A well-regarded pro-capitalism economist opposes the Paulson plan

I found this article via the VoxEU.org RSS feed. It is an excellent read, and I can only wish all senators and respresentatives in Congress would read it and take it seriously.

Charisma-sensei

I did not know this excellent term for charming professors that the Japanese have. I learned it in this interesting article in the New York Times. I have seen the Randy Pausch Last Lecture, mentioned in the article, as I posted before, but there are plenty of additional good examples of professors who are becoming sensations online. I think I need to start preparing a video blog, and I need to do it yesterday…

The Freakonomics blog on the turmoil on Wall Street

A good article on the recent craziness on Wall Street and the reaction of the Fed.

The New York Times on free textbooks

Preston McAfee’s introductory economics text gets publicity. The reaction to high textbook prices is a good thing for students and for the spread of knowledge. Here is the New York Times article.