Thursday, June 21, 2007

Post Cards

Traditional

"According to an old quip, even a parrot can become an economist simply by learning to say "supply and demand."

Mankiw, N G. Principles of Macroeconomics. 3rd ed. Vol. E. Mason: Thomson South-Western, 2004.

People enjoy speaking on topics they know nothing about.

Humor, rebuttal
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Online

"...15-year-old Dileepan Raj carried out a caesarean section to get into the Guiness Book of Records as the world's youngest surgeon."

"Inquiry Into 'Teenage Surgeon'" BBC News. 21 June 2007. World News. 21 June 2007.

Anything is possible

idiocy

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"Principles of Macroeconomics," in the first and "BBC News," in the second cards are supposed to be underlined to remain consistent with the original citation. They are both italicized due to a lack of underline option.

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