My Nobel Econ 2011 prediction

I say "Ernst Fehr, Matthew Rabin, and Richard Thaler for their contributions to behavioral economics" (I even bet 3$ on this, but for some yet unclear reason that pool has closed, with my money returned). In any case, I think it would be highly suspicious if I got it right also this time, given I got it perfectly last year and almost perfectly the year before that.

PS. By the way, as you must have noticed, although I've momentarily reduced the frequency of my blogposts, I've been posting brief impressions on my twitter. 

Blog birthday. Senses. And jazz.

Born in the anonymity of the blogosphere 5 years ago, this weblog grew up a curious, motivated, and responsible toddler: its (no longer) secret ambition remained no less than saving the world-- despite repeated trials of dissuasion by its author, who once foolishly pledged allegiance to the infusion of blogs about nothing. Thus, as this blog claims and proved a certain maturity, it will receive two significant presents for its half decade birthday. To be shared with its select audience:

• a second perennial motto, see blog footer; David Hilbert's Optimismus in der Forschung (und in das Leben!) is joined by Giacomo Casanova's raison d'être.
• a wonderful, complex, complete musical masterpiece; Chicago right now feels almost as dim and rainy as Barron and Haden's flawless "Twilight" in NYC.

Weekend econlinks

• Acemoglu on how nations can get rich: "Fix incentives and you will fix poverty. And if you wish to fix institutions, you have to fix governments"

• Blogossary. With some definitions completely redundant.

• Carlsen is finally right where he should be. For now in Blitz.

• Diploma mills and degree mills. Romania has plenty, Denmark at least one very famous case (though Wikipedia is too slow for that).

• Caballero on sudden financial arrest. I don't agree with everything: the moral hazard is not merely fuzzy reasoning in the context.

• What's up with all the vampire hype: Tyler Cowen's answers. If you want the perspective of a vampire on why vampires are popular, you can meet me in private.

• "If you interact with things in your life, everything is constantly changing. And if nothing changes, you're an idiot." And many other smart thoughts from Umberto Eco (Part 1, Part 2).

• The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research: it exists (and seemingly functions well). Reminds me that I still have to read Edward Castronova's "Synthetic Worlds"...

• Undercover Michelin inspector. Clearly not such a flashy job as Anton Ego's, but if they were to consider hiring part-time, amateur (willing to heavily train on-the-job, though) food inspectors, I would be very interested... :-)

• Very little time left for you to trade Romanian Potential President stock. You have to act NOW! :-)

A Blog Stimulus

And since everybody's concerned about the fiscal stimulus & co..., here's the likely-to-be-best proposal in that realm (via MR). And here's an absolutely great quote from it, to memorize over the weekend and save for future reference:

With sufficient momentum we can make sure the stimulus is not wasted on filling in freshly dug holes, fixing the environment or building bridges to nowhere - all things that the market is perfectly capable of doing by itself. Instead of Bridges to Nowhere, what this economy really needs is a serious infusion of Blogs about Nothing.
Yes. We. Can!

Econlinks (& more)

• Greg Mankiw's memo to the President-Elect; there is a chance Obama might actually listen, given how fast Mankiw's comment changed things here :-).

• The secret pleasures of Dr. Doom: and you still wonder why Roubini has so many fans among the young economists?! :-).

• Do not let this reach Transylvania (the current economic crisis did so, already...) :-).

• The playmate indicator, via Alex Tabarrok on MR. I guess I didn't feel the economic crisis just as yet, at least in this regard :-).

• Finally for today, all you bloggers may want to check out what type of blog you have. I am a "Mechanic" (ISTP) right now, was "Scientist" (INTJ) some weeks ago, looking forward to enter other categories in the near future.

Zoitica, esti barbata!

Descoperirea saptamanii: de departe, cel mai promitator nou blog din ClujBlogRoll. Ingrediente majore in posturile de pana acum: stil, acel epsilon necesar de imprevizibilitate si, mai ales, elementul "exposure". Un debut de exceptie (perfectibil, dar reusit) a carui implicatie nu poate fi decat "I'll be returning soon, hungry for more" (yep, Anton Ego becoming my alter ego...).

PS. Sa nu ma dezmint :-), totusi: putin mai multa atentie la forma nu ar strica (da, am inteles ca romana e pentru tine a doua limba; in cazul tau, insa, cu foarte putin efort in plus, cred ca ai putea sa scrii textele fara greseala-- si da, practica te va ajuta enorm aici) . Sugestia e evident de prioritate secundara; cata vreme continutul ramane superlativ, you rock!

New Blog Contest: Best Blog Entry on Inter-Ethnical Matters in Transylvania

As announced, I restate below the second part of the my previous post. Looking forward for a big number of enthusiastic participants!

Sebi Buhai (in collaboration with Dan, Lolka and Tihi, my colleagues from PhoenixTransylvania, who do not yet know about this, but I am sure will have nothing against it :-) ) is launching a new (smaller scale) blog contest. And absolutely all the material prizes Sebi won at the Clujblogfest will be used as funds for this new blog contest (more details follow below). So what is this about? This blog contest will be under the logo of PhoenixTransilvania and will reward the best blog entry (essay) on any ethnical aspects in Transylvania, from any perspective (more details follow below). The candidate blog entries have to be submitted between the 7th of May and the 7th of June (they could have been written before or within this time range) and all that needs to be done, logistically, to this end, is to submit the address of that blog entry as comment to this post or to the previous post I had on this new contest or to the blog entry that will soon introduce the contest also on PhoenixTransylvania. There won't be any "popular" vote, but solely the decision of a jury composed of myself, Dan, Lolka and Tihi. The first three places will be decided and the decision will be argumented in a post from the jury members, by June 15th, or as soon as possible thereafter. All three best entries will be also published, with the name of their authors, on PhoenixTransilvania. Some further, more detailed, information follows. Please send your questions/suggestions as comments to this post (or the previous post introducing this contest or the post on PhoenixTransilvania soon announcing this competition).

