economics

Losing Erica

May 24, 2011

Yesterday, after watching the price of the Rogue move up and down over a year and across three states and even trying CarWoo (which is a great service but not one we had success with), Mr. B and I found a great price on the Rogue in Delaware, two hours away from our house.  We ran from work, skipped dinner, ran to my car, and I gnashed my teeth through rush-hour traffic to make it to the dealership in time. ...

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Giving to Charity

May 9, 2011

Akhila (whom I’ve had the pleasure of meeting in person before) and I recently had a discussion on Twitter about charity.  On Friday, I tweeted a link which made me feel guilty and want to give more money to charity, and then another link which made me feel guilty for feeling guilty.  So, I wondered, Whoops. Sorry, that one was about the hawk cam. I wondered about the effectiveness of giving to charity, and about the second article which discouraged ...

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A Guide to Questionable Russian Careers, or “Seryozha, That Guy with the Ambulance.”

April 26, 2011

A couple weeks ago, we were having dinner with Real People, when the conversation turned to Russian career choices.  The hip thing to do in Philly if you’re Russian now is to own a privately-operated ambulance. Whether it’s because it’s convenient to leech money from insurance companies and commit fraud or  whether your Hummer is JUST NOT obnoxious enough for when you go out to the clubs, ambulances are THE in business to be in right now. Before ambulances, every ...

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Dambisa Moyo, My Girlcrush, in Philly

March 7, 2011

Dambisa Moyo is crazy smart.  Also, she does everything I want to be doing with my life (except with the former Soviet Union instead of Africa.)  Except for blog about Nutella.  I one-upped her on that. So when I found out she was coming to the Hinterland, I took myself on a sushi-lecture girl date. She was at the Free Library two weeks ago as part of her kick-off book tour for her new book and to do a recap ...

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Las Vegas Means Eating, Drinking, and Discussing the Nevada Real Estate Bubble

March 2, 2011

Las Vegas is for bachelor parties. Las Vegas is for ribaldry. Las Vegas is for sitting in you-sized high heels. Las Vegas is not for people who spend half an hour trying to figure out if there is an architectural tour of Las Vegas and then watching CNN to find out what the hell is going on in Libya. Or why, despite the housing bubble, people are still flocking to Las Vegas. Or whether the people hanging out the stripper ...

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