Posts from ‘September, 2008’

Banks may not be performing as poorly as you thought

Check out this article from Benjamin Applebaum at the Washington Post, talking about how smaller banks are doing fine in the crisis and are not starved for capital. Hat tip to Alex Tabarrok at Marginal Revolution.

Questions for the day

Consider any field that’s judged for its quality – artwork, music, beer taste, basketball playing ability, wine, etc. Which fields are going to be judged the same by everyone? Which fields are going to be judged differently by everyone (Wine for example, where judges gave different scores to a wine sampled twice). In which fields [...]

Essential Detailed Home Brew Guide

You will need all this for your brewing day: Brew Pot (5 gal) and lid Fermenter (6 gal) and lid 1.5 Liter Bottle of Water (for Measuring) Yeast Starter Jar (Big enough for half of the water in the 1.5 liter bottle. It is cool if this has measuring units but not near essential). Other [...]