Category Archives: blogging

Cheating Kills IP and Pushes Innovation Forward

So, I’ve been learning the same stuff as many other Economics students around the world have been learning for the last year.  Some teachers are better than others at presenting material.  But many of them have been using the same set of questions and answers for years.  Most of these questions and answers are freely [...]

Hauerwas Online Reading Group: Resident Aliens

Over at Common Root several readers are beginning a study of Stanley Hauerwas‘ Resident Aliens.
Everyone is invited to join us.  I will post highlights of the conversation here.
If you need a copy of the book, let me know and I will get you one overnight.
Just leave a comment asking for the book, and I will [...]

Open Comments

I may be flattering myself here, but some of you may have been attempting to comment on all of my wonderfully insightful essays here, but having difficulty doing so.  Alas, I had comment settings all wrong, and though I am teqnolojiklie iluterat I think I have fixed the problem.  Comments are open, welcome and encouraged!

Conflating Powers and Markets

I love Jesus Manifesto.  Among the Emergent types, Mark Van Steenwyk and his crew are the absolute top-shelf.  They are anabaptists and flirt with anarchism.  We like this.  A lot.  In a recent post Mark warns Emergents against becoming a mere fad, comercialized, and thus contributing to empire.  A fair warning, especially considering the emergent [...]

To Publish or to Post?

Rodrik again, charts Economics bloggers against the same economists’ articles published.
The results?
Not much relationship.  And if you check the comments, not much evidence.  (Gavel bang to Newmark’s Door)
What does that mean for me and Jeff?  Is FTR a waste of time?  Will it help our careers?
Who knows?  But its fun, and I’m not ready to [...]

Cool, I Can Blog This!

So Angus had an agricultural culinary moment at the last remaining grocery in Norman, and his most relevant thought was,

Cool, I can blog this!
It’s like when the person who you are talking to isn’t really listening, but instead is thinking of what they are going to say next.
Update:
Don’t miss the comments, and don’t be [...]