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Monthly Archives: August 2009
PLEIN-AIR.
PLEIN-AIR. This article by Daniel Grant in last weekend’s Wall Street Journal says that painting outdoors came into its own in the nineteenth century. Technology helped—the century saw portable easels and convenient tubes of paint. I took a particular interest … Continue reading
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WHY THE “BIG MEN” IN NEW GUINEA OPPOSE FREE MARKETS.
WHY THE “BIG MEN” IN NEW GUINEA OPPOSE FREE MARKETS. The anthropologist Keir Martin explains why the Papua New Guinea society discourages the less well off from taking actions to help themselves. He calls attention to the importance of giant … Continue reading
PURIPURI AND WITCHCRAFT—SOMETIMES IT’S NOT RATIONAL TO MAXIMIZE PROFITS.
PURIPURI AND WITCHCRAFT—SOMETIMES IT’S NOT RATIONAL TO MAXIMIZE PROFITS. Keir Martin, an anthropologist, explains in this article in the Financial Times why some farmers in Papua, New Guinea, do not plant all their land even though they would make more … Continue reading
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FAIRY ENCHANTMENT—PISHOGUE.
FAIRY ENCHANTMENT—PISHOGUE. The article about bog butter points out that it was apparently not stored for ritual purposes. It quotes a museum official: “There are accounts dating back to the 1850′s with people used to wash their cattle once a … Continue reading
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BOG BUTTER.
BOG BUTTER. Annalisa knows of my interest in bogs, which comes from my belief that my Danish ancestors and my Irish ancestors were bog people. She sent me this article about the discovery in a Kildare bog of an oak … Continue reading
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KEEPING TRACK OF THE SEEDS.
KEEPING TRACK OF THE SEEDS. I liked this article by Jack Sanders in our local Darien Times for two reasons. First, I am delighted to know what a chickadee is capable of doing. Sanders writes about how: “A study several … Continue reading
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A FACTOR OF TWO—OR OF THREE?
A FACTOR OF TWO—OR OF THREE? Select any stock and look at its price movements for a day–or a month–or a year. What is the correct price for that stock? Richard Thaler cites Fischer Black, who “once defined a market … Continue reading
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DRUNKEN WALKS.
DRUNKEN WALKS. I posted here a couple years ago on a comment by Annalisa that “there appears to be a good deal of randomness as to which stocks do well and which decline.” I have posted several times since on … Continue reading
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FLAUBERT’S CONTEMPT.
FLAUBERT’S CONTEMPT. Flaubert has the same kind of contempt for the characters in MADAME BOVARY that Salinger has in THE CATCHER IN THE RYE, without the protective screen that the first person narration by Holden Caulfield provides. That is, it … Continue reading
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HOLDEN CAULFIELD’S CONTEMPT.
HOLDEN CAULFIELD’S CONTEMPT. I have a lot of the same feelings about THE CATCHER IN THE RYE now that my kids do, and a lot of it is due to my experiences since I read it. Mary McCarthy’s point that … Continue reading
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