Love and Markets

There's a market for proposals--and for those not so lucky, there are mail order brides. In case it is all a bit rocky, you may get an insurance. You think that a marriage is for life? You may want to consider this insurance for wedding gifts...

PhDs and Politics

The Guardian on plagiarism in European Politics
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/18962349

However, Johannes Hahn is not mentioned.

poor grammar

"grammar is relevant for all [companies]" (Harvard Business Review)

Grammar signifies more than just a person's ability to remember high school English. I've found that people who make fewer mistakes on a grammar test also make fewer mistakes when they are doing something completely unrelated to writing — like stocking shelves or labeling parts.

I get the same impression from reading students' seminar papers and disserations. If you cannot use a spell checker, you should not be in college.

strategic management?

German Prof stumbles over plagiarism. Not so strategic? "the whole affair has the potential to turn into a major academic scandal" (http://lichtenthaler.bwl.uni-mannheim.de/34+M5f823134e1c.html ) -- as if it not already...

for Stata users

Econometrics beat alerted me to this rather interesting site Econometrics by Simulation, a treasure chest of useful Stata code.