Feb
19
2009
Recession Solution
Photo of the Day Source: Flickr.com Prolific blogger and shutterbug Cory Doctorow took this snap of a sandwich board in London.
Stories from the world of dismal science.
Feb
19
2009
Photo of the Day Source: Flickr.com Prolific blogger and shutterbug Cory Doctorow took this snap of a sandwich board in London.
Feb
18
2009
HAINSWORTH.COM reader “Tarzan” Dan (if-that-is-your-real-name) tipped us to this voyeuristic peek into Michael Jackson’s mind — through the Neverland Ranch sale. The Associated Press reports more than 2,000 of his “treasures” will be auctioned off from April 14th to the 20th, from the train locomotives to the ferris wheels. But there are some more interesting [...]
Jan
08
2009
After getting a traffic ticket, a St. Louis Federal Reserve Board economist decided to do some research: do cops issue more tickets during recessions? Turns out, youbetcha. Controlling for other factors, a 1 percentage point drop in local government revenue leads to a roughly .32 percentage point increase in the number of traffic tickets in [...]