Details:

• the candidate blog entry cannot be longer than 2000 words and can be as short as you want it to be (strong preference for short and concise entries)
• the theme of the blog entry can be anything linked to ethnicity in Transylvania and this includes (but does not exhaust the entire list of possibilities!) the normative perspective (how you'd like things to be); the historical perspective; the very personal perspective; the socio/economic/political perspective; very concrete topics; connection to ethnical relations in other parts of the world etc. Think of your own topics, maybe you can come up with something extremely original!
• the entries can be written in English or Romanian, with English preferred (but the language of the post will not play a crucial part in the evaluation): the reason for preferring English is because we'd like to "market" the eventually winning texts also outside the country. Foreigners can thus also participate (though, obviously, they might need some link to Transylvania- not necessarily entailing that they should have been or be living here-; I know a few potential participants, already). Needless to say, all potential candidates have to understand the rules in English- don't worry: if you've got this far, you're fine :-).
• the judgment on the quality of the submission will be mainly based on the following factors: topic relevance, originality, creativity, organization and coherence, expression and communication style, language use, usage and interpretation of references, conclusion. The jury (Sebi, Dan, Tihi, Lolka) may take the liberty to also consult other specialists if they think it necessary. The final decision, regarding the best three, will be argumented in a small essay to be posted on the blog(s).
• in case you'd really like to participate but you do not yet have a blog and you do not know/do not want to start one, contact me, we'll figure something out. In any case all essays will be posted online somewhere, by the deadline
• I'd like to use this as an incentive to raise some interest around the inter-ethnical issues in Transylvania and, also, to raise the civic attitude in general. Not to mention that this is a test of whether incentives matter in such contexts :-).
• about the prizes of this new contest (so far; if anybody wants to supplement them in a way or another, nobody will mind:-)): the 3rd prize will be my third prize won at the Clujblogfest for the "most informative blog" category; the 2nd prize will be one of my second prizes won at either the "best analysis blog" or "best personal blog"; the 1st prize will be the other of the 2nd prizes mentioned before, supplemented with my share of the third prize that we won with PhoenixTransylvania at the "best collective blog" (and maybe my colleagues in PhoenixTransilvania will like to sponsor with their shares as well here, but that is not mandatory, of course :-)). Given that the Clujblogfest had quite some interesting sponsors, I am sure you will appreciate the prizes!
• what is not certain, but the idea is here already: I'll also try to arrange some space in Cluj-Napoca somewhere so that the three winners can actually present their essays in front of a (small, but very interested) audience and discuss and debate them afterwards and- needless to say :-)- dinner, drinks and possibly accomodation for the contest winners- are all on me, though you'd have to make it to Cluj-Napoca on your own, somehow . The date for this is to be decided later, together with the three would-be winners.
• everybody is encouraged to participate ( in particular feel free to advertise this among pupils and students as well) and all possible views are welcome, as long as you do your best in discussing and argumenting them
• submission starts May 7 and ends June 7th, 24h GMT+2 (Romanian time). Entries might have been written already or, more likely, should be written before the deadline above. The submission per se will consist in sending the address of your candidate post as comment to one of my (Sebi's) posts on my blog or on PhoenixTransylvania (a post will also appear there, soon).
• all submitted entries require a list of all eventually used references and the proper citation of all these in the text (this is not going to be counted in the 2000 words limit). Any detected plagiarism will be made public and the entry consequently disqualified.
• should there be no submission whatsoever or should the jury decide that none of the eventual entries are worth a prize, the prizes will remain in the hands of the-now-sponsor of this contest, Sebi: so don't let that happen! :-). After all, think of it as contributing an opinion to our discussions (or future discussions!) on PhoenixTransylvania
• Success, everybody!

Update: now the announcement is also on PhoenixTransylvania.

This blog is more popular than I thought. And a new blog contest!

Popularity is not at all something I am after (though I could start considering my running for the Romanian Presidency in the future- after all, so far, all you need for that is to be very popular:-)), as I immediately made clear when I was nominated to this "Clujblogfest", a blog "competition" in my native city, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. At that moment I announced, publicly, my desire to withdraw from the blog contest, but, to my enormous surprise, that was not possible: once nominated, you participate whether you want or not. This is but one of the absurdities of this blogfest (no role for a competent jury whatsoever and, respectively, no properly defined, narrow enough, categories in the contest are the two major problems). My opinion is that any such contest promotes excessive popularity and not necessarily (or not, period, this is happening in Romania...) quality... And that's when and where I suddenly lost (and would always lose) any interest in something that, had it been done/were it done properly, could have been/could be a very interesting and more than welcome endeavour.... But there'll be a next time: next time I am sure this will come out much better. The first thing one needs to do for that to happen is to throw away this old format, inherited unchanged (incredibly enough, there was no learning whatsoever!) from the first edition, the national one, of the same contest (edition which, by the way, also rewarded some blogs that cannot induce anything but nausea; at least we're insulated from such feelings in this second one and this is not because I am biased pro my blogger colleagues from Cluj...).

Nevertheless- and here you discover another side of my very complex personality :-)- when placed into such a situation (even- or, I should say, especially- when- involuntarily, arbitrarily), I function contingent on the rule "whatever you do, don't be bored" . In fact I acknowledge that some epsilon amount of "electoral lobbying" has been going on (starting once the preliminary results , published about half-way into the voting period, showed that Sebi's blog was doing far better than most had predicted, including yours truly :-)) and that I've even received the voluntary services of a few enthusiastic- far more enthusiastic, and crucially, with far more time to spend on this than myself- "campaign managers", and all within the rules of the game! But anyways, to cut this saga short, many thanks to all my voters, the final results are here (and I'll emphasize below what exactly this blog won, so that you don't have to skim through all that list, unless you really have time to). I add the (ex-post) hope that most votes for my blog were based on more than just friendship, partisanship or whatever else that would have little to do (notwithstanding that they could be correlated) with the one and only attribute that should matter in this context: quality (and never mind, for now, that, given the way the categories were defined, "quality" itself can be cumbersome to assess). Also, sincere congratulations to all winners and participants at this Clujblogfest, after all we've been through this together :-).

But all this talk and no concrete results presented so far :-). So what on Earth did this blog win (keep however in mind the criticisms from above, on the definition of the blog categories, I will not repeat them) ? Here we go, quite some prizes actually:

• 2nd place in the category "best blog of socio-economic-political analysis" (subtitled, my free translation here, "best blog that gives us food for thought"...) with 74 votes (which make 38% of the total number of votes for this category). The winner had 78 votes (40%).
• 2nd place in the category "best personal blog" (subtitled "best blog 'the world is mine'") with 58 votes (20%). The winner had 73 votes (26%).
• 3rd place in the category "most informative blog" (subtitled- ad litteram translation- "best blog that gets you out of the fog") with 52 votes (16%). The first two places had 134 (41%) and 66 (20%) votes, respectively.
• In addition, this blogger also won, together with the rest of the team, composed of Dan, Lolka and Tihi, aka the (in)famous PhoenixTransylvania (the first inter-ethnic blog from Transylvania), the 3rd place for the "best collective blog" (subtitled "best blog team") with 25 votes (10%), with the first two places receiving 123 votes (49%) and 44 votes (18%), respectively. Again, a surprising prize and ex ante certainly undesired; however, you will see in a bit why, ex post, this prize will become quite useful, as all the other prizes mentioned above :-). Hence, my priors were not the best. I admit.

