This and That

Anne's post on me (Again, thank you Anne!). And please don't forget to check his awesome blog! :)

Achka's new album. Seriously, this is one of the best Mongolian albums ever recorded--funny, witty, full of great rock n' roll tunes (still waiting for the definitive version though :D). Tegj baigaad review-iig ni bichnee :)

And those of you who listen to Bob Dylan, don't forget to check his new bootleg series album - Tell Tale Signs (you can listen to it free at NPR). Or you can download from here.

A new blog: Монголын эдийн засаг сонирхогч залуучуудын онлайн клуб

Again, talking about my geeeneraation!!!

Ben Casnocha says, "You can't generalize about Gen Y" (FYI: Gen Y is a group of people like myself, who are the "elusive young'uns born between 1985 and 1995")

Yes, Gen Y is different. We grew up online. We won't get drafted for a war. But our most profound characteristic might be our weak collective consciousness. Our individual identity is stronger and more authentic than our social one.

From the Depression through Vietnam, people the same age grew up around shared experiences. And from these common experiences definable generations were born. People consumed the culture and products directed at their age group. Their social network consisted of whoever lived on their cul-de-sac. And if they needed world news, Walter Cronkite told them.

Thanks to the Internet and globalization, we uber-connected hipsters aren't constrained by incidental factors the way our parents were. Sure, we might share a faint generational dialect with people our own age. But we're finding that a common obsession is a better predictor for a meaningful bond between two people. A lot better than the year our parents happened to have unprotected sex.

You can develop obscure passions by joining virtual, ageless communities around your interests. Love Scottish lighthouses? I guarantee that there's a community for you. Want to start a business selling indie music on MySpace? Nothing's stopping you.

All this means that it's harder than ever to generalize about generational behavior. There is no magic "millennial" dust (Facebook! Blogs! Emo!) that you can sprinkle on your marketing to make it appeal to today's youth. If you want to sell us something, you're going to have to find us. And then not treat us like aliens who parachuted to earth from the Planet Krypton.

I agree with Casnocha in every respect. But I'm somewhat ambivalent when this non-generalizing generalization comes to Mongolian Gen Y. Yes, my generation grew up in an unprecedented environment, and yes, we are relatively individualistic, comparing to our parents. But does that mean we're in the same pot with western Gen Y? If we think about it little bit more carefully, there is something truly unique about us--the radical socio-economic transition--something which the western Gen Y has no idea about--that was instrumental in shaping our world. So, in that respect, Mongolian Gen Y is consciously or unconsciously bound together by common experience. Then does that make Mongolian 20-something year olds somekind of Gen X-ish Gen Y? Or is it an argument indicates that we're an exception and we don't belong to Gen Y at all? Well, that I'm truly interested about...

This and That

Politics:

Cheap Dollar Diplomacy
Alan Dershowitz: "To Torture or Not to Torture"
Which candidate can better protect [the US] from the terrorists' nuclear attack? - American intellectuals in defense of torture?
Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2008

On recent financial crisis:

Why Houses Cost More in Summer: An economics mystery has finally been solved
Public Humiliation by James Surowiecki
Diamond and Kashyap on the Recent Financial Upheavals
Henry Paulson, Socialist: Republicans admit the free market doesn't work Republican-uud turul ariljiv uu?
The Wall Street Bailout Plan, Explained
Look on the Bright Side: Five reasons to give thanks for the financial collapse of the decade

Mundane stuff:

Brain Teasers
Guardian's "Satellite eye on Earth" series
Why students should learn to cook....

Literary stuff:

The story of my lives: Philip Roth's last book
"The Best Mind of His Generation" - A.O. Scott on David Foster Wallace
"Good People" by David Foster Wallace

Resources:

University of Chicago Writing Program: GRAMMAR RESOURCES ON THE WEB
Cornell University The Learning Strategies Center
Questia Newsletters
Professor Charles Lipson's "Politics, Culture, and Books" page

This and That

Cartoon of the day:


Album of the day: Rachmaninov: The Four Piano Concertos
Bernard Haitink (Conductor), Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam (Orchestra), Vladimir Ashkenazy (Performer) - A splendid recording! And definitely much better than the von Karajan and Alexis Weissenberg version--the orchestra overshadowed the piano (has something to do with von Karajan's celebrity-ego, I suspect).

Motion picture of the day: "Brief Encounter" by David Lean

Opposition-less Government?

One reason to oppose the so-called "joint government":

Power House

When Kenya convulsed with violence after its flawed election in late December, many expressed surprise that one of Africa’s most stable countries could so quickly fall victim to ethnic hatred. But political scientists Steven Fish and Matthew Kroenig noted something else: a feeble legislature. Despite the opposition winning twice as many legislative seats as the president’s party, opposition members still took to the streets. Why? Because they wanted the only office that has any power in the country: the presidency.

In a groundbreaking new study, Fish and Kroenig rank the power of 158 national legislatures around the world, based on a survey completed by more than 700 country experts. The strength of parliaments and congresses is measured
using four groups of factors: influence over the executive (such as powers of impeachment), autonomy (such as whether the executive can dissolve parliament), vested powers (such as the power to declare war), and the capability to get things done (such as having the resources to hire staff).

They find that countries with strong legislatures are far more likely to have resilient democracies. Weak legislatures often cannot keep executives in check, especially when autocratic leaders come to power. “This decade, the great enemies of democracy are presidents,” says Fish, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. “If you have a legislature that’s vested with the power to stand up to them, you can keep democracy on track.”

The title of world’s most powerful legislature is a tie between Italy, Germany, and, curiously, Mongolia, where the 1992 constitution created an especially healthy parliament, thanks in part to fears that China or Russia could easily manipulate a strong president. At the bottom of the list sit Burma and Somalia. The U.S. Congress is outranked by 40 other national legislatures, scoring poorly in part because its laws are not veto proof.

Fish and Kroenig believe that countries with stronger parliaments may also be less prone to civil wars and might even be more disposed to economic growth. “We haven’t yet found anything wrong with having a strong legislature,”says Fish. It may be that the best advice for any young democracy is to make sure not to build a House of cards.

Foreign Policy Magazine - March/April Edition (hervee garahguy baival download deer ni darj baigaad uzeerey)

This and That

The coolest video I've seen in a while: Hitchcock's "The Key to Reserva" made by Martin Scorsese :P (+ YouTube link)

Woody Allen-ii Interview Magazine-d ugsun yariltslaga: "Woody Allen" by Douglas McGrath. Minii medeh Allen-ii hamgiin goyo yariltslaga baina. Bas ene Interview gej goyo setguul baidag yum baina. Andy Warhol undeslesen yum baih aa

Saya savaaguytej yavaad tasarhai nom olov: "LSD — My Problem Child" by Albert Hofmann. LSD-iin tuuh geh yum uu daa. Unuu Richard Feynman anecdote-iihaa tsugluulga (Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman) deer "Altered States" geed buhel buten buleg oruultsan baidag shig (gesnees nuhur LSD-g "turshiltiin jurmaar" hereglej uzsen tuhai Gleick-iin biography deer baidag baih aa, aimar gar :P) asar dalii zuiliin talaar asar shimten sonirhov. Hervee deerh nomiig unshihaas zalhuurval The Economist deerh Hofmann-ii obituary-g unshaaray (aimar shortcut naasan :P).

