Curt Doolittle

Form: Quote Commentary

  • WHERE DO ENTREPRENEURS COME FROM? “Following the lives of 6,116 young people in

    WHERE DO ENTREPRENEURS COME FROM?

    “Following the lives of 6,116 young people in the 1970 British Birth Cohort from birth to age 34, we examined the role of socioeconomic background, parental role models, academic ability, social skills, and self-concepts as well as entrepreneurial intention expressed during adolescence as predictors of entrepreneurship by age 34. Entrepreneurship was defined by employment status (being self-employed and owning a business).

    For both men and women, becoming an entrepreneur was associated with social skills and entrepreneurial intentions expressed at age 16. In addition, we found gender-specific pathways. For men, becoming an entrepreneur was predicted by having a self-employed father; for women, it was predicted by their parents’ socioeconomic resources. These findings point to conjoint influences of both social structure and individual agency in shaping occupational choice and implementation.”

    – Courtesy of Tyler Cowen at MarginalRevolution.

    Source date (UTC): 2012-07-11 01:30:00 UTC

  • WATCH See? It’s not just me. Williamson weighs in and calls krugman a self promo

    http://newmonetarism.blogspot.ca/2012/07/macroeconomic-thought-is-driven-by.html?m=1KRUGMAN WATCH

    See? It’s not just me. Williamson weighs in and calls krugman a self promoter that demonizes straw men.

    Source date (UTC): 2012-07-01 15:15:00 UTC

  • “The nation is burdened with the heavy curse on those who come afterwards. The g

    “The nation is burdened with the heavy curse on those who come afterwards. The generation before us was inspired by an activism and a naive enthusiasm, which we cannot rekindle, because we confront tasks of a different kind from those which our fathers faced.”

    THERE IS NO WE. AN EMPIRE IS NOT A NATION.

    Source date (UTC): 2012-06-30 09:38:00 UTC

  • GEM: FROM SCOTT SUMNER: BUT POORER STATES DON’T VOTE TO INCREASE TAXES “There ar

    GEM: FROM SCOTT SUMNER: BUT POORER STATES DON’T VOTE TO INCREASE TAXES

    “There are studies showing places like Mississippi receive massive subsidies from other states. In my view those data are somewhat misleading. If taxpayers in New York pay into Social Security for many years, and then receive benefits when they retire in Florida, it seems a bit misleading to view that as some sort of gift from the state of New York to the state of Florida. Ditto for money spent on things like nuclear weapons silos in North Dakota. Nonetheless, I accept the basic point that poorer states like Mississippi are net receivers of federal money. But Mississippi does not elect Senators who call for higher taxes on the rich with the money going to support poor people in Mississippi.”

    Source date (UTC): 2012-06-28 07:08:00 UTC

  • SO IS THIS WHY I WOULDN”T FINGER PAINT AS A CHILD?

    http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0025552UM. SO IS THIS WHY I WOULDN”T FINGER PAINT AS A CHILD?

    Source date (UTC): 2012-06-26 16:24:00 UTC

  • Colonel Sanders, with affectionate recollection, said “We were feeling a bit sha

    Colonel Sanders, with affectionate recollection, said “We were feeling a bit shagged and fagged and fashed, it being a night of no small expenditure.”

    Source date (UTC): 2012-06-26 13:39:00 UTC

  • SCHOOLS GETTING DOWN THERE IN APPROVAL WITH THAT OF CONGRESS

    http://www.gallup.com/poll/155258/confidence-public-schools-new-low.aspxUS SCHOOLS GETTING DOWN THERE IN APPROVAL WITH THAT OF CONGRESS

    Source date (UTC): 2012-06-25 21:56:00 UTC

  • ONLY INSTITUTION AMERICANS INCREASINGLY TRUST IS THE MILITARY

    http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/losing-faith-in-american-institutions/THE ONLY INSTITUTION AMERICANS INCREASINGLY TRUST IS THE MILITARY

    Source date (UTC): 2012-06-25 21:38:00 UTC

  • SUBSIDY FOR EVERY TICKET FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS? OMG

    http://taxfoundation.org/blog/santa-clara-county-vs-san-francisco-49ers-battle-stadium-financing$72 SUBSIDY FOR EVERY TICKET FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS?

    OMG

    Source date (UTC): 2012-06-25 19:57:00 UTC

  • COMPETITION OF CROOKS” I’m not a member of the cult of ridicule that seems to pe

    http://www.hanshoppe.com/2012/06/professor-hoppes-new-book-der-wettbewerb-der-gauner-the-competition-of-crooks/”THE COMPETITION OF CROOKS”

    I’m not a member of the cult of ridicule that seems to pervade the libertarian movement. So I’m just a bit thrown by the title of Hoppe’s new book, “The Competition Of Crooks”, which, while bearing a colloquial title, is apparently an elaboration of Hoppe’s theory of the private law society that criticizes the predatory bureaucratic state. The book is apparently only available in German for now. So we pidgin-speaking anglo heretics will have to wait. 🙂 That said, I will read it as soon as it’s available.

    Professor Hoppe: The Competition of Crooks

    http://www.hanshoppe.com/2012/06/professor-hoppes-new-book-der-wettbewerb-der-gauner-the-competition-of-crooks/

    The Professor’s new book is out, in German, with the release information here. Hopefully, Herr Groezinger is busy on the translation, as aside from orderi…

    (from Andy Duncan at godthatfailed.com)

    Source date (UTC): 2012-06-25 19:05:00 UTC