Let me also mention, finally, that this blog also received (but these are out of the "podium"): the 5th place in the "best blog" category (subtitled "the most popular and most appreciated" blog), with 59 votes (9%), where the winner had 167 votes (24%); and it even managed to get 3 votes (2%) in the "worst blog" category (subtitled "the blog that makes you break the monitor"), where the "winner" had 39 votes (23%).

Anyways, to the really important part of this post. Part which I will repeat in a new post as well. I was stating above that, a posteriori, all these prizes might actually bring quite some utility. And I mean a social, not an individual one (I wouldn't care about the latter under the circumstances). Hence, economically speaking, participating did not turn out such a bad move, after all. Why is that? Well, look what will happen with the prizes that this blog (and this blogger) won and just admit that this is a great idea :-). Here we go:

New Blog Contest: Best Blog Entry on Inter-Ethnical Matters in Transylvania

Sebi Buhai (in collaboration with Dan, Lolka and Tihi, my colleagues from PhoenixTransylvania, who do not yet know about this, but I am sure will have nothing against it :-) ) is launching a new (smaller scale) blog contest. And absolutely all the material prizes Sebi won at the clujblogfest will be used as funds for this new blog contest (more details follow below). So what is this about? This blog contest will be under the logo of PhoenixTransilvania and will reward the best blog entry (essay) on any ethnical aspects in Transylvania, from any perspective (more details follow below). The candidate blog entries have to be submitted between the 7th of May and the 7th of June (they could have been written before or within this time range) and all that needs to be done, logistically, to this end, is to submit the address of that blog entry as comment to this post or to my future post on the blog contest or to the blog entry that will soon introduce the contest also on PhoenixTransylvania. There won't be any "popular" vote, but solely the decision of a jury composed of myself, Dan, Lolka and Tihi. The first three places will be decided and the decision will be argumented in a post from the jury members, by June 15th, or as soon as possible thereafter. All three best entries will be also published, with the name of their authors, on PhoenixTransilvania. Some further, more detailed, information follows. Please send your questions/suggestions as comments to this post (or the future post repeating this info or the post on PhoenixTransilvania announcing this competition).

Details:

• the candidate blog entry cannot be longer than 2000 words and can be as short as you want it to be (strong preference for short and concise entries)
• the theme of the blog entry can be anything linked to ethnicity in Transylvania and this includes (but does not exhaust the entire list of possibilities!) the normative perspective (how you'd like things to be); the historical perspective; the very personal perspective; the socio/economic/political perspective; very concrete topics; connection to ethnical relations in other parts of the world etc. Think of your own topics, maybe you can come up with something extremely original!
• the entries can be written in English or Romanian, with English preferred (but the language of the post will not play a crucial part in the evaluation): the reason for preferring English is because we'd like to "market" the eventually winning texts also outside the country. Foreigners can thus also participate (though, obviously, they might need some link to Transylvania- not necessarily entailing that they should have been or be living here-; I know a few potential participants, already). Needless to say, all potential candidates have to understand the rules in English- don't worry: if you've got this far, you're fine :-).
• the judgment on the quality of the submission will be mainly based on the following factors: topic relevance, originality, creativity, organization and coherence, expression and communication style, language use, usage and interpretation of references, conclusion. The jury (Sebi, Dan, Tihi, Lolka) may take the liberty to also consult other specialists if they think it necessary. The final decision, regarding the best three, will be argumented in a small essay to be posted on the blog(s).
• in case you'd really like to participate but you do not yet have a blog and you do not know/do not want to start one, contact me, we'll figure something out. In any case all essays will be posted online somewhere, by the deadline
• I'd like to use this as an incentive to raise some interest around the inter-ethnical issues in Transylvania and, also, to raise the civic attitude in general. Not to mention that this is a test of whether incentives matter in such contexts :-).
• about the prizes of this new contest (so far; if anybody wants to supplement them in a way or another, nobody will mind:-)): the 3rd prize will be my third prize won at the Clujblogfest for the "most informative blog" category; the 2nd prize will be one of my second prizes won at either the "best analysis blog" or "best personal blog"; the 1st prize will be the other of the 2nd prizes mentioned before, supplemented with my share of the third prize that we won with PhoenixTransylvania at the "best collective blog" (and maybe my colleagues in PhoenixTransilvania will like to sponsor with their shares as well here, but that is not mandatory, of course :-)). Given that the Clujblogfest had quite some interesting sponsors, I am sure you will appreciate the prizes!
• what is not certain, but the idea is here already: I'll also try to arrange some space in Cluj-Napoca somewhere so that the three winners can actually present their essays in front of a (small, but very interested) audience and discuss and debate them afterwards and- needless to say :-)- dinner, drinks and possibly accomodation for the contest winners- are all on me, though you'd have to make it to Cluj-Napoca on your own, somehow . The date for this is to be decided later, together with the three would-be winners.
• everybody is encouraged to participate ( in particular feel free to advertise this among pupils and students as well) and all possible views are welcome, as long as you do your best in discussing and argumenting them
• submission starts May 7 and ends June 7th, 24h GMT+2 (Romanian time). Entries might have been written already or, more likely, should be written before the deadline above. The submission per se will consist in sending the address of your candidate post as comment to one of my (Sebi's) posts on my blog or on PhoenixTransylvania (a post will also appear there, soon).
• all submitted entries require a list of all eventually used references and the proper citation of all these in the text (this is not going to be counted in the 2000 words limit). Any detected plagiarism will be made public and the entry disqualified.
• should there be no submission whatsoever or should the jury decide that none of the eventual entries are worth a prize, the prizes will remain in the hands of the-now-sponsor of this contest, Sebi: so don't let that happen! :-). After all, think of it as contributing an opinion to our discussions (or future discussions!) on PhoenixTransylvania
• Success, everybody!

"Economia à la Romania" sau "Economia Stiinta Umanista"

Tin neaparat sa-i mentionez pe cei (unii) de la Academia de Stiinte Economice (ASE) care castiga detasat noua etapa a concursului "cum mai ajunge lumea pe blogul meu", categoria "aberatii": in mod repetat si foarte insistent (de cel putin trei-patru ori in ultima luna, dar povestea e deja veche, de cateva luni) respectivii studenti sau profesori sau whatever ajung la mine pe blog cautand pe Google expresia (si reproduc ad litteram) "economia stiinta umanista". Ultimele coordonate ale acestor escapade, chiar de astazi, sunt Host name cache.ase.ro, IP address 86.55.176.81. Probabil treaba asta e corelata cu faptul ca efectiv nu mai este loc la ASE de atatea publicatii in cele mai bune jurnale stiintifice pe economie si categoric intreg academe-ul economic mondial ii considera top of the crop... Ca sa nu mai vorbim de aplicarea "umanista" (as in: si nu "profesionista") a principiilor economice in practica, unde Romania (inca) exceleaza etc.

