..I can't help but think about a problem with the Euler Equations for consumption. Young people (especially young men) do dumb things on the road that can get themselves killed in much larger numbers than old people. This is not just anecdotal, because insurance statistics back this up. (Also, as one who drives in [...]
The word is ugly (can't we come up with something better?), but intriguing. One can go to a web site, and get a "walk score" for any address in the country. Stephanie Yates Rauterkus and Norm Miller have a paper that shows that in Birmingham, Alabama, walk scores in the center of town have a [...]
I haven't blogged in awhile, so I am catching up a little.... Paul Krugman writes two blog posts about rail, one of which I like, and one of which I don't. This one is, I think, correct: Oh, boy — this George Will column (via Grist) is truly bizarre: So why is America’s “win the [...]
When I moved to LA a bit more than two years ago, I bought a dryer. Last week, the heating element went out. The good news is that the dryer is still under warranty. The bad news is that when the repair guy came to my house, he didn't have the part to fix it. [...]