2010

Hewlett-Packard (HP) is suing former CEO Mark Hurd to stop him from joining competitor Oracle.

Al Jazeera's live news updates cover Hezbollah rocket attacks, Israel's bombing of Beirut, and the situation in Gaza one year after an October 7 attack. via The source of this content is Al Jazeera.

In this piece, author Steve Landsburg examines the potential conflict between our instinctive moral responses and the efficient allocation of resources for maximizing lives saved.

via The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics

Kevin Drum criticizes Republican lawmakers for opposing a payroll-tax holiday while supporting the extension of Bush-era tax cuts. via Mother Jones

An economics professor uses the production possibility frontier to illustrate the trade-off between fun and learning for college students.

via Freakonomics

Arnold Kling rounds up economic insights from various writers, including Ed Pinto's proposal for Congress to invest pensions in high-risk loans they mandate and Mark Perry's comparison of soaring college tuition costs to home prices.

via Econlib

Bryan Caplan expresses gratitude for the completion of his book "Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids" and announces its release date. via Econlib.

FlowingData's 2010 poll asked readers what software they use for data analysis and visualization, acknowledging that many use a combination of tools. via FlowingData

Donald J. Boudreaux argues in a letter that proposed fuel-economy labels on new cars should include information about increased risks of traffic fatalities due to lighter-weight materials used to increase fuel efficiency.

via Cafe Hayek

Steven Landsburg explores economic efficiency in challenging scenarios, using Bill Gates and a thirsty man to highlight discrepancies in willingness to pay versus willingness to accept. via The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics

Arnold Kling joins Russ Roberts on EconTalk to discuss his book, *Unchecked and Unbalanced* where he suggests that increasingly specialized knowledge and concentrated political power lead to inefficiency. via Econlib.

Tyler Cowen discusses the Republican stance on payroll tax cuts in light of their other views on taxes. via The source of this content is Marginal Revolution.