Alaska airfare deals, travel specials and other travel updates by Scott McMurren. All A-B-O-A-R-D the Mighty Alaska Railroad! May 11, 2015.

Associate Professor of Economics, UMass Amherst. Visiting BU Questrom School of Business. During the 2016-2017 academic year, I am visiting the Questrom School of Business at Boston University. 1030 Thompson Hall, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003. Adube at econs dot umass dot edu.

Whussup with that? Financial markers are on shpilkes.

Interviews, talks, discussions. What institutions and policies are most conducive to human flourishing? Is a book of diagnoses and prescriptions for the United States and other affluent democratic nations. Do election outcomes matter? .

In the first case of its kind, viola player Christopher Goldscheider claimed he suffered hearing loss while playing at the Royal Opera House in 2012. A High Court judge ruled on Wednesday. Here is the full BBC story.

Thursday, August 13, 2015. A very belated follow-up on Andrea Abbott. My previous post had me searching my own archives to recall what bad publicity occurred before the TSA changed their policies for children. I stumbled across the story of the brave truth-teller, Andrea Abbott. In 2012, she was in fact convicted of disorderly conduct and sentenced to probation.

Orderstatistic Economics, chess and anything else on my mind. Economics, chess and anything else on my mind. Is Big Data the answer to all our problems? Noah Smith recently commented. On a Malcom Gladwell talk. When people use the term Big Data.

Thursday, July 7, 2016. Brand Britain is ours for the taking. Posted in Sunday Business Post. It is all about a shift in the nature of national power. Today the power that makes a country strong is soft power. It is the power of persuasion; the power of branding; the power which allows a country to coax others into doing its bidding with.