A.O.Scott on indie films: It’s Suddenly So Last Year, That Once Bold New Guard

Brad DeLong's Fall 2008, American Economic History course blog + Fall 2008 course blog for The Political Economy of Civil War and Terrorism at Yale University, taught by Chris Blattman

Current Song: Corrine Bailey Rae - Butterfly

Current Band: The Loafing Heroes

Current Video: Nutgaa sanasan humuus zaaval eniig uzeerey :)

Current Album: Amy Winehouse - Frank. Humuus Winehouse-iig dan gants Back to Black-aar ni tusuuluud baidag yum shig. Minii huvid bol tuunii debut album boloh Frank ni hamaaguy iluu. Yag l 30, 40-uud onii jazz sonsch baigaa yum shig, tegsen murtuu mash orchin uyeiin, uuriin gesen ontslogotoy. Deerees ni Slate-iin (btw, ene article-iig zaaval unshaaray) "feisty London homegirl who emerged in 2003 with a rich mid-Atlantic musical mix, combining a connoisseur's passion for American soul and jazz with a strong sense of English particularism" gesen todorhoilolt tuuniig yav tsav ilerhiilj chadna baih.

On Jose Gonzalez

Deehne manai eeljiin manager nadad tun sanaandguygeer (shunu ajlaas buuhiin umnuhun baih aa) ireh guravdahad Boston orj concert uzne gej helev. Bi yahav hend ch heregguy yum sonirhoj yavdag yum bolhooroo "henii?" geed avaad hayav. Tegsen nuhur uuduus, "Jose Gonzalez-iih, chi ch barag medehguy baih aa" gedeg yum baina. Yaj yavaad ch bilee Jose Gonzalez gedeg nuhur minii Zero 7-ii baingiin bus gishuun gej unshij baisan yum (ternees gadna Jose Gonzalez Massive Attack-iin "Teardrop"-iig cover hiisen baihiig ni sonsch baisan). "Aan, Jose Gonzalez uu? Mediishdee. Ter nuhur chini Sweden-d tursun Argentinian, bas Zero 7-nd toglodog..." gej medemhiirev (hicheelee sanadagguy murtuu iim yumiig bol shuud l sanaj baigaan). Tsaashaagaa yahav, nuguuh chini aihtar indie sonsdog gar bolj taaraad, harin bi aihtar meddeg hun bolj jujigleed suuldee yarisaar ter nuhurt daigdan Boston orj Jose Gonzalez-iin concert uzeh bolov. Gertee ochood naiz ohin, bas dahiad hoyor nuhriig (:P) uruu tatsanaar bugdeeree neg udriig udurjin hotoor tenen, shunu ni Boston Museum of Fine Arts-d ochin concert uzeheer tohiroltsov...

Concert hediigeer gadaa tsetserlegt boloh baisan ch boroo oroh surgaar (gehdee medeej orooguy) dotor auditorium-d bolov. Sanasniig bodvol mash tsuun hund zoriulj toglosnoos gadna gereltuulgiin huvid mash uvurmuts goyo shiideltey bolovch haritsanguy tsuuniig ashiglaj neg yosondoo mash engiin, uzegchdiin anhaarliig gantshan duuchin deer tuvluruuleheer zohion baiguulagdsan baiv.

Concert ehelj, Jose Gonzalez guitar-aaraa anhniihaa note-iig togloj ehelsen muchuus humuus bugd chiv chimeeguy bolj hugjimd ni ter chigtee uusaad orchihov. Gantshan acoustic guitar-aar (ter ni hervee buruu haraaguy bol classical aka Spanish guitar baisan) neg hunii huvid baij bolomguy gemeer complex ayiig togloj, gots goid zuilguy murtuu uyangalag namuun hooloigooroo uzegchdiig ezemdeh ni uneheer bishirmeer.

Jose Gonzalez-iin duunuudiin huvid uneniig helehed bi Teardrop-iin cover-oos uuriig urid umnu ni negiig ch sonsch uzeeguy baisan yum (uuruur helbel indie gariin concert-d asar indie tsarailj ochson gesen ug :P). Gehdee concert duusah uyest dahiad gantshaniig togloosoy gesendee algaa horstol tashsaniig bodvol nadad anhnii sonsoltoor l asar ih talaagdsan bololtoy (Gonzalez uzegchdiin huselteer dahin 3 duu togloson buguud anhnaasaa zoriud tegev uu ali esvel uzegchdee hundlev uu sain medehguy). Magadguy ene ni gaihaltay hugjmuus gadna tuunii neleed gunzgii lyrics-ees bolson baih. Suuld sonsohnee nuhur biochemistry-eer PhD student, deerees ni Richard Dawkins unshij inspiration avdag gesen :P

Togloltod het uussan hajuudah hun maani zuurmegleed avsniig es tootsvol concert uneheer gaihaltay bolj ungursun. Magadguy ene minii amidraldaa uzsen hamgiin mundag concert baih. Hervee bolomj oldvol Jose Gonzalez-iin duunuudiig zaaval sonsch uzeerey!

Addendum: Musicians@Google: José González Live + Jose Gonzalez in Concert - from NPR's All Songs Considered

This and That

Gobbet of the day:

[D]emocracy does not mean and cannot mean that the people actually rule in any obvious sense of the terms 'people' and 'rule.' Democracy means only that the people have the opportunity of accepting or refusing the men who are to rule them. But since they might decide this also in entirely undemocratic ways, we have had to narrow our definition by adding a further criterion identifying the democratic method, viz., free competition among would-be leaders for the vote of the electorate.

from Schumpeter's "Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy"

Link of the day: as Tyler Cowen calls it - "Website about airline food" :P - for Christ's sakes, would someone please send to them the picture of MIAT's inflight food? Aero Mongoliagiih baigaa murtuu MIAT-iih alga. How unfair is that? :P
via Marginal Revolution

Video of the day: Herbie Hancock and Corinne Bailey Rae are covering Joni Mitchell's "River" - bloody brilliant!

Wow!

Economic growth in the former communist country that became a democracy in 1992 accelerated to 10.2 percent in the first quarter, from 9.9 percent a year earlier. The market value of the Mongolian Stock Exchange, set up in 1991, rose sixfold in the past two years to about $669 million

Eurasia Hedge Fund Bets on Mongolia, Plans Share Sale

Hat tip to Daily Business News Mongolia

Addendum: Jessica Schutz

Judge Books By Its Covers

Serious leaders who are serious readers build personal libraries dedicated to how to think, not how to compete. [...] Perhaps that is why — more than their sex lives or bank accounts — chief executives keep their libraries private.

Personal libraries have always been a biopsy of power. The empire-loving Elizabeth I surrounded herself with the Roman historians, many of whom she translated, and kept one book under lock and key in her bedroom, in a French translation she alone of her court could read: Machiavelli’s treatise on how to overthrow republics, “The Prince.” Churchill retreated to his library to heal his wounds after being voted out of power in 1945 — and after reading for six years came back to power

C.E.O. Libraries Reveal Keys to Success

Foreign Affairs Professional Reading List + Foreign Affairs Professional Reading List
via Paper Cut

P.S: Tegj baigaad nomiin havtasnii design-ii talaar gants hoyor yum bichnee...