Now, to get serious, here's what I've got to say on the matter (si poate cineva are urechi sa asculte...): economia ca disciplina o fi ea si "umanista", daca vrem neaparat :-), dar numele disciplinei ar trebui atunci alterat, varianta pe care o propun- are si rima!- fiind "economia à la Romania". Parerea mea e total diferita. Si am sa ma repet, daca tot am ocazia :-). Paragraful urmator e rezumatul unei prezentari de la un colocviu stiintific (adresat insa unei audiente generale) desfasurat la resedinta ambasadorului roman Theodor Paleologu, in Copenhaga, cu ceva vreme in urma. Am scris mai in detaliu despre acel colocviu aici, iar prezentarea mea in format PDF (desi e mai greu de urmarit fara prezentator, dar daca aveti vreo intrebare: shoot!) poate fi consultata aici.

Teza acestei prezentări este că economia este o ‹ştiinţă››, în toată puterea cuvântului. Voi încerca demonstrarea acestei teze printr-o trecere în revista a modus operandi folosit în cercetarea economică, punând în evidenţă asemănarea acestuia cu metodologia aplicată in ştiinţele naturale, şi diferenţele sale vis à vis de practica celorlalte discipline sociale. Argumentele vor fi însoţite de scurte exemple sugestive de cercetare, din subdomenii economice care îmi sunt familiare. Similar oricărei ştiinţe naturale, economia se bazează pe elaborarea unor ipoteze falsificabile şi pe validarea acestora prin procedee statistice. Trei caracteristici de baza ale cercetării economice contribuie atât la localizarea disciplinei pe axa ştiinţe fizice—ştiinţe sociale, cât si la ‹‹imperialismul economiei›› în rândul ştiinţelor sociale, i.e., utilizarea extensivă a metodologiei economice pentru a investiga probleme existente sau pentru a ridica întrebări inedite, din afara setului economic ‹‹tradiţional››. Aceşti piloni ai economiei ca ştiinţă sunt: construcţia bazată pe agenţi raţionali care îşi maximizează utilitatea; interesul în starea sistemului (social) în echilibru; şi focalizarea analizei pe eficienţă. Voi discuta aplicarea inferenţei economice în modelarea unor fenomene cum ar fi: acumularea capitalului uman, interacţiunea agenţilor în cadrul familiei, dinamica pieţei muncii şi interacţiunea strategica angajat-angajator, organizarea şi managementul interior al firmelor, comportamentul discriminatoriu şi interacţiunea grupurilor sociale.

Blogging as self-experimentation

I think Tyler Cowen is right to a great extent. And I just love the "less patient with the Continental philosophy" idea. True, true, how true! I would only add that blogging is also providing me (some of you) with an incentive to actually learn more, in a much more (self)disciplined way (understood here that one only blogs about things s/he himself considers interesting and worth blogging about, to start with; this should be the sine qua non of blogging).

Cum mai ajunge lumea pe blogul meu

Mult prea multe keyword-uri care conduc lumea la mine pe blog (yeap, numarul de vizitatori a crescut exponential in ultimele luni: nu stiu daca e de bine sau de rau...), deci prezint doar combinatia castigatoare, de departe, a ultimelor luni: "femeile lui patapievici" (cautare pe google.ro, de la "Romanian Parliament - Informatics Department"- insiders, insiders...). E oare vorba (si) de alter ego-ul Marianne, Marianne Patapievici? :-)

Building a better blog for 2007

One of the resolutions for 2007 should be, as I am sure most webloggers would agree, building a better blog (or starting one first, if you did not do this before!). Well, somebody thought of plenty of advice to that aim, and, for the whole months (ad literam!) of December 2006 posted new entries in the 'Bulding a better blog for 2007' sequence. Without further ado, here's the link to The Simple Dollar's sequence of posts. To be sure, some of these advices are simple truisms, some might seem plain redundant or obsolete, but even those are welcome when restated in the context... My favourite is about 'don't know it all' (and this goes as answer to some friends of mine who did not understand my 'unfinished business'-like posts: maybe they'll understand that it's all part of the strategy). Most of all, this material I linked here is very well organized: its biggest merit.

See also some previous entries I had on blogging: here, here or here.

Din seria 'Cum ajunge lumea pe blogul meu'- Dec '06

Doar o mica selectie de data asta, mult prea multe cautari:

primar popesti leordeni (si despre Popesti-Leordeni am scris, ca sa vezi...)

poze despre sex cu minore (pedofil 1: IP-ul e 89.136.152.90 - pentru vreun organ de politie care se autosesizeaza: deocamdata omul se infierbanta pe internet si i-ar trebui retezat avantul pana trece eventual la fapte mai grave).

ridi Pagliaccio sul tuo amore pianto (correct: ...amore INFRANTO - but you still got to a good source, albeit with a partially wrong keyword...)

opinii despre protectionism (bineinteles- ai venit la sursa potrivita, opinia mea este: get rid of it!)

Violett Margareta Blaga (selfsearch, fara indoiala. )

Diskoteka Boom (cautare din Vejle, Danemarca- daca e cumva noul consul onorific al Romaniei pentru Jutland, sper ca nu cauta melodia asta de placere :-)).

diskoteka (ha ha, uite ca ii aduc si pe macedoneni pe blog...)


sex cu copii filme (pedofil 2: another one bites the dust- hopefully, daca se autosesizeaza vreun chestor: 89.35.15.92 , ISP provider: Sc Twin-con Srl)

eu omul eseu free downloads (prietene, nu exista dejun pe gratis...)

inegalitatea sociala in romania (stai linistit ca nu stam chiar atat de rau; de fapt nici restul lumii nu sta atat de rau comparat cu anii '70 la capitolul asta- nici macar SUA, care sta mai rau, curent, decat alte state)

poze cu albania (te anunt cand le voi avea...)

