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December 13, 2005

If Orhan Pamuk had been given this year's Nobel Prize in Literature, we could have had a worthy Nobel lecture instead of the embarrassement proferred by Harold Pinter. Pamuk's piece in the New Yorker is essential reading.

Posted at 08:14 AM

December 12, 2005

Two British institutions laud hacks in their own distinctive way: Eurotrash, Christopher Hitchens

Posted at 08:19 AM

Ars Technica reports on the coming revolution at universities: Videos of lectures, downloadable on demand and viewable on the iPod. But what will this imply for the pricing of a university education?

Posted at 08:13 AM

December 08, 2005

The New Economist points to even more actual solid research into the Nordic Model.

Posted at 11:08 PM

The excellent New Economist blog comments on an ECB paper we should all read before we argue any further about who gets the credit/blame for Sweden's economic performance over the past quarter century: Labour productivity in the Nordic EU countries: a comparative overview and explanatory factors 1980-2004

Posted at 11:04 PM

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