Music of the Day

Brilliant and sexy Andrew Bird singing "Spare-Ohs" in the streets of Montmartre. I strongly recommend his "Armchair Apocrypha"--a beautiful album consists of almost-intuitive songs with full of ideas and inspirations. (Btw, iisheegee orood QuickTime-iin icon deer daraad 10 min 47 sec deerh duug sonsch uzeerey) + Andrew Bird in Concert

+ from NPR:

Jim James At The Newport Folk Festival - My Morning Jacket-iin Jim James-iin gaihamshigtay concert. Jaahan buduun baargaar helchihvel mani er bol Amerikiin Glen Hansard yum uu daa :P Tuunii "I'm Not There" deer Bob Dylan-ii Basement Tapes-d orson "Goin' to Acapulco"-giin cover ni bishrem. Concert deeree MMJ-iin Z albumd orson zarim neg duunuudaasaa duulj baisan. (Gesnees The Newport Folk Festival deer Bob Dylan Amerik-iin hugjmiig yurduu gants horomiin dotor ter chigt ni uurchilj baisan tuuhtey. Sonirhvol "I'm Not There" ali esvel "No Direction Home"-iig uzeerey)

Diana Krall On Piano Jazz - Diana Krall Piano Jazz-d barag 10 garan jiliin daraa ergej zochlov :) (husvel umnuh dugaar ni archive-d ni bii, haritsuulj uzeerey) Uneheer goyo nevtruuleg bolson baina. Jazz sonirhdog humuus zaaval sonsch uzeerey! + Hervee ene taalagdsan bol dessert-d ni John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman-ii You Are Too Beautiful-iig sonsooroy (deereesee 3 dahi ni, hervee sanaj baigaa bol Hannah and Her Sisters-iin soundtrack--ter album-iig haigaad oldohguy baigaa yum daa)

Glitter And Doom: Tom Waits In Concert - Arai sonsch amjaaguy baina. But I bet it must be great. + Gesnees Tom Waits-iin cover-uudaas butsen Scarlett Johansson-ii Anywhere I Lay My Head-iig zavtay bol zaaval sonsooroy. Very impressive

Uneasy in Love: Mozart's 'Cosi fan tutte' - from NPR (Cosi fan tutte-g hamgiin anh Closer deerees sonsch baisan shig sanaj baina)

Current book: Orhan Pamuk - Other Colors
Current album(s): Bob Dylan - Infidels + Michael Nyman "Wonderland" (yalanguya Debbie-g ni zaaval sonsch uzeerey--absolutely gorgeous music)
Current Song: Maria Taylor - Good Start

Talkin 'bout My Generaatiooon!

Orchin uyeiin Mongol duunuud hediigeer ayanii huvid tun muuguy bolovch ugen deer ochihooroo bugd gatschihdag. Uneniig helehed bi Jantsannorov guayn Mongol setgelgeeg durselsen heden zohioliin duunii ugees uur oligtoy jishee yuruusuu sanahguy yum. Yag Mongol helendee baidag yum uu, ali esvel Mongold ugaasaa tiim mundag yaruu nairagch/duuchin turuuguy yum uu buu med. Lav l nadaas unuudur Mongoliin setgelgeenii oron zaird yu hamgiin ih dutaj baina ve gevel bi shuud l minii generation-ii (18-25 nas) setgelgeeg tuluulj uursdud ni yamar ih bolomj (potential) baigaag uhaaruulah hun l gej hariulna. Harin tuuniigee duu hugjmuur damjuulj hiih ni delhii niited hamgiin tugen delgersen hiigeed urgun tsar hureeg hamarch chadah arga yum.

Unendee minii generation bol yag uzel bodliin huvid tuluvshih shatan deeree yavaa buguud yurduu 20 garuihan jiliin daraa gehed bid niigmiin buh uureg hariutslagiig uureh bolno. Getel bid post-communist shiljiltees bolj communism-iin uyed tursun generation, ardchilsan niigmiin uyed uhaan orj baigaa generation hoyoriin dund havchuulagdaad neg yosondoo setgelgeenii huvid unchirsun yum. Tegvel ene vacuum-iig hen bidend nuhuj uguh ve? Baabar, Ayurzana, Galsansukh ene ter gej haa hamaaguy daliimaarguy baina. Yur ni hatuuhan helchihed uursud dundaas maani l tiim hun turdugguy yum bol yag odoo minii harj baigaagaar neg ch potential candidate alga.

Bob Dylan bol tsor gants hun buhel buten generation-ii duu hooloi bolj chaddagiin gaihamshigtay jishee; neg yosondoo Zeitgeist-capturer. "I own the Sixties--who's going to argue with me?" gesen tuunii quote hurtel bii. Dylan-ii huvid hamgiin gaihamshigtay zuil ni tuunii duunii shuleg bichih chadvar. Minii medehiin tuun shig utga sanaa hiigeed dursleliin huvid tugs lyrics bichdeg neg ch duuchin baihguy. Ter chigeeree gun uhaan, ter chigeeree uran yaruu durslel. Duug ni sonsch baigaad l amidrald suraltschihmaar. Minii huvid tuunii "Jokerman" bol tugs buteel: "Shedding off one more layer of skin, Keeping one step ahead of the persecutor within" -- bishirmeer...



The Times They Are A-Changin'! Harin minii uyeiin Zeitgeist haa yavna ve?

Addendum: The Who - My Generation (Oasis cover)

Obama for Kanzler

Hediigeer unuudur oroi Mikhalkov-iin kino uzeh hutulburtey baisan bolovch Obama Berlin-d ireh surgaar tsagiig ni uurchlun oroin hoolnii daraa shuud Potsdamer Platz ruu yavav. Umnu ni Obama-giin campaign speech-uudiig TV-eer zalhatlaa uzej baisan bolovch neg talaaraa Kennedy, Reagan nariin gadaad bodlogiihoo uzel bodliig tunhaglaj baisan gazar bolj baigaa gedeg utgaaraa, nuguu talaaraa delhii niit Obama-g herhen huleej avch buig ajiglah bolomjiig olgoj baigaagaaraa minii huvid neleed sonirholtoy baiv. Getel jaahan oroitsoniig ch heleh uu ochood hartal Tiergarten Park-d bituu humuus tsuglasan bailaa. NYTimes deer bichseneer bol barag 200'000 hun baisan gene. Amerikiin olon ulsiin tavtsan dahi ner hund urid hojid baigaaguygeer unachihaad baihad iim olon hun tsuglasan gehed itgehed berh. Ene ni Obama-g delhii niit huleej avahad belen baigaag iltgej baigaa yum bolov uu daa...

