on the Obama administration. That would explain the unfairly harsh and pedantic manner of his post.
I think that Delong is right to be sensitive on this subject. Trading in Treasuries has recently seemed a bit aggressive and not [...]
Eric Zitzewitz wanna bet with Brad DeLong.
Brad DeLong bended Eric Zitzewitz’s ear, and now our Dartmouth padawan wants a bet:
Brad,
The post you refer to is a follow up post to a post in March that does a similar analysis about the S&P 500.
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/02/quantifying-the-nightmare-scenarios/
In that post (linked to in the post about Treasuries) I make the point about the marginal utility of [...]
The World Bank board agreed to give Paul D. Wolfowitz slightly more time to defend himself against charges of misconduct.
New York Times
Brad DeLong
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