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Minimum Insight
Paul Krugman argues that: Hiking the minimum wage has little or no adverse effect on employment and therefore A minimum-wage increase would help low-paid workers, with few adverse side effects . In...
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Blast from the Past
With minimum wages in the news, one of my old posts on the subject has been getting a lot of hits lately. Unfortunately that post is quite long and the key points come near the end — past the point...
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Vocabulary Lesson
So…Democrats want to increase federal spending. Republicans supposedly want to decrease federal spending. The “compromise” is to increase federal spending by $45 billion. I do not think the word...
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MegaOdds
In case you’re thinking of running out for a MegaMillions lottery ticket in the few hours left before tonight’s drawing: If you drive one mile to buy your ticket, your chance of being involved in a...
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Tuesday Puzzle
Here I have a well shuffled deck of 52 cards, half of them red and half of them black. I plan to slowly turn the cards face up, one at a time. You can raise your hand at any point — either just before...
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Thursday Solution
The solution to Tuesday’s puzzle is under the fold: So I have a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. I turn them over one by one, starting at the top. You can raise your hand whenever you like. After you...
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Walter Oi, 1929 – 2013
A long time ago, when I had just started teaching at the University of Rochester, a blind man marched into my office, adopted a commanding stance, and announced in a booming voice that “it takes 150...
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