Speech-iin huvid uuluh yum alga. Complacent American attitude-ees zailshiisen, delhii niited tulgaraad baigaa asuudliig hamtiin hucheer shiidverlehiig urialsan, rhetoric-iin huvid uuguy oguulberuud (gehdee "Tear this wall down", ali esvel "Ich bin ein Berliner" mayagiin ugsiig tuunees huleej baisnaa nuugaad yahav) ni nadaas avhuulaad niit tsuglasan olnii talarhliig asar ih huleev--zarim ni bur algaa horstol tashihaar zogsohguy "Obama! Obama!" gej hooloi niiluulen orilj baiv. Hervee husvel endees text-iig ni, harin endees video-g ni uzeerey.

Huviihaa setgegdliig helehed Obama-giin speech-iig uuriin bieer sonsood tuund ANU-iin yurunhiilugch boloh buhii l erch huch, medleg turshlaga hangalttay gedegt ogthon ch ergelzehee boliv. Gagtshuu odoo tuund uuriihuu muriin hutulburiig ulem tuguldurshuuleh, McCain-iig yalah, tegeed aguu yurunhiilugch baih l uldlee...

"People of Berlin – people of the world – this is our moment. This is our time."

Obama Speaks to Germany on European Ties
Obama in Berlin: We’re a People of Improbable Hope

Song of the Day

Neleed deehne bichij baisan bolovch oldohguy baisan clip-iig deer taviv + Achka's facetious yet brilliant music video

Happy Naadam!

Thus the Positive has a double place in relation to the Negative: on the one hand it rests in itself and in this apathetic self-sufficiency contains nothing of the Negative; on the other, however, and just because of this rest, as something in itself opposed to the Negative, it actively excludes the Negative; but this activity of exclusion is a motion and so the Positive, just because of its positivity, is in itself no longer the Positive, but the Negative; in that it excludes the Negative from itself, it excludes itself from itself and drives itself to destruction.

Well, thanks very much indeed Mr. Bakunin, for such an obnoxiously illuminating gobbet...

Gesnees Woody Allen-ii neg quote genet sanaand orloo :)

To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But, then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer, not to love is to suffer, to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love, to be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy, therefore, to be unhappy one must love, or love to suffer, or suffer from too much happiness — I hope you're getting this down.

Food Crisis Extra

An excellent interactive feature from Financial Times on recent food crisis:

The global food crisis - yalanguya "Civil Unrest", "Trade Balance" gesen hesguudiig ni anzaaraaray

+ Why Are Food Prices Rising?

P.S: Hervee Facebook-d burtgeltey bol Financial Times-iig uneguy zahialj boloh ni, yay! - Financial Times Free Student Subscription Offer

A Must Read

The Book Collection That Devoured My Life

Many books are screwy, a great many are dull, some are irredeemable, and there are way too many of them, probably, in the world. I hate all the fetishistic twaddle about books promoted by the chain stores and the book clubs, which make books seem as cozy and unthreatening as teacups, instead of the often disputatious and sometimes frightening things they are. I recognize that we now have many ways to convey, store, and reproduce the sorts of matter that formerly were monopolized by books. I like to think that I'm no bookworm, egghead, four-eyed paleface library rat. I often engage in activities that have no reference to the printed words. I realize that books are not the entire world, even if they sometimes seem to contain it. But I need the stupid things.

P.S: Tegj baigaad Jose Gonzalez-iin concert review, Bloomsday celebration, Celtics Parade-d oroltson tuhaigaa neg zavaaraa bichnee

This and That

Publish hiihee martsan baahan linkuud olov:

The McCain Doctrines
A Final Farewell
Five Basics for Building a Solid Financial Future
High-Tech Japanese, Running Out of Engineers
And Behind Door No. 1, a Fatal Flaw
A Surgeon’s Path From Migrant Fields to Operating Room
Einstein Letter on God Sells for $404,000

Bernanke's Bubble Laboratory
Reading the Signposts
The Yale Economic Review - 5 Hot Minds in Economics
Young Guns: Five Hot Minds in Economics - Markus Brunnermeier
The Yale Economic Review - A Profile of Professor Keith Chen
Tomáš Sedláček - On Morals of Homo Oeconomicus

Oil bubble
Music Is The Key
Kipling’s wise words

Ойворгон олон чамайг онилон буруушаахуйд
Оюунаа vл алдан хэрвээ чи тэнцэж чадваас
Огтоос бvгд чамд эргэлзэн хуйлрахуйд
Орчилдоо эргэлзээг нь багтаан чи єєртєє л итгэж чадваас
Yзэмж vл тєгєлдєр, ухаалаг хурц яариагvй байгаад
Єєрєє чи худалд тооцогдсон ч, vгэнд нь vл уусаж
Yзэн яадагдаж байсан ч, vйлээн баран vл єрвєлзєж
Єєрийнхєє цагийг тэсвэртэй хvлээж хэрвээ чи чадваас

Хvслийнхээ боол бололгvй мєрєєдєж чадваас
Хэтийн зорилгодоо живэлгvй эргэцvvлж бодож чадваас
Хуурмаг яалалт, худал сvйрлийн аль алиныг
Хамтад нь эн тэнцvvхэн хvлээн авч чадваас
Yнэн vгсийг чинь єєдгvй амьтад зувчуулж
Yнэнхvv тэнэгсийг урхидахыг сонсоод тэсэж чадваас
Амидралаа зориулсан бухэн ар араасаа сvйрэхийг хараад
Адгалгvй єндийн, мохсон багажаараа ахин босгож чадваас

Олсон бvхнээрээ овоо хэрвээ босгоод
Огтхон ч vл эргэлзэн тvvгээрээ аз туршиж чадваас
Оргvй бvхнээ алдлаа ч гарааныхаа цэгээс нь
Олиж алдагдалаа тоочилгvй бvхнийг эхлvvлж чадваас
Энэ бvхэн тvvх болсон хойно ээлж чинь ирэхгvйд
Эрvvл ухаан, зvрх сэтгэл, бие махбодио хєвчилж чадваас
Тэсэх хэрэгтэй гэх хусэл зоригоос єєр
Тvшиг vгvй хоосон ахуйд чи тэсэж чадваас

Хурсан олонтой ярихдаа хvндлэл тvшигийг нь хvлээж
Хаадийн хvрээнд алхахдаа харц олонд элбэрэлтэй байж чадваас
Хайрт анд, єстєн дайснаасаа хараал занал ул хулээж чадваас
Хvн ард чамд туйлдаа хvртэл бишрэхгvй ч итгэсээр байваас
Ахиж vл олдох єршєєл нь vгvй мєч бvрийг
Алс хэтийн зорилгынхоо агуулгаар дvvргэн байваас
Алтан дэлхий баялагтайгаа чамд сєхєрєх болно
Ай, тvvнээс ч илvvтэйгээр алдрай хvv минь чи “ХYН” болно.