Nicolae Ceausescu execution movie (remarkable, the keyword was written with the Romanian character that stands for "sh"- and the search is from Sweden- could be a Romanian speaker though...)

venitul mediu pe cap pe an 2006 romania (pe an pe cap pe cap pe an tot una)

blog basescu (neah, asta-i blogu' lui sebi buhai, nu al lui basescu. Care nu e tocmai ce unii ar numi fan al domnului Basescu...desi admite ca Basescu a avut si toane excelente si spera sa nu fi fost vorba de simple discontinuitati)

ceausescu ed elena video you tube (come to papa, I am the first one on your search return list!).

poze in care sa arate cum sa faci sex (las' ca te descurci cand vine momentul, iar daca chiar nu merge: pustnicia e pentru 'mata)

despere dinozauri in limba English (mai fratele meu, inainte de limba English invata limba Romana...)

statistician independent (hmm. mai greu la noi, vezi si marturiile domnului Geoana)

fata merge pe jos lyrics (ce e mai nene cu fata asta care merge pe jos prin blogul meu- cineva care poate sa-l ajute pe om cu link-ul la lyrics? dati un comment)

milton friedman free to chose (this is one of the best things to get interested in)

JOHN NASH - GAME THEORY (excelent, esti pe calea cea buna)

ceausescu execution video (yep, wrote about that- it seems a very popular keyword leading people to my blog, lately)

Ceausescu speeches youtube (o cautare din Abruzzi, Chieti: chiar am fost acolo, o regiune MINUNATA )

albert rees (excelent, din pacate putini stiu de albert rees, cu atat mai putini vor sa se informeze despre el- ip-ul e din Romania. Bravo! )

rata saraciei in bulgaria (apare undeva in ceea ce am scris despre dinamica saraciei, din cate imi amintesc)

media veniturilor in europa si asia centrala"(vezi si mai sus)

cum faci Anul 2007 interesant? (si oracolul Google ti-a dat vreo sugestie? Ca de pe blogul meu cel mult poti deduce, printre randuri, ca depinde numai si numai de tine).

Coeficient Gini (cautarea vine de la Ministerul Finantelor - Centrul De Tehnologia Informatiei Financiare: foarte bine, chiar daca nu stiti, cel putin doriti sa invatati...e si google un prim pas)

My favourite actor (thank you, thank you very much. I am honoured)

angajari filme adulti (te anunt cand deschid afacerea)

"miyahee of Romania", "download miyahee of Romania", "miyahee lyrics" and co. -these nice chaps from Vietnam (don't know how many of them; this last one, who insisted a lot on getting the miyahee song from either my blog or my sitem came from The Corporation For Financing And Promoting Technology- IPwise, that is) don't yet realize that this song is not "of Romania" and that it can hardly be called a "song". Listen to some Balanescu Quartet- you'll gain much more, guaranteed!

omul nu e decat o trestie (hmm, daca stau sa ma gandesc stii tu ce stii)

cercetare mondiala (aiurea)

poze cu iliescu (mai exista fani Nea Ion )

studii rata saraciei (la IP description am 85-120-75-140.gov.ro(Cancelaria Primului Ministru): e oarecum ingrijorator ca aceste studii ajung sa se caute pe net pentru-banuiesc- adoptarea politicilor... dar pe de alta parte suntem in Romania.)

oprescu (search-ul vine de la un IP cu urmatoarea caracterizare: RomanianParliament - Informatics Department - incepe sa fie caldut nu, se apropie alegerile in PSD- eu am prezis deja cine va castiga... ex-post: well, too bad, am pierdut pariul, Geoana ramane 'fruncea')

La Valse Des Monstres (indeed a great piece/album by Yann Tiersen)

economia de piata-eseu (un keyword foarte frecvent- in format similar- cel putin la nivel de eseuri se misca ceva in Romania... desi deocamdata lumea cauta pe net in loc sa se apuce de treaba...)

nixon ceausescu clip (excelent! This is great: now I believe my blog is quite useful...)

rolul comisiei europene (cautare aiurea si cautare cu motor aiurea- www.av.com- in loc sa vizitezi direct site-ul comisiei europene...)

MODEL DE CV SCRIS IN LIMBA ENGLEZA DE UN ECONOMIST (asta da keyword!)

cauzele saraciei (nu, inca nu am scris nimic despre cauzele saraciei- am scris putin despre dinamica saraciei, dar nu despre cauzele acesteia).

poze cu minore (pedofil 3, de Ploiesti, ISP-ul e SC Cataro SRL, nu dam inca IP-ul ca omul nu a facut un search explicit- dar la greseala urmatoare nu mai iertam...)

NASCUTI 21 DECEMBRIE (in fact: I know somebody born in that very day, somebody who used to be very special- Happy Birthday for tomorrow )

discriminare copii strazii (primul lucru care imi sare in ochi: unde e al 3-lea i al copiilor strazii?!)

efectul static si dinamic (aiurea)

My favourite this time:

taierea porcului modern (mai nene, daca chiar e modern, cruta-l anul asta...)

The economics of blogging

Also (since I was just talking about Cowen's advice regarding success in the blogosphere) via Marginal Revolution: some people have started thinking about the economics of blogging (so did I). Here's the opinion of one of them, unfortunately a non-economist (and some of them really think they can do the job of the economists), who concludes (destroys!) his otherwise very interesting attempt with

Economically speaking (sic!- my addition), what do you make of the blogosphere? My own contribution: There's a lot more to life than economics knows how to account for.

I would say there is a lot more economics you should learn before you judge to what extent economics can acount for life in general, or for the blogosphere bit in particular. And that without any tendency towards the (so much hated outside economics) "economic imperialism" (see Eddie Lazear's view on that).

I am sure I will come back to this economics of blogging topic at some point since this is extremely interesting (and nowadays it's not so difficult to collect the right data to back up any such research).

What's the secret of succesful blogs?

This is a question I bet each and every one of us, active members of the blogosphere, would like to have an answer to. Here's what Tyler Cowen (from Marginal Revolution), one of the most succesful bloggers indeed and one of my favourite econbloggers (that very intriguing new species that I also talked about in a previous post), gives as answer. To repeat and emphasize it once more, it's all about three crucial ingredients:

1. Expertise.
2. Regularity (Cowen suggests at least 5 times a week).
3. Recurring characters, like a TV show

I could not agree more. Both in terms of the items and in terms of their ranking. Anybody who disagrees (and is succesful :-))?

Blog backup

Am citit acest articol din SmartFinancial, dar gasesc ca se prezinta problema, se scriu paragrafe si paragrafe fara cap si fara coada si - at the very end of the day- nu se ofera solutii simple si la indemana oricui (ceva tipic in jurnalismul nostru). Ori prima solutie la care oricine ar trebui sa se gandeasca in materie de securitate a blog-ului este backup-ul blog-ului si - pasul imediat urmator si esential- cum sa faci treaba asta in modul cel mai comod/eficient posibil.

