http://caveatarchos.com AIER Fellows Guide to Graduate School, the Economy and Good Places to Eat Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:53:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Which existing Supreme Court Justice would you not have nominated?" Pastor Rick Warren to Barak Obama.  This was a very good question and we had some interesting answers from both candidates.  McCain, of course would not have nominated the four liberal members and Obama chose Justice Thomas, Scalia, and Roberts.  ... http://caveatarchos.com/2008/08/19/an-interesting-question/ Should the repeal of Glass-Steagall be faulted for the sub-prime crisis? According to the Consumerist: probably yes. I say, definitely no. The blame for subprime should be firmly placed in Bernanke's, Greenspan's, and Congress' collective laps. The poor policy decisions prompting the creation of pseudo-capital, created an incentive system that heavily ... http://caveatarchos.com/2008/04/19/inflation-is-the-most-insidious-form-of-governmental-policy/ [This is a copy from my personal website: getintuit.blogspot.com] So these are the days of miracles and wonders, huh? It's been a long time since I've been able to post, and it will probably be another long-time before I find the time to do so again. My first semester went pretty ... http://caveatarchos.com/2008/01/28/the-irrepressible-gold-standard-or-inflation-inflation-everywhere-and-only-rate-cuts-to-drink/ In short, it looks like the general election maybe a choice between the left and the far left.  This last summer, many of us commented on Ron Paul being the best candidate for the Republican ticket.  However, I'm going to change my vote due to his foreign policy, or lack ... http://caveatarchos.com/2008/01/15/thoughts-on-primaries-thus-far/ I wanted to respond to the post someone made a couple weeks ago, about Marxist's criticism of the class system and what that means for who's really getting the short end of the deal. It reminded me a little of a famous quote by Samuelson: "Remember that in a perfectly competitive ... http://caveatarchos.com/2007/11/29/a-response-to-sticking-it-to-the-man/ So I'm not going into much detail on this, but I've developed myself a theory on the current potential for a recession.  This probably isn't original; I'm sure many others have thought of it, too.  But I haven't seen it much thus far.  Many politicians will try to blame Bush, ... http://caveatarchos.com/2007/11/27/a-little-theory/ One of the recent conversations I had with some friends concerning economics came across a problem that I think is very common - the difference between producers and consumers in regards to surplus.  It turns out that almost everyone has a Marxist view of the producers and consumers, which the ... http://caveatarchos.com/2007/11/15/barriers-in-discussion/                 My chief goal as an environmentalist is to see that my children and grandchildren are raised in a healthy, safe, and clean environment.  I think that is a common goal for many of us in the environmental movement.  But some extremists in the movement are pushing policies that will ... http://caveatarchos.com/2007/11/07/extreme-environmentalists/ [This is a post from my personal website: getintuit.blogspot.com] Up-to-date readers of this blog know that the last two posts have been on the topic of first-year associate pay (what, how, why, where its going? etc.) Friend of GetIntuit, Pete L. made some very valid and interesting points in the comment ... http://caveatarchos.com/2007/10/05/perhaps-this-was-what-i-was-looking-for-did-the-legal-market-go-and-respond-already/ Sometimes it takes the most extreme circumstances around us for us to stop taking things for granted. This is certainly true with things such as money, the people we love, even public transportation. But in grad school, you learn to appreciate even more fundamental things. Like sleep. And, as I ... http://caveatarchos.com/2007/10/04/basic-human-needs-and-grad-school/