2003-08-27

by Mulguu

БААБАР МОНГОЛД ХЭРЭГТЭЙ ЮҮ, МОНГОЛ БААБАРТ ХЭРЭГТЭЙ ЮҮ? - Yanz ni Roozongiin Enkhbat, Baabar hoyor neleed aihtar mudaaltsjee dee
Jazz, the Dead and a Musical Bridge
Scarlett's Next Act
WSJ Summer Reading List

Mongol Mayagiin e-PR

Suuliin uyed News.mn ruu oroh bur baruun tald ni baahan ulsturchdiin web/blog-iin banner-uud haragdaad baih bolloo. Neg bodliin Mongolchuud maani internetiig uls turchduusuu avhuulaad buh niiteeree hereglej delhiitey hul niiluulj baigaa ni saishaaltay met. Getel nuguu talaasaa deerh ulsturchdiin blog-uud ruu orohoor blog neesen zorilgoo saitar todorhoilooguy, deerees ni constituent-uudiihee chuham yu haij blog ruu ni zochilj baigaag saitar uhaaraaguy met setgegdel turuh yum. Minii taamaglaj baigaagaar ene ni AH, Hu nam hoyor songuulid ner devshigchdee huugaar ni blogjuulah gesen communist tuluvluguuniih ni gor bololtoy (niiteer ni huchindej, tsutgaj hiisen zuil etsestee hend ch heregguy zuil bolj huvirdagiig ungursun 90 jil bidend uhaaruulaaguy gej uu?).

Eden dotroo hamgiin davguy ni baih yostoy Saihanbilegiin blog ruu saya orj uzlee. Orson chini cyber punk mayagiin style-tay aihtar blog ugtav. Yag hend zoriulj iim zagvar songoson ni oilgomjguy. Huuheldey uzdeg, songoh erhguy 18-aas doosh nasniihand uu, ali esvel computer geek-uuded uu? (Saihanbilegiin ner devshij baigaa toirog dahi humuusiin heden huvi ni comics unshdag bol? hehe) Nuguu talaasaa yag Mongold amidarch baigaa Mongoliin mass buren internetjeeguy baigaa. Tegeheer blog neesneeree goltsuu gadaadad baigaa Mongolchuudaa onilj baigaa yum bolov uu daa. Getel ulsturchid uursduu tednii songoh erhiig ni olgohguy baij tednees yag yugaa huseed baigaa yum bol? Orond ni ulamjlalt argaaraa "1000 tugrugnii" surtalchilgaagaa ailuudaar taraaval iluu ur duntey baimaar.

Za ene ni ch duurch getel dotorh content ni neg l bish ee. Uul ni blog neesen l yum bol tuuniigee uuruu hutluud, uuruu yum bichmeer yum. Getel dotor ni haa negtey sonin deerees uuriih ni tuhai garsan eyreg material-uudaas uur yu ch alga. Gideon Rachman-ii helsenchlen "The archetypal political blog favours instant response over reflection; commentary over original research; and stream-of-consciousness over structure." Zuulun helchihed manai nuhduudiin blog-uudad edgeer zuilsiin ali ni ch alga (uuruur helbel blog l gej nerlej baigaa bolhoos blog bish gesen ug). Bas neg marzan zuil ni utsaar irsen heden zuun sanaluudiig tuhain hunii umnuus comment hesegt ni hen negen nuhur type hiij baigaa yum baih. Terniig tooj unshih hun baihguy shuu dee; hairan tsag, hairan hudulmur.

Yur ni ICTA-giin dargiin blog iim baihad busad ni yamar baih ni oilgomjtoy. Manaihand common sense geech zuil aihtar ih dutah yum daa.

Delhii dayar uls turchid blog-oo herhen hutulj, PR-taa herhen ashigladag talaar gants hoyor jishee avya. Minii bodloor odoogoor internet-iig uuriihuu PR-t hamgiin mundagaar ashiglaj baigaa hun bol yah argaguy Britain-ii Tory Namiin darga David Cameron. Hervee zavtay bol tuunii webcameron site ruu orood uzeerey. Uuriih ni muriin hutulbur hiigeed udur bur haana yu hiisniig ni iltgeh video, unshsan speech-uud geh met tuunii talaarh buhii l medeelliig endees olj bolno. Deerees ni bi Cameron-ii YouTube deerh site-d ni bainga ordog buguud end tuunii Google-ees Britain-d avch heregjuulmeer sanaanuudaas ugsuuleed PMQ-d herhen beltgej baigaa behind-the-scenes video ni hurtel bii.

Uur neg sain blog bol yah argaguy Britain-ii odoogiin Foreign Secretary David Miliband-iih. Uuniig neg yosondoo tuunii ajliin tailan gej helj bolmoor (gehdee ali ungursun hoino ni heden honogiin daraa tailagnah bus harin hiij bui ajlaa tuhai burt ni tailagnah gej oilgovol zohiltoy). Getel manai uls turchdiin blog dotor ali ni ch ingej chadahguy baina. Uuruu ch oruuldag yum uu, tuslah ni ch umnuus ni copy-paste hiij ugdug yum uu buu med. Neg l deer uyeiin baahan yariltslaga, mungu tulj bichuulsen niitleluudiin tsugluulga. Tiim zuil hend heregtey yum be?

Etsest ni helehed ulsturchiin blog ruu tuhain hun yag hen be, yamar medleg bolovsroltoy, songovol nadad yamar ashigtay, muriin hutulbur ni her unemshiltey talaar dugnelt hiih gej ordog bolohoos tuunii tuhai eyreg medeelliig unshih gej tsag zavaa zardagguy yum. Uuniig internettey dunguj taniltsaj ehelj baigaa uls turchid maani oilgoj blog bichvel bichsen shig bichij bidnii Tamiriin Goliin musiig doloon baij olson heden tugrugiig ashigguy zuild zarahaa boliosoy bilee.

Addendum: Apostles of the blogosphere may just be political Pooters by Gideon Rachman + Boris Johnson's election broadcast (darn good PR!)

Current Music: Symphony No. 5, Finale - Sibelius (conducted by von Karajan)

An Unconventional Thought: Positive Side of the Rising Food Price

Yag odoo Mongold hunsnii uniin usult hun buhnii tolgoinii uvchin bolj baina. Zarim neg ni enehuu uvchniig songuulid songogdoh heregselee bolgon ashiglaj baihad nuguu neg ni hen negniig buruutgah zamaar anagaah gej oroldoj baih shig.

Nuguu talaaraa songuuli oirtood ch yum uu humuus enehuu uil yavdliin eyreg taliig anzaarahguy baigaa met. Unguts harah yum bol hunsnii buteegdehuunii uniin usultud hamgiin ih hohiroh humuus ni hereglegchid, yalanguya tuv suurin gazar amidardag yaduu irged yum. Harin dahiad jaahan bodvol hamgiin ih hojih humuus ni yah argaguy hunsnii buteegdehuun uildverlegchid (e.g. tarialanchid, malchid geh met). Uuruur helbel tanai ger bul heregledgeesee iluu hunsnii buteegdehuun uildverledeg bol tand enehuu uil yavdal eyregeer tusch harin uildverledgeesee ih heregledeg bol (ali esvel uildverledegguy bol) tand surguur nuluuluh yum.

