Showing posts with label Press links. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Press links. Show all posts

Monday, November 12, 2012

12/11/2012: Quick reading list of late...


Some of my reading from today - worth checking out:

"Debunking Two Nate Silver Myths" from Scientopia.org lays our Bayesian foundations for Nat Silver's forecasting efforts. But in reality, the blog post deals with a deeper issue - the way we interpret predictive models.

"Mathematics, Marriage, and High explosives: Why There Is No Nobel Prize for Math" is a good short post on Shapley and Roth Nobel MP in Economics win, but the post repeats the myth (I am guilty of having told this one myself before) that is solidly debunked here.

A cool paper "The Collapse of the Soviet Union and the Productivity of American Mathematicians" - I recall the years of 1993-1997 when the UCLA maths department welcomed numerous faculty members from the former USSR and Eastern Block.

Foreign Policy superb article on the potential geo-political implications of the opening of the Arctic Passage: "Open Seas". The historical perspective absolutely brilliantly drawn.

NYTimes on "The science and art of listening" quote: "The difference between the sense of hearing and the skill of listening is attention" 

Aside from that - re-reading Vladimir Vonovich's "Moscow 2042" was a delight...

And I will be blogging on academic papers I read... so stay tuned.

Sunday, April 15, 2012

15/4/2012: Some recent links

Few links to chase:

An absolute hero: Sheila Bair (of ex-FDIC fame) ripping into the Fed here.

On the other note - I guess this is the first time I am to mention 'de book' or 'de debt book': What if Ireland Defaults? Sold out of the first print within a week of its launch.

I am talking about the book on Max Keiser here. Recorded during my trip to Moscow in the studio with "Press" helmets - well worn. I had to tip my hat to the real journalists who covered Afghanistan, Tunisia, Beslan siege, etc. Real honor to be in their company!

I am also talking about the core idea behind the book here.

In all, judge the book as you read it - here's the link to amazon order page and Kindle order page. But keep in mind - the credit goes to 22 authors of essays it contains - all equally. And thanks go to the Orpen Press team that put it all together.

My Sunday Times article - mentioning the book - will be up on this blog in a couple of days.



Thursday, February 16, 2012

16/2/2012: Some recent press links

Several links for housekeeping:

My article in the Globe & Mail Economy Lab on Greek deal: Greece: the Jig is Just About Up

And article by Brian Milner from the Globe & Mail main pages quoting me: Setback puts Greece and euro zone in danger

And my comments to the story on irish economy for Finnish newspaper Talous Sanomat

Lastly - Seeking Alpha covers my article in the Globe & Mail: link here