A Picture Worth 1,000 Words Sure, many of you have already seen this picture, or something very much like it. But since I was preparing it for a class anyway,…

…deal. As a result, even if a given project is not worth it from a society-wide view, it’s worth it to any given district precisely because all the benefits accrue…

Americans’ Net Worth Up 10%! Well, not all Americans, but if you are one of the 400 richest people in the country then, on average, your income is up 10%….

…meaning you need to own 568 shares of Coke (KO) to get $500 in dividends. At the current price of $37/share, that’s $21,022 worth of stock in Coke held outside…

Well Worth Reading… …and then buying. Salon has excerpts from Sidney Blumenthal new book, The Clinton Wars. Of course, why buy the cow when you can get the milk for…

Roundup Ampersand has an excerpt worth reading from a letter Rachel Corrie wrote to her parents, shortly before her death. (Regardless of which side you take on Israel/Palestine, there is…

This Seems Worth Passing Along Dear bloggers, webmasters, journalists, yada, yada, It seems that we’re now on the eve of war, with Bush’s final ultimatum, the White House saying that…

NYT Story Worth Reading This is a pretty good piece on the travails of U.S. and world diplomacy heading into the now impending war. AB…

…B–the reward is not worth the risk even though the expected income is higher in System C (ex-post, the fortunate 5% might argue strongly that System C is very just)….

This is worth skimming (I saw it on Atrios): Columbia Tape Shows Network Competition. Here’s the fun part NEW YORK – During coverage of the space shuttle Columbia’s disintegration, the…