Minii bodoj baigaagaar yag odoogiin Kazakhstan, Oros zereg uls ornuud (deerees ni jilees jild mahsaj bui Hyatad) hunsnii importiin tatvaraa bagasgaj baigaa uyed bid ene dalimiig ashiglaad net food importer-oosoo net food exporter boloh heregtey. Gadnii hurungu oruulagchid ch ene zavshaanii ashiglaad manaid hunsnii buteegdehuun uildverleliin salbart hurungu oruulah ni damjigguy. Hervee tegj chadval huduud hunsnii uildverlel erhleh ni ashigtay bolj hot ruu nuudelleh shiljih hudulguun undsendee zogsoj (magadguy bur esregeeree ergej) eh ornii ezguy hesguud maani ch ezentey bolj etsestee bid hojih yum. Gagtshuu bidend hamgiin iheer dutagdaj bui zuil bol huuli erh zuin eruul orchin (gazriig tarialand herhen ashiglahiig mash todorhoi bolgoj, deerees ni Sodkhuu metiin pomeshikuudiig dahin turuulehees bolgoomjloh heregtey) hiigeed huduu aj ahuin salbariin technologiin shinechlel yum.

Uul ni gazraa sendiichij baisnaas ur shimiig ni hurteed amidarval alsdaa bidend heregtey yum daa. Yu gej bodoj baina?

Addendum: The Food Chain - A Series From The NYTimes + A rift in the swords/ploughshares continuum

KIBBUTZ BE'ERI, ISRAEL - APRIL 30: Seen from the cab of a combine harvester, an Israeli army armored personnel carrier (APC) secures the border with the Gaza Strip as Israeli farmers bring in the wheat crop near Kibbutz Be'eri in southern Israel. As grain prices reach record levels, Israeli farmers are expanding the area under wheat cultivation, right up to the border fence with the Hamas-controlled territory.

Thanks!

Nadad tursun udriin mend hurgesen buh humuust bayarlalaa!

Ta buhend zoriulaad Beethoven-ii "Egmont Overture"-iin 1985 onii von Karajan-ii huvilbariig tavilaa (minii huvid Egmont Overture-iin hamgiin mundag recording!). 1956 onii Hungarian Revolution-ii uyer enehuu hugjmiig radio-goor zogsoltguy yavuulj erh chuluunii tuluu temtsegchdiig zorigjuulj baisan yum gene lee. Minii blogiig unshigch taniig ch gesen zorigjuulah boltugai!

Richard Price

No one writes better dialogue than Richard Price — not Elmore Leonard, not David Mamet, not even David Chase. Not only does Mr. Price have perfect pitch for the lingo, the rhythms and the inflections of how people talk, but he also knows how to use a line or two or even a single phrase to conjure a character’s history and emotional vibe. He’s as adept as Tom Wolfe at using his journalistic eye for social detail — for how people juggle work and love and money, and navigate the confounding maze of class and social status in big cities today — but he does so without turning his characters, as Mr. Wolfe so often does, into caricatures or cartoons.

Michiko Kakutani's review of Richard Price's latest book, Lush Life

Sleepy-Eyed Writer, Wandering Byzantium

Neighborhood Watch

"Richard Price Cracks a Hard-Boiled 'Lush Life'" from NPR

The Best Sentences I Read Today

Сэтгүүлчдийг хөгжих хэрэгтэй гэлээ. Эхлээд юуг анхаараасай гэж бодож байна вэ?

Наад зах нь төрөлжиж мэргэшмээр байна. Байдлаас ажихад нэг сэтгүүлч юм бүгдийн тухай бичих гээд байх юм. Зүй нь, хэн нэг сэтгүүлч өнөөдөр хөдөө аж ахуйн сэдвээр, маргааш эрүүл мэндийн салбараар, нөгөөдөр гэмт хэргийн талаар, цаад өдөр нь улстөр бичиж байх жишээтэй. Одоо бүх мэдээлэл төрөлжиж байна шүү дээ. АНУ-д гэхэд анагаахын, Пентагоны, Цагаан ордны, цэрэг армийн сурвалжлагч гээд бичдэг сэдвээрээ салбарлаж төрөлжсөн, мэргэшсэн хүмүүс байдаг. Түүнчлэн хөрөнгийн биржийн сурвалжлагч гэж бий. Англид гэхэд спортын тухай бичлээ гэхэд бас л ялгаагүй дотроо олон төрөлжсөн байдаг.

Чөлөөт хэвлэл, хэвлэлийн эрх чөлөөг хэрэгжүүлэх гол эзэн нь сэтгүүлч учраас энэ талд их санаа тавих ёстой гэж хэлэх гээд байна. Хэдийгээр contemporary journalizm, distinctire journalizm, linvestigative journalizm, feisty journalizm, envelope journalizm, venal journalizm, keyhole journalizm…гэх зэрэг дэлхийн сэтгүүлзүйд байдаг бараг бүх элемент Монголд байна. Монголын сэтгүүлзүйг бүхэл бүтэн өнөр өтгөн өрх айл гэж үзвэл дотор нь элдэв янзын хүн ороод суучихжээ. Ёстой л нөгөө “Сайн муутайгаа нийлж гэр дүүрдэг, сархинаг гүзээтэйгээ нийлж тогоо дүүрдэг” гэгч л болчихоод байна. Anchor гэхүйц авьяаслаг тулхтай хүмүүс байхын сацуу адгийн шаар (cur mongrel) ч байна.

Та энэ ярилцлагад олон гадаад үг хэрэглэж байна шүү.

Харин тийм, мэдэж л байна. Гэхдээ монголчууд тракторыг трактор, машиныг машин, компьютерийг компьютер л гэдэг биз дээ. Ялгаа юу байна. Сэтгүүлзүйн нэр томъёо Монголд өнөөхөндөө нэг мөр зүгширч тогтоогүй завсрын үед байхад заавал орчуулах гээд хэрэггүй. Учир нь Монголд чөлөөт хэвлэл хөгжиж байсан уламжлал байхгүй. Тийм болохоор бусдаас сурахаас өөр аргагүй.

Бусдаас гэж гол нь хэнээс, хаанаас?

Бид Өрнөдөөс л сурна. Тэгэхээр хааяа харь үг хэрэглэхэд хажиглах хэрэг юун. Даяаршлал гэж ярих болсон энэ үед ганц нэг гадаад нэр томъёо хэрэглэж дасч байхад зүгээр биш үү

Ц.Дашдондов on Free Press

P.S: Gonzo journalism-iig duridahaa martchij :P

Today's Songs

Brad Mehldau Trio - Wonderwall (minii huvid ene bol Oasis-iin Wonderwall-iin hamgiin mundag cover; daraa ni medeej Ryan Adams, Cat Power hoyoriinh orno :D)

Simone Dinnerstein - Goldberg Variations (emegtey hun togolson gesendee ih zuulun bas ayaduu bolj; gehdee l yamar ch Goldberg Variations Glenn Gould-iin 1955 onii recording-g guitsehguy yum aa)

Addendum: Hervee goyo jazz tsomguud haij baival ene blog-oor orood garaaray + Bach-d dontson humuust Douglas Hofstadter-iin "Gödel, Escher, Bach"-iig recommend hiiye (dotor ni Goldberg Variations-iin tuhai neg jijig ded buleg bii)

This and That

Weekly Columnist for FT Wealth James Altucher + Freakonomics' Stephen Dubner on him (ene Altucher gej ih sonirholtoy zuils bichdeg nuhur baina; finance sonirhdog humuus TheStreet.com deerh bichleguud bolon Stockpikr deerh portfolio-nuudiig ni sonirhoj uzeerey)

Most people’s pictures of globalisation are to do with economics, technology and business. But before markets, modems and manufacturers could do their work, political changes had to take place. The foundations of the globalised business world are political – and so are the biggest threats to the system.

