Short Cuts (V)

A longer list of short cuts as I expect not to be connected to the Internet until next week. The reason, spring break!, which in Spain means: scary people looking like old fashioned KKK supporters rallying in the streets.

Much more interesting stuff in the following links:

1. Always wanted to study at the MIT but not smart enough? now you can! A really interesting initiative... is the MIT doing some type of "educational dumping" or is it too confident on signal theories?

2. Ever wondered about the meaning of certain songs? then you should visit this web. And about the relationship between song lyrics and economics? then look at this blog, via marginalrevolution.

3. From aggressive marketing to soft marketing... or from hard power to soft power, this is what the US should have to be doing. At least this is what Bou thinks after reading Nye's "The paradox of American Power"!

4. Jokes about economists and economics. I like this one:

A physicist, a chemist and an economist are stranded on an island, with nothing to eat. A can of soup washes ashore. The physicist says, "Lets smash the can open with a rock." The chemist says, "Lets build a fire and heat the can first." The economist says, "Lets assume that we have a can-opener..."

Paul Samuelson

5. Some youtube rarities... learning philosophy with the Monty Python.