Cateva randuri deci pe topicul backup-ului. Evident poti sa faci backup-uri in multe feluri si pana la urma depinde si de preferintele personale. Intr-o enumerare aleatorie si incompleta: daca tii blog-ul pe serverul propriu poti sa faci backup cum vrei si cand vrei si poti sa activezi un proces de backup-ing automat- urmatoarele idei sunt deci pentru situatia cand nu ai blog-ul pe serverul propriu; in plus unii provideri de blogspace ar putea sa iti ofere direct optiunea de backup (sau, echivalent, sa iti dea indicatii exacte cum se poate face asta: blogger.com merge de exemplu pe ideea asta , neavand optiune explicita pentru backup), deci am terminat si cu optiunea asta- in continuare trecem doar pe linia: ai blog-ul gazduit de unul dintre provideri si nu ai o optiune de backup explicita sau implicita, deci vrei variante 'universale'. Ce faci in cazul asta? Ei bine, ai o gramada de posibilitati si aici (unele evidente...): poti pur si simplu sa ai toate textele (sau imaginile etc) postate, salvate anterior pe orice suport digital; o alta posibilitate este sa activezi functia de trimis orice entry-uri catre o adresa email si sa le pastrezi pe toate acolo; similar alternativelor anterioare se poate sa salvezi pur si simplu fiecare post, fie in format .html, fie in format text etc. , dupa dorinta. Important insa este ca template-ul blog-ului sa fie salvat din timp, de fiecare data, indiferent care alternativa de backup de mai sus este folosita ( daca tii la formatul template al blog-ului si nu doar la continut).

Personal prefer o alta alternativa pe care nu cred sa o stie toata lumea. Exista acum diverse produse software care pot face un backup complet oricarui site, fie ca e vorba de un blog, fie ca e vorba de altceva. Si functioneaza de minune (am testat un asemenea produs atat pentru backup-ul weblog -ului cat si cel website-ului meu). Un astfel de software pe care il recomand oricui (Windows users...) este HTtrack Website Copier. Procesul backup poate dura mai mult daca site-ul respectiv are o dimensiune mare, dar pentru un blog e relativ rapid. Pentru cei care folosesc Mac-uri o alternativa la soft-ul de mai sus este Webgrabber.

Un nou episod din "Cum ajunge lumea pe blogul meu"

"Pareri despre Imagine a Romaniei din 1989 pana astazi-2006" (nu imi dau seama daca ai scris cu piciorul stang sau cu cel drept)

"gary becker irational" (economist de frunte la ASE- IP-ul corespunde- clar)

"europa intr-o economie mondiala bipolara" (si limba de lemn...)

"blog sebi" (sa vezi ca eu sunt primul pe lista...)

"Miyahee lyrics" (tipul asta din Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam- asa apare in web visit tracker-ul meu- e foarte insistent: man, this song is a piece of shit, capisci?-data trecuta am spus-o in romana si poate a priceput pe dos)

"posturi pentru economisti 2006" (nada...sau eventual presedinte de stat in Ecuador etc- vezi si persoana respectiva: unul care se crede economist, a obtinut cumva si un doctorat la Illinois in trecut, dar nu este..)

"giosan cnpasa" (da, Liviu Giosan chiar a gasit acronimul perfect, ar trebui inclus in manualele de istorie: CNPASA- organizatia care a pus bazele managementului cercetarii in Romania in ultima perioada)

"discriminare rural" (si acordul?)

"imagine a romaniei in presa internationala dupa anul 1989" (ar trebui sa incerci un 'narrowing down', altfel gasesti prea multe)

"rroma in michigan" (interesting. even more interesting how it links with my blog...)

"rara sic com bah song" (wow!)

"nascuti la comanda" (ok> search-ul asta e popular, cel putin o data pe luna)

"reviste adulti romania" (exista acum: si site-uri, si filme, si reviste...mai au putin de exersat la traducerea dirty talk-ului in romana neaosa, dar in rest cat vrei, ce vrei, cu cine vrei...)

"despre jan tinbergen" (amicul meu din Chisinau (dupa Ip) cu o gramada de search-uri pe subiectul jan tinbergen in zilele astea> culmea tot blog-ul meu e in cap de lista oricum ar cauta :-))

"lucrarile lui jan tinbergen" (uite cineva interesat! scurt si la subiect- sfat insa: cauta direct in engleza sau olandeza, desi ma gandesc ca ultima alternativa nu e chiar la indemana...)

"poze cu dinozauri si informatii despre ei" (Dino-user-ul revine! de data asta cautat atat poze cat si informatii despre dinozauri- bravos!)

"sofisme economice" (hai nene, ca din astea am avut destule, numai economisti sofisti aveti...)

"FOOTAGE CEAUSESCU EXECUTION" (da il gasesti pe youtube...)

"eseul cum fac" (si zici ca esti din Iasi?)

"eseu o calatorie in timp" (cred ca era mai eficient sa-l incepi decat sa-l cauti pe net- si il terminai pana acum)

"sorin matei" (cineva il cauta pe Sorin pe blogul meu. Il gasesti la pagini.com, inter alia)

"eseu 100 cuvinte A friend is need is a friend indeed" (fantastic, toti cautati lucrari pe net in loc sa va puneti pe treaba?)

"econometrie" (pur si simplu!)

"eseu english vara" (serios ca e grav cu eseurile astea)

laureati ai premiului nobel in economie (bravos musiu, uite cineva interesat de lucruri serioase)

"imagine a Romaniei in lume,in presa internationala" (daca e in presa internationala e mai putin probabil sa fie in limba romana...)

"eseu- How did you spend your last weekend?" (hmm, let me see, an idea would be: I spent my last weekend trying to find essays about how one spends his weekends...clever!)

"discriminarea pozitiva" (da, e bine sa fii informat- dar iti zic eu ca nimeni serios nu crede in asta, cu atat mai putin grupurile discriminate pozitiv...)

"moartea ceausescu clip" (am scris despre asta intr-adevar- si gasesti footage-ul pe YouTube)

"kenneth arrow teori" (he has more than one, "theories" that is. not sure about "teoris"...)

"Marius Benta" (cineva din Tokio il cauta pe Marius Benta la mine pe blog )

"www.poze cu copii din alte part i ale lumii" (asta da keyword)

"greva studentilor din franta" (inca mai e de interes!)

"jocuri dinozauri" (dupa pozele cu dinozauri e clar ca vrem sa ne jucam cu ei...)

"loosechange911" (probabil cel mai popular keyword care duce lumea pe blogul meu)

"asistent de farmacie oferta loc de munca" (hai mai, doar nu gasesti asta prin google...)

"Lista revistelor stiintifice cotate A si B in Romania" (care A si B? In Romania doar cele XYZ sunt apreciate)

"eseu de independenta" (vai de capul vostru, eseistilor...)

"econometrie+doctorat+modele macroeconomice" (un alt Mischie?)

"viata postdoc america" (conform ultimelor sondaje, se pare ca s-a imbunatatit- cel putin in stiintele exacte)


"funny sounds patapievici" (intrebarea este: folosim google sa frecam menta sau nu folosim google sa frecam menta)


"blog aarhus erasmus" (interesting- m-as mira sa fie vreunul avand toate elementele astea- sau nu mai mult decat al meu :-))

"poze cu dinozauri" (fan-ul nostru nu se lasa! dinozauri si iarasi dinozauri- vezi si prin universitatile noastre cati dinozauri dormiteaza, astia sunt o specie moderna...)