The challenge to the globalisation consensus comes from below. Political elites in the US, Asia and Europe are struggling to convince citizens that globalisation is not just a game that benefits the rich. If the argument is lost in any of the major world economies, the political consensus that underpins globalisation could unravel.

The political threats to globalisation

[...] we have an idea of market fundamentalism, which is now the dominant ideology, holding that markets are self-correcting; and this is false because it's generally the intervention of the authorities that saves the markets when they get into trouble. Since 1980, we have had about five or six crises: the international banking crisis in 1982, the bankruptcy of Continental Illinois in 1984, and the failure of Long-Term Capital Management in 1998, to name only three.

Each time, it's the authorities that bail out the market, or organize companies to do so. So the regulators have precedents they should be aware of. But somehow this idea that markets tend to equilibrium and that deviations are random has gained acceptance and all of these fancy instruments for investment have been built on them.

The Financial Crisis: An Interview with George Soros - George Soros shares his financial wisdom

Running Out of Planet to Exploit by Krugman - quite gloomy outlook indeed...

“ТУУЛАХ ЗАМ УРТ“ - Yurunhii Said asan Byambasuren guayn yariltslaga. Deehne Han-Uul Deed Surguuliin Demberel "Mongold hoyorhon jinhene ediin zasagch bii: neg ni Jasrai, nuguu ni Byambasuren" gej helj baisan udaatay. Hervee bolomjtoy bol Byambasuren guayn "Orchlongiin Hurd" nomiig zaaval unshaaray--magadguy 20-r zuunii tugsgul uyeiin Mongoliin hamgiin lut buteel baij medne.

As Economy Slows, So Do Laser Eye Surgeries - Haraa muutay humuust (ter zuun tald baigaa "Science Illustrated: Lasik Surgery" gedeg deer Lasik surgery-g ih goyoor tailbarlasan baina)

How to get a job in the foreign-policy world

"The Wizard of Bubbleland" Henry C K Liu on Alan Greenspan

Tim Harford's top 10 undercover economics books

BBC World Service 75th Anniversary: Historic Moments Collection

Politics at Play on Martha’s Vineyard :)

Today's Video: Conrad Tao performing Prokofiev's Piano Concerto #3 (Prokofiev-iig 13 nastay huuhed togloj baina geheer arai l aimar yum--gar ni zugeer l hiischiishd hehe) + The Tao of Early Musical Success
Current Song: Zero 7 - Red Dust

Is Libertarianism in Crisis?

In the United States, the reconsideration of the Friedman doctrine came via the global financial crisis that has resulted from the collapse of American real estate. Many economists blame regulators for ignoring warning signs that banks and investors were growing reckless. One Friedman acolyte has taken the brunt of such criticisms — Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve.

A Fresh Look at the Apostle of Free Markets + Brad DeLong and Paul Krugman comments

Hailed three years ago as "the greatest central banker who ever lived," the retired chairman of the Federal Reserve now is being criticized for his management of the U.S. economy before he retired in 2006. The Fed's low rates and laissez-faire regulatory oversight during his final years are widely blamed for sowing the seeds of today's financial crisis -- one that began in the U.S. housing market and is now battering banks, stock markets, borrowers and consumers around the world.

His Legacy Tarnished, Greenspan Goes on Defensive

Marginal Revolution's Tyler Cowen talks about "the intellectual crisis in libertarianism" + Bryan Caplan disagrees Tyler Cowen + Arnold Klin disagrees Bryan Caplan

Addendum: Stiglitz on Shock Therapy etc.

Growth Diagnostics of Mongolia

Growth Diagnostics for a Resource-Rich Transition Economy: The Case of Mongolia by Elena Ianchovichina and Sudarshan Gooptu

Abstract: This paper uses a growth diagnostics approach à la Hausmann, Rodrik, and Velasco (HRV) to identify the most ‘binding’ constraints to private sector growth in Mongolia – a small, low-income, mineral-rich, transition economy. The approach of applying the HRV methodology is useful in those cases where a lack of data prevents us from estimating shadow prices to identify the most ‘binding’ constraint to growth. We find that although Mongolia is not liquidity constrained and has grown rapidly in recent years, economic growth has been narrowl based. Investment has flowed mainly into a small number of firms operating in mining and construction. The low level of private investment in sectors outside mining and construction has been due to low returns – a result of costly and unreliable transportation services; lengthy and complex transit procedures, including customs and trade rules; distortionary taxes; coordination failures, at both domestic and international levels; and growing corruption. Poor financial intermediation is also a problem that has kept the cost of finance high, although lower than in previous years. Alleviating these binding constraints will ensure that Mongolia maintains the path towards sustained, broad-based
growth.

via Dani Rodrik

Are We On Right Track?

DELHII DAYAR TUV BANK HUUGEE BUULGAJ BAIHAD MONGOL BANK INGEJ TENEGTEHEE BOLIMOOR YUM.EDIIN ZASAG ARAI CHADAN URAGSHLAH GEJ BAINA, IIM UED DEMJIJI TUSLAAD OGOOCH, HYAMD ZEEL HEREGTEI BAINA SHU DE.

Монголбанк мєнгєний бодлогын хvvгээ чангарууллаа

The Bank of Mongolia further tightened its monetary policy stance by raising its policy rate by 1.35 percentage points to 9.75 percent. The Bank of Mongolia defines 7-day Central Bank Bill rate as its policy rate which tends to be effective in influencing interbank money market. [...] An increase in the policy rate of 1.35 percentage points is deemed to be necessary to bring CPI inflation down, to reduce the growth of credit and monetary aggregates.

Bank of Mongolia again raises its policy rate

In order to prop up the króna, and keep foreign capital from fleeing, Iceland’s central bank has had to raise interest rates to an astounding fifteen per cent, a move that will slow the economy to a crawl. [...] If Iceland were to attempt to emulate America’s approach, its currency would be demolished, and foreign investors would almost certainly head for the exits. [...] [The U.S.] doing this not out of kindness, of course, but because the U.S. is a colossal market and they need us to keep buying stuff. The world can’t afford to have the U.S. fail, and so we are able to get away with behavior that would wreck smaller countries.

Iceland’s Deep Freeze

This and That

In fact, for most of its history, Islamic law offered the most liberal and humane legal principles available anywhere in the world. [...] It sometimes seems as if we need Shariah as Westerners have long needed Islam: as a canvas on which to project our ideas of the horrible, and as a foil to make us look good

Why Shariah?

Gloomy About Globalization by Robert Skidelsky (Keynes-iin biographer nuhur mun uu?)

