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Things have been pretty quiet around here this year. The temptation to embed music videos or insert other snippets of creativity has been resisted because, well, heteconomist has not really paid its way with the requisite quota of economics posts that would ostensibly justify it. Increasingly economics seems to be not only a lost cause but rather beside the point. In any case, with remarkable self-discipline any straying off topic has been put on hold until the Christmas/New Year period,...

Long-time readers will be aware that, from time to time, heteconomist veers off the subject of economics. This is one of those times. There is little to no economics content in the present post. Rest assured that an economics focus will return in the near future. It would be better to hop off now if idle distractions are not your thing. For readers who made it over the fold, congratulations, you are the heart and soul of what makes heteconomist what it is: namely, a blog with a sometimes...

Some days, when things seem quiet on the economic front, and even occasionally when they don’t, minds can wander to less weighty matters and become momentarily lost in daydreams of yesteryear; a heady retreat, for instance, back to high school math class one barmy afternoon, sunshine streaming through the windows facing on to Main Quad, with the keener students engrossed in an exploration of the wonders of polynomials; back to a delirious springtime trance interrupted, rudely, by one of...