Marginal Revolution

tylercowen The new Google feature is fun, but I find it distracting and it will lose me time in serendipitous diversions.

tylercowen Buffalo, NY wears its bad parking policy on its sleeve

tylercowen Alicia Nash, wife of John, was born in El Salvador, http://tinyurl.com/36fpbm4

tylercowen Garett, Tyler and maybe others are going to bring expansionary fiscal policy to Suchitoto and mimic US results, http://tinyurl.com/2v33p9d.

tylercowen What percent of the miners are alcohol or drug-dependent? http://tinyurl.com/24jfu3d (Sp.)

tylercowen *Lebanon* is so far the best movie of this year, http://tinyurl.com/26k3kxn, and one of the best in years.

tylercowen *Kick-Ass*: Vivid, violent, original and depressing Straussian movie about derangement of USA; recommended for the serious only.

tylercowen #Kick-Ass: Vivid, violent, original and depressing Straussian movie about derangement of USA; recommended for the serious only.

tylercowen @mattyglesias : Possibly Congress is the problem, and the extra FOMC nominees won't help much.

tylercowen Best piece so far (that I have seen) on the mosque controversy, http://tinyurl.com/27p4l74

tylercowen *Cairo Time*, a Canadian movie set in Cairo, is consistently insightful and engaging, http://tinyurl.com/26d3ud3

tylercowen Out this way, it's only the residents of Fairfax *City* who mind if you talk interchangeably of Fairfax City and Fairfax County.

tylercowen Is there an upside to people "getting used" to the idea that we have a Muslim President?

tylercowen "Germany is no longer the country with the oldest students and youngest retirees," http://tinyurl.com/289bn6v

tylercowen The Brian Wilson-Gershwin collaboration is oddly appropriate, including a sung "Rhapsody," even though his voice is shot.

tylercowen This time, no one at Treasury served us cookies. Mineral water only, Perrier.

tylercowen Funny how much it bugs some people to breathe the simple truth that the auto bailout worked better than the fiscal stimulus.

tylercowen @mattyglesias : Germany's also increasing *exports* and by the way increasing *imports* too, plus many German exports are capital for others.

tylercowen @mattyglesias : Don't confuse the concept of "net exports" with "exports"; everyone *can* and should increase the latter.

tylercowen How to teach your students about race? http://tinyurl.com/232aez9, the "answer" is near the end.

tylercowen "Not everyone can be a net exporter" -- no one would apply that argument to diminish the success of Apple or Cisco.

tylercowen Is it possible that a speculative attack on a weak eurozone country will come very soon?

tylercowen Wyclef Jean: Haitians "don't need a local President," http://tinyurl.com/3y68vx9, he is called Sarah Palin of Haiti.

tylercowen When @ezraklein tells you to eat at Marea, you should listen to him.

tylercowen @mattyglesias : At this point, it is no longer clear!