Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic):
Economics
- Parsing the intellectual contributions of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics laureates, Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson.
The day after the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics was announced, there are all sorts of interesting commentaries emerging that parse the intellectual contributions of the new laureates, Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson (including commentaries from past winners of the Prize):
- A Nobel for Practical Economics, by David Henderson
“One winner helped us understand the social benefits of mergers, the other how to take care of common resources.”
- Governing The Commons, by Vernon L. Smith (2002 Nobel Prize Laureate)
- Markets Aren’t Everything, by Michael Spence (2001 Nobel Prize Laureate)
Game Theory
- Lying students and games of coordination, by Presh Talwalkar
Health Care Reform
- Higher premiums and lower wages, by Keith Hennessey
Policy wonk Keith Hennessey offers a critical assessment concerning both the content and political economy of AHIP’s (America’s Health Insurance Plans) controversial PricewaterhouseCoopers research report.
Politics
- A Perfect Nobel Pick, by Bret Stephens
“The committee didn’t recognize Truman, after all.”
Science
- The Young and the Neuro, by David Brooks
“The work being done by members of the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society isn’t dehumanizing at all, and it is leading to a host of revelations about how people interact.”
Science and Religion
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God vs. Science Isn’t the Issue, by William McGurn
“Seldom do we act as if life has no moral component.”