2010

This 2010 blog post from Overcoming Bias explores the possibility of airlines and travel websites using cookies to manipulate prices for customers.

Economist Steven Landsburg uses a science fiction novel about people who overselling shares of their future income and the example of Dean Martin to ponder if these contracts inherently invite fraud.

ThinkMarkets discusses differing viewpoints on the causes of unemployment, including Lawrence H. Summers' evolving stance from 1999 to 2010.

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Marginal Revolution shares that John Cleese paid $5,100 for a Mercedes taxi from Oslo to Brussels after being stranded by the Icelandic volcano. via The source of this content is Marginal Revolution.

Tyler Cowen links to general figures on air freight around the world and considers the impact European air travel issues could have on Kenya's tourism and agriculture.

Robin Hanson explores the boundaries of sexism by questioning if agreeing with a claim that women prefer more medical interventions makes him sexist on his blog post "I Am Sexist." via Overcoming Bias.