Reuben

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Name: Reuben Gann
Date registered: 11/30/-0001

Latest posts

  1. An illuminating trip to the Microsoft store — 12/29/2013
  2. Netflix streaming continues to founder as dozens of prominent movies are taken down — 12/28/2013
  3. Saints Row IV is the most fun I've had playing a game — 11/19/2013
  4. Statisticians need to see how experimental science really works, then shut up about it — 11/13/2013
  5. Surface Pro 2: first impressions — 10/24/2013

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Feb 21 2011

Notes on "Diary of a Very Bad Year"

I've just finished Diary of a Very Bad Year: Confessions of an Anonymous Hedge Fund Manager, which I highly recommend. It's a detailed and mostly accessible discussion of the financial crisis, the reasons it happened, and the fallout, as told by an anonymous hedge fund manager. Along the way, you pick up lots of information …

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Jan 11 2011

Default, Jerry!

This week, the governor of California, Jerry Brown, announced his intent to advance major austerity measures. Nothing here is terribly surprising. Some 12.5B dollars must be cut, in addition to (hopefully) raising taxes in order to raise another $12B. State employees are looking at an 8-10% pay cut, with several units taking 3-day-per-month furloughs. State …

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Dec 16 2010

Duh: Fox News makes you less informed

From Page 22 of the University of Maryland's study on misinformation in the 2010 election: Those who watched Fox News almost daily were significantly more likely than those who never watched it to believe that: -most economists estimate the stimulus caused job losses (12 points more likely) -most economists have estimated the health care law …

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Dec 09 2010

Liberals should support the tax compromise

This is a reasonable compromise. Liberals did get a lot out of it.

Nov 03 2010

Post election thoughts

There are many ways to view this election. Most of them aren't that bad.

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