January 2010
11 posts
It's hard to get good staff.
CAUTION Martyn [sic] Smith, proprietor of the Royal Victoria Coffee House, Pitt-street, Sydney hereby cautions shopkeepers and others, not to give credit to any person whatever without his written order, as Mr. S. will not hold himself responsible hereafter in consequence of his late Waiter having recently absconded, and obtained goods from various shopkeepers without M. S.’s sanction in...
It's hard to get good staff.
CAUTION Martyn [sic] Smith, proprietor of the Royal Victoria Coffee House, Pitt-street, Sydney hereby cautions shopkeepers and others, not to give credit to any person whatever without his written order, as Mr. S. will not hold himself responsible hereafter in consequence of his late Waiter having recently absconded, and obtained goods from various shopkeepers without M. S.’s sanction in...
It's hard to get good staff.
CAUTION Martyn [sic] Smith, proprietor of the Royal Victoria Coffee House, Pitt-street, Sydney hereby cautions shopkeepers and others, not to give credit to any person whatever without his written order, as Mr. S. will not hold himself responsible hereafter in consequence of his late Waiter having recently absconded, and obtained goods from various shopkeepers without M. S.’s sanction in...
Keynes via Hayek explained in a rap video /via...
This clip from Econ Stories has been doing the rounds and is worth a watch: they even manage to get a thumbnail sketch of the two men’s views across. Posted via email from Stubborn Mule - Extras | Comment »
The joys of virtual machines
I had been meaning to upgrade/replace the main computer in our study for some time, basically ever since it started sounding like a 747 taking of 24/7 and had gradually accumulated enough junk to run slower than a dogma film. It was about 7 years old, so this was more than excuse enough to switch from the Packard Bell PC to a nice big new shiny iMac. Once it arrived, I copied across all the key...
Jervis Bay Photos
Here are a few photos from last week’s trip to Jervis Bay on the South coast of New South Wales (Australia). These are all taken on the iPhone, so the quality is so-so. I have yet to upload the photos from my camera.
See and download the full gallery on posterous
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Can't see the world for the theory
In this interview with Eugene Fama, one of the Chicago School pioneer of the efficient markets theory, you can see an excellent example of how people can become so wedded to a theory that it distorts their view of the world. Everything is seen through the prism of the theory and the viewer is apparently oblivious to the distortions that result. Fama insists that a collapse on house prices did bot...