video from first year in austin

just a video made from a bunch of random video shots during Bobbie's and my first year in Austin.

much requested link

over the weekend, in addition to a lot of ridicule about the existence of my blog, it has been requested that i use the blog to post a link to this site to help out my single friends in their relocation decisions.

much thanks to Scott Macdonnell for orginally finding this site.
he said he was just looking for cities that had a good "view"

http://jezebel.com/375142/a-statistical-guide-to-why-youre-not-getting-laid

Riverside Summer Classic

In light of the end of the academic year, i was able to participate in my club team's ultimate tournament this week here in Austin.

I play with the Riverside Club Team
http://groups.google.com/group/riversideultimate?hl=en
pics
http://www.pbase.com/skibaby/riverside

we're a mens team in Austin.

J Leon (our Mark Cuban), hosted a tournament this weekend with 14 teams from around Texas and surrounding states.
http://austinultimate.org/riversidesummerclassic/

hot, windy conditions, great fields, made for some long points and great play.

we won a tight game in the semis and lost a heartbraker in the finals.

comps, fine'

I have passed my Comprehensive Exams at the University of Texas in Economics.

A huge hurdle, now completed.

next hurdle, generating 3 papers to serve as chapters of my dissertation, in one year.

luckily, one is well underway.
http://mastroresearch.googlepages.com/

time to keep pressing.

700 MHz Auction Results

http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8382
(note the last paragraph, sneaky)

What Pilots Get Paid For

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?cl=6764062

UT Econ Professor on News

http://www.myfoxaustin.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=5932173&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1

Campaign Contributions

how much, by whom ...
http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/

Govt Role to Decrease Inequality: But What Kind?

Countries should have preferences over Information Equality (there exists moral hazard implications with more pointed goals).

With income equality, agents can procure what they want, including health if that is what they want. Therefore wealth redistribution is a more general goal, and health redistribution is more pointed goal. There is less moral hazard associated with more pointed redistribution goals. With income redistribution there is distortion in labor supply and savings decisions including investments in health. With health redistribution there is still moral hazard, but less. For purchase of commodities, agents must still work accordingly, however there is still lack of incentive for adequate personal investment in health.

I claim that the optimal commodity of redistribution by the government is information. Access to information contains all the answers agents could ever want to achieve any goals they would have. It provides the keys to vast warehouse of tools to serve the needs of all individuals desiring to cultivate their own potential. Achieving information equality consists of procurement of library services for public use, subsidies and at least mild de-tiering of internet, subsidies of information databasing firms, hiring of services to assist the access to information such as librarians and search cost routines.

Sweet New Website

http://nickmastronardi.googlepages.com/

tax competition

by the way, today starts the spectrum auction.

some new interesting unfoldings as to the participants expected strategies.

will have to post some more later.

back to Net Neutrality

i post again about net neutrality just because policy on this issue is so imminent and so important.