" ce este omul de stiinta" (imi aduce aminte de Pascal... cu diferenta ca specimenul asta de stiinta e ceva mai mult decat simpla trestie ganditoare - vezi insa si frecarea mentei mai sus)

"date despre economisti care au castigat premiu nobel" (vad vad ca esti insistent(a)- dar ce vrei sa faci cu ele?- cele publice sunt pe nobelprize.org )


"google totul despre sex" (cautat chiar cu google- ar fi fost prea frumos sa cauti keyword-ul asta cu yahoo! Dar dincolo de asta, nici cu google-ul nu afli totul despre sex, amice. Aici e nevoie de experienta proprie)

" Patul lui Procust" (imi place- chiar si cu asta se poate ajunge pe blogul meu)

"case in Elvetia" (n-am badie, ce sa fac cu ele)

"dialog intre 2 persoane" (tautologie)

"model de cv dupa sistemul european" (si care e "sistemul european?"- de ce cautati doar modele in loc sa fiti originali si sa puneti pe primul loc avantajul vostru comparativ)

"Raport al Bancii Mondiale " (care? si despre ce?)

"dupa 2000 de ani sebastian" (e cartea lui Mihail Sebastian- nu am scris inca despre asta, pana acum doar putin despre Jurnalul sau)

"venitul mediu in slovenia" (da, asta e intr-adevar un venit occidental)

"ted kaczynsky is a genius?" ( I wouldn't say. Perhaps the most intellectually qualified among madmen, yes, that could be)

"asimetrii informationale" (bravo, cineva care cauta un subiect inteligent si descrie keyword-ul (aproape) inteligent)

"Milton Friedman biography" (astfel de cautari tot as dori...)

"David Ricardo teoria avantajului comparativ" (fantastic, incep sa ma incante keyword-urile astea)

"jewish mosque cluj" (uite, chiar nu imi aduc aminte unde este: rusine sa-mi fie)

"statutul casnicelor" (care statut? casnice. full stop.)

"zoe ceausescu teorie matematica" (originala?)

"angajari in san sebastian" (neaparat in san sebastian? capsunar, capsunar sau mai mult?)

"incapatanare in engleza" (mai frate da' esti incapatanat rau: acum cateva saptamani tot asta cautai- nu mai exista dictionare romano-engleze pe la noi? Uite ca iti fac eu traducerea: stubbornness)

"what does vesti la giubba mean?" well, see, learn some Italian, my friend...

"george constanza" (yep, sometimes he becomes a philosopher)

"sex cu minore filme free" (nebunie cu frustratii astia: si de ce ma rog cu minore? ti-am dat un track la IP amice, o noua greseala si gata esti )

"reviste pentru copiii" (totul ok, mai putin ultimul i)

"filme cu sex explicit" (bre, iarasi tu, internautul frustrat- acelasi ip... a propos, cele cu sex IMPLICIT ce au?)

"statistici despre crime in bucuresti" (uite, o chestie care ma intereseaza si pe mine- nu doar in bucuresti, dar in toate orasele)

"blog cu poze din tarile europei" (n-am taica, pe blog, dar da-i un search pe engleza si gasesti cu duiumul...)

"eseu liber despre democratie" (cat de liber?)

"Informatii si poze cu dinozauri din trecut" (da, acum e clar: nu ii vrei pe cei aciuati prin Parlament, Academie etc. ci doar pe cei simpatici din timpurile pre-istorice. Bine, Dino, rezolvam!)

"dinamica saraciei 2006" (uite chiar am scris despre asta- sa nu zici ca esti de la Cotidianul...).

"economia de piata eseu" (da, asta e singurul lucru care ar trebui promovat prin eseuri, prin orice: free market economies)

adresa de net unde poti vorbi cu h.r.patapievici (mai sa fie, Pata pe net, chiar sunt curios)

obiect de valoare si prestigiu link (asta da: blogul meu intra la categoria asta :-))

translation of da si tu mai departe (wha ha ha ha, cum ar necheza Basescu (revin cu un post pe tema asta!), chiar sintagma asta vrei s-o traduci)


No clear winners this time...

A propos, vedeti si cum ajunge lumea pe blogul Ralucai Cozma. Unele keyword-uri sunt mult mai amuzante decat cele folosite pentru a ajunge pe blogul meu.

Blogging, fame and fortune

I single out two articles I've read recently about the new trend among bloggers and how blogging might evolve in an industry:

First an article from The Economist about "Blogging for a living"
An excerpt:

On her blog, called Dooce, Heather Armstrong chronicles her life as a disenchanted Mormon in Salt Lake City, her former career as a high-flying web designer in Los Angeles, her pregnancy and postpartum depression, and so on. A year ago, her blog started generating enough advertising revenue to become the main source of income for her family. She is not alone. There are now just enough people like Ms. Armtsrong to signify a new trend: blogging as a small business.

And a second one, from the Los Angeles Times, about a peculiar lot among the bloggers, the econbloggers:
Some fragments:

...blogging doesn't seem to be the kind of activity that an economics textbook would endorse. A cost-benefit analysis might conclude that the economist pours time into a blog and gets little or no financial reward. Few blogs, for example, have ads to generate revenue. It would follow, then, that the most prominent economists would lose the most from blogging. But not all economists concur that time spent blogging is a waste [...]

Becker, who writes a blog with federal appeals court judge Richard A. Posner, said more people had approached him on the street since the blog started two years ago. They sometimes take photos and ask for autographs. Econo-fans are responding, Becker figures, because the blogs put important pocketbook issues into understandable language. Whereas former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan had "Greenspeak" — the carefully convoluted jargon whose comprehensibility rivaled that of Klingon — the blogs connect economics to daily life.

So what are you waiting for: Go Pro!

Blogovesti

Vad ca Dan are un succes nebun cu initiativa ClujBlogRoll. Iata ca l-a gasit chiar si pe Marius Benta, veche cunostinta de-a mea. Bun venit, domn Benta! Se anunta ceva foarte promitator daca se mai alatura astfel de lume.

Si un nou episod din "cum ajunge lumea pe blogul meu". Cuprinde intrari selectate din ultimele luni, majoritatea sunt cautari pe yahoo sau google:

"mentalitatea suedeza, modele de economia de piata" (mai mai, numai nea Ion cauta economia de piata in Suedia)

"scrisori de intentie pentru universitati din sua" (daca trebuie sa le cauti pe internet, mai bine te lasi pagubas(a)...)"

"proiect postdoc" (pai de unde nene, te uiti dupa el pe internet? si zici ca ai doc-ul deja?)

