Monday, October 12, 2009

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Friday, October 9, 2009

odds for monday's nobel in economics

Monday, October 12th is not only Columbus Day for Americans and Thanksgiving Day for Canadians, but more importantly for economists, Monday is the day they announce the 2009 Nobel Prize for Economics. Here are the betting odds courtesy of Ladbrokes (BTW, Romer is my pick):



Eugene Fama 2/1
Paul Romer 4/1
Ernst Fehr 6/1
Kenneth R. French 6/1
William Nordhaus 6/1
Robert Barro 7/1
Bengt R Holmstrom 8/1
Matthew J Rabin 8/1
Jean Tirole 9/1
Martin Weitzman 9/1
Robert Schiller 9/1
Chris Pissarides 10/1
Dale T Mortensen 10/1
Xavier Sala-i-Martin 10/1
Avinash Dixit 14/1
Jagdish N. Bhagwati 14/1
William Baumol 16/1
Gene M Grossman 20/1
Martin S. Feldstein 20/1
Oliver Hart 20/1
Andrei Shoeiser 25/1
Christopher Sims 25/1
Lars P. Hansen 25/1
Nancy Stokey 25/1
Peter A Diamond 25/1
Thomas J. Sargent 25/1
Dale Jorgenson 33/1
Paul Milgrom 33/1
Elhanan Helpman 50/1
Ellinor Ostrom 50/1
Gordon Brown 50/1
Karl-Goran Maler 50/1
Oliver Williamson 50/1
Robert B Wilson 50/1

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

willie gone wild with the lights on

Tickets for the American Shakespeare Center's

Rough, Rude and Boisterous Tour

are currently on sale at SLU's Brewer Bookstore and
the Information Desk in the Sullivan Student Center
Ticket price: $5:00 each
Performance venue: Eben Holden Center


Schedule of Performances

Monday, October 26, ROMEO AND JULIET, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, October 27, ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 28, THE KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE, 7:30 p.m.
No performance on Thursday, the 29th
Friday, October 30, ROMEO AND JULIET, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, October 30, THE KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE, Midnight
Saturday, October 31, ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 1, ROMEO AND JULIET, 1:30 p.m. (children's matinee)

too busy to be original: everything is wonderful


Everything is Wonderful

My face in the mirror
Isn't wrinkled or drawn.
My house isn't dirty,
The cobwebs are gone.

My garden looks lovely
And so does my lawn.
I think I might never
Put my glasses back on.

(ht: gcfl)

Friday, October 2, 2009