“Economics is merely a lens through which we can view the world around us,” Wolfers says. “Some of my work interfaces with psychology, some political science, some criminology, some sociology. We’re social scientists trying to understand the world.”
The study drew national media attention. The NBA issued a stern denial, Charles Barkley called the authors “jackasses,” and Wolfers notes that it marked “the first time I’ve ever had a paper criticized by Kobe Bryant.”
“Economists think there’s truth and all you have to do is be honest and you’ll discover it,” he says. “It means we all wake up every day excited to go discover something.”
3. Talking about NBA, here‘s an article on Kevin Garnett and the trend of hiring professional number cruncher to improve performances. I haven’t been following NBA for a while, but will probably get around to watch last season’s finals.
4. From last week’s Economist: Maldives, facing the prospect of homelessness due to rising sea levels, is looking to buy a new homeland. The article moves on to interesting implications (assuming places are commercialized) that Israelis can buy a place for Palestinians, China can buy Malaysia instead of pursuing Taiwan, and Europe can swap places among themselves. If only things work that well at the national level…
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Garnett and "their" Celtics really did a good job in last season…(though I am on Kobe\’s side^^…
To Amoy Duck
I think you are on "Handsome & Cool" side…