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...people’s behavior, clearly enough, is neither rational nor remotely predictable. Neither was the volcanic eruption. Having just attended the inaugural conference of George Soros??€™s Institute for New Economic Thinking, one thing is clear: The ash cloud over the continent is the perfect metaphor for the state of economics as a field. Both in economics amidst the global financial crisis as well as, it turns out, in volcano ash predictions, we are relying too much on models that have proven fallible...
...balance, the error probably had very little impact. It’s unlikely that anyone who was accidentally dumped into George Soros??€™s domain changed their mind on the basis of what they saw, though it’s not impossible that a few swing voters moved slightly left of center as part of the exchange. It’s important, though, not to ignore a more basic change reflected in the ordeal: The Annenberg organization existed four years ago, but its online presence was barely felt and so the only interaction most people had with...
...people and everyone in between in my twin searches for donations to the Democrats and people not registered to vote.  I worked for a series of organizations dedicated to putting Democrats in power, starting with two soft-money organizations (the much-reviled 527s), of the kind George Soros??€™ billions and Bruce Springsteen’s concerts pay for, and ending with the Minnesota wing of the Kerry campaign...
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