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Economics and the mid-life crisis have much in common: Both dwell on foregone opportunities

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. . . . . . . . . . .Richard Posner should be awarded the next Nobel Prize in Economics . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wednesday, January 05, 2005

Tsunami, Catastrophes, and Economics

Posner and Becker deviated from their initial policy of posting only on Mondays. They have absolutely superb pieces on the tsunami, catastrophes in general, and economics that they just posted today. These pieces are well worth reading -- and taking at least a half hour to think about.