December e-links: One Doggy, Two Economists, Tom Hanks, and the Decade’s Anomalies

My final December e-link is a WSJ column that, looking back at the decade’s economic anomalies, tries to understand why they happened.

December e-links: Doggy and Economist Interviews

From this month’s first e-link of doggy co-op interviews, today, I’ve gone to the other extreme with a thought provoking talk between two economists.

Production Possibility Frontiers: Entering (and Exiting) a Discovery Void

After technological innovation multiplies, might the pace of discovery slow down? Think of the history of antibiotics. Starting with the Sulfa drugs that were first discovered during the 1930s, the new antibiotic timeline is congested until 1962. Yes, recently, new antibiotics classes were introduced.…