"rolul meu ca economist"(ha ha ha, asta e tare, asa da, economist de Romania! ma gandeam eu ca isi pun astfel de intrebari psihologice, e nevoie pentru motivatie...)

"miyahee song" (da! am scris probabil de mai multe ori ca e bun de aruncat la gunoi )

"Mihail Sebastian jurnalul" (foarte bun intr-adevar, il recomand tuturor)

"the most annoying sound in the world" (yep, wrote about it)

"model de cv pentru studentii francezi" (ciudat cum se leaga cuvintele...dar dincolo de asta, cum difera de un model general de cv...?)

"dupa ce criteriu se face admiterea la SAM" (probabil sunteti la fel de curiosi: ce o fi SAM- eu stiu doar de uncle Sam sau SAM aka Sorin Adam Matei :-))

"laureati ai premiului nobel pentru fizica" (cel mai simplu e sa ii cauti direct pe nobel.se)

"scoli de vara in limba engleza pentru copii care se afla in Romania" (interesant, desi formularea e redundanta- da, oare cate sunt, unde sunt, asta e chiar ceva folositor, daca e organizat bine)"

"sebastian buhai music" (intr-o viata viitoare va fi!)"

"jocuri de strategii economice" (what?!)

"jocuri adulti" (as avea cateva idei, dar depinde de persoanele implicate...)

"cum fac lucrarea de licenta" (eu zic sa o lasi balta)

"crime la comanda" (pragmatic, nene, pragmatic!)

"nevoia de siguranta" (mda)

"filme adulti romanesti" (adica avem si pretentii- sa fie dirty talk.ul sau tehnica autohtona cea cautata?)

"eseu despre ce inseamna moartea" (cata vreme ramai la faza teoretica e ok)

"cercetator concediere" (adevar graiesti, probabil unii ar vrea sa ne concedieze pe toti)

THE SECOND BEST ARE:

"john nash mai traieste" (ai completa dreptate, desi e un keyword cel putin traznit...)

"unde scriu la CNSAS" (sigur nu pe blogul meu!)

"traian basescu adresa corespondenta" (mofturi, calea oficiala ce are?)

"concursuri de participat doar copiii de 9 ani" (ei, doar si doar pentru copiii de 9 ani nu cred sa fie)

WHILE MY WINNER IS:

am spus poze cu dinozauri nu informatii despre ei (pai chiar asa, internautii astia numai informatii au si poze ioc!! mai sa fie!)

Din categoria "Cum ajunge lumea pe blogul meu"

... luandu-ma aici dupa bunul meu prieten Dan. Desigur intrarile directe nu sunt prea interesante deci postez din keyword-urile folosite pe google si pe alte motoare de cautare online (le preiau ad literam):


"traducere din the economist" (corect, asta chiar am facut la un moment dat, nu stiu daca am tradus vreo parte interesanta pentru clientul meu...)
www.angajari asistent de farmacie (chiar agentie de oferte de munca nu sunt, imi pare rau...)
"as fi vrut sa stiu" (si eu...)
"protectionismul" (sigur ca da, despre asta am vorbit de multe ori, welcome!)
"mircea miclea" (nu stiu daca e chiar dumnealui, cel putin eu de multe ori ma caut pe google :-), daca da, foarte bine, cel putin e interesat de ceea ce crede lumea despre 'mnealui)
"exemple de cv si scrisori de intentie" (eh, lumea e chiar preocupata de asta, o preocupare pozitiva as spune)
"tismaneanu goma" (vechea istorie...)
"publicatii ISI" (asa da! ma bucur sa fiu referinta aici desi trebuie sa spun ca personal inca nu am nici una... dar vor veni... foarte curand; sunt mai multe intrari cu keyword-ul asta)
"observatorul cultural and eugen brailoiu and daniel david" (sau eugen sau daniel, vor sa stie ce se mai spune de articolul lor, numai bine sper...)
"daca vrei cu adevarat poti" (cum sa nu!)
"teoria jocurilor" (uite cineva care chiar vrea sa se informeze, dar ar trebui sa caute intai pe varianta in engleza)
"pe frontul de west nimic nou" (cateodata suntem plictisiti, admit...)
" fata merge pe jos" (inca nu am descifrat ce vrea sa fie asta sau ce legatura am eu cu fata care merge pe jos; raman curios)
"loosechange911" (vad ca il cauta deja multi, apare de mai multe ori, nu poate fi decat un semnal pozitiv)
"lucrari in limba rroma" (hmm, cam greu sa dai de asa ceva, cred, dar succes!)
"blog economie " (de ce nu, after all?; eu totusi nu am vrut sa ii dau un scop precis)
"copii nascuti in Romania in 2005" (doar nu credeti in teoria conspiratiei...)
"lonneke roodnat" (sau lonneke insasi sau vreun admirator inrait, nu mi-ar parea curios sa aiba multi)
"a world without romania" (de nspe mii de ori keyword-ul asta - sper totusi ca nu si-o doreste nimeni...)
"umanioare" (back to ISI...)
"Cioaba, Sebastian" (asta cred ca e Sebi Cioaba insusi, pare-mi-se ca il cunoaste pe Gabi Grigorescu pe care il cunosc si eu etc, anyways Sebastian rulez!- scuze ca ajungi si la mine cu cautarea asta, dar cate vreme are de-a face cu "sebastian", I can't help it!)
"Mihaela Miroiu" (sau doamna Miroiu sau vreun baiat cu ochi albastri care s-a prins ca google poate oferi uneori informatii interesante)
"profesori universitari romania in EU" (cred ca e o contradictie in termeni aici, dar ma rog, go for it)
"din lume adunate" (cat de general e general?- dar recunosc, sunt vinovat!)
"decret avorturi" (interes in crestere, multe intrari cu keyword-ul asta)
"meritocratie romania" (uite ceva f. interesant desi nu cred ca vei gasi asta cu google pentru ca nu exista defel inca, nici macar virtual...)
"avantajul comparativ relevant" (avem si avantaje comparative nerelevante- pentru societate per se etc- , adevarat, de exemplu al meu ar fi categoric actor in filme pentru adulti)
"Alina Salganik" (no clue...but welcome to my blog anyways!)
"valentina pop" (insistenta, insistenta doamna sau domnisoara de la Cotidianul- am laudat-o la un moment dat pentru un articol economic bun cand restul ziaristilor o luasera razna...)
"melania vergu" (da, am scris si bune si rele despre dumneaei, in general insa cred ca balanta e spre cele albe...)
"annoying sound vote" (fantastic si despre asta am scris la un moment dat!)

... but the winner so far...is:

" sa nasti in finlanda" (no further comments, recunosc ca habar nu am nici cum e sa nasti, nici cum e finlanda, cu atat mai putin combinatia!)