Play It Again, Sam (Re-enactments, Part One) by Errol Morris, maker of "A Brief History of Time"

What I.Q. doesn't tell you about race by Malcolm Gladwell

Interview with Robert Solow

Jazzing Up the Big Screen (My Blueberry Nights davguy kino bolson baina lee)

My System of Work (Not!)” by Avinash Dixit via Levitt's ECON421 course site

The coming financial pandemic + The Recession Felt Around the World by Nouriel Roubini

The Once and Future Kissinger via Jai Singh of FP's Passport

And this one is especially for Achka: Natural History by Andrew Bird (currently he's co-writing this NYTimes blog on "how to write a song and other mysteries" :))

Current Food Crisis

Талхны үнэ өнөө, маргаашдаа өсөхгүй ч…

Rush to restrict trade in basic foods

New Limits to Growth Revive Malthusian Fears

Odd Crop Prices Defy Economics + Grains gone wild by Krugman

As Prices Rise, Farmers Spurn Conservation

FP Passport's Food Riot Watch

David Dawe, a senior economist at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, from Rome about rice prices, poverty in rice-producing nations and the impact of the U.S. dollar on commodities

Update: The World Food Crisis

This and That

To Stretch or Not to Stretch? The Answer Is Elastic (manaid bol dasgaliin umnu stretch hiij bolohguy l geed avaad baidag shd hehe) + Running 101 & A Guide To Running + Times Health Care (minii medehiin hamgiin accessible medical library, gesnees oldvol Gray's Anatomy-g huviihaa nomiin sand nemerleh yum shuu)

Newt Gingrich Answers Your Questions from Freakonomics Blog (I hate Gingrich, but this interview seems quite interesting)

Common Wealth by Jeffrey Sachs (interesting article, thanks Clouds for the pointer :)) + Jeff Sachs' "Common Wealth" dissected over e-mail

Order in the jungle: The rule of law has become a big idea in economics. But it has had its difficulties from The Economist

We will never have a perfect model of risk by Alan Greenspan aka "Woody Allen with Math Skills"

Argentine Nights + Tango in Buenos Aires + Piazzolla's Libertango played by Yo-Yo Ma (gesnees Yo-Yo Ma-giin "Soul of the Tango: The Music of Astor Piazzolla" gesen album-iig butneer ni sonsch uzeerey)

How the Grinch Stole Chinese New Year from Slate

Queenfish: A Cold War Tale

Live From Lhasa: Shaky cell-phone videos from Tibet foretell doom for the Chinese empire

From my NYTimes saved pages (hezee negen tsagt unshina daa geed hadgalsan, ali esvel unshaad taalagsdan niitleluud :P):

Where Greek Ideals Meet New England Charm (New England-iin huduunii nomiin sanguud goyo shuu, huuchin nomiin uner shingesen uruund nom unshingaa tsonhnii tsaadah navchnii shuugih chimeeg sonsood l...)
How a Bubble Stayed Under the Radar
"An Enduring Measure of Fitness: The Simple Push-Up"
Waving Goodbye to Hegemony
The Education of Ben Bernanke
Hobbies Are Rich in Psychic Rewards
The Gladwell Effect
Japan Wrings Its Hands Over Sumo’s Latest Woes
He’s Happier, She’s Less So
Scientist Finds the Beginnings of Morality in Primate Behavior
WIN A TRIP WITH NICK KRISTOF; The Winning Essay
Reckonings; Slicing The Salami (Krugman on Bush' tax cut)
Vast Change Since the Cold War
Human Nature Redux by David Brooks
NASA Goes Deep

Current Music: Ryan Adams - Firecracker (Ryan Adams rocks! Bas ene duu orson "Gold" album-iig huviihaa zugees recommend hiiye)

Tonight's Playlist

Zero 7 - In The Waiting Line (from Garden State Soundtrack)
Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston (hail Woody Guthrie!)
The Who - Baba O'Riley (eniig sonsohoor dandaa unuu House M.D.-iin neg episode sanaand orohiin :P)
U2 - Ground Beneath Her Feet (Rushdie-giin shulgiig ni bichsen duu, harin ter kinog ni olj uzmeer baigaa yum daa)

Creative Writing

The coolest NYTimes op-ed piece ever! :)

“‘The Metamorphosis’ — purported to be the fictional account of a man who turns into a large cockroach — is actually non-fiction,” according to a statement released by Mr. Kafka’s editor, who spoke only on the condition that he be identified as E.

"A Bug’s Life. Really." - By Mark Leyner

A Gobbet

"My principle anguish and source of all my joys and sorrows from my youth onwards has been the incessant, merciless battle between the spirit and the flesh [...] and my soul is the arena where these two armies have clashed and met."

- Nikos Kazantzakis "The Last Temptation"

Albums That I Couldn't Find

Sergio and Odair Assad - Jardim abandonado
Gershwin-ii "Rhapsody in Blue"-giin arrangement-iig ni sonsch uzmeer baigaa yum. Tasarhai bolson baih yostoy.

Mavis Staples - We'll Never Turn Back
Ry Cooder ene album-nii producer-eer ni ajillasan baina lee. Yur ni bol Bob Dylan-ii protest song-uud shig medremjiig ene album-oos husen huleej bui.

On Lawrence Lessig

Oyunii buteel tuurvij--yalanguya computer deer--hooloo olj iddeg humuusiin hamgiin tanil hun yah argaguy Lawrence Lessig baih. Hervee Thomas Friedman "World is Flat"-aaraa information technology-giin hugjil ni hierarchy-g ustgaj buh humuusiig negen "havtgai" deer avaachij baigaag neesen gevel Lawrence Lessig yah argaguy terhuu "havtgai delhiin" orshin togtnoh huuli zuin mechanism-iig ni ilruulsen gavyag hurteh uchirtay.

Copyright deerh huuli zuin hyazgaarlaltiig bagasgahiin tuluuh temtsleeree zartay enehuu Stanford-iin Professor eriin gavyag unelj barah yum bish. Udguu tuunii sanaachilsan Creative Commons-iin buyanaar bid Flickr, MIT OpenCourseWare, ter baitugay enehuu blog-iig hurtel yamar negen huuli zuin saadguygeer ashiglaj baigaa gej bodhoor ajliih ni dalaits yamarshuuhan urguniig tusuulj bolno baih. Nuguu talaasaa "technology law guru" gegddeg Lessig bol internet huchee avch ehleh uyed cyberspace regulation-ii talaarh humuusiin uruusgul oilgoltiig undseer ni uurchilsun yum. Uuruur helbel terbeer neg yosondoo suuliin 15 orchim jiliin hugatsaand technology huuli hoyoriig hoorond ni holbogch guur bolj bailaa (hamgiin naad zahiin jishee gevel tuunii special master-aar ni ajillaj amicus brief-iig ni bichsen unuuh tsuutay United States vs. Microsoft antitrust hereg baina; Wired.com deer tuuniig ene ajliihaa tuluu tsagiin $250-aar bill hiij baisan gej bichjee).

Harin saya NYTimes ongichij baital tuunii US House of Representative-d Silicon Valley-gaas ursulduh bodoltoy baigaa talaar unshiv. Tsaad uchriig ni sonsvoos tuunii copyright-tay holbootoy ajluudiig ni hun bolgon oilgon, talarhan huleen avdag bolovch yag shiidver gargah tuvshind ochihoor tom corporation-uudiin lobby-d avtan heregjij chaddagguygees uuruu gazar deer ni bieree ochij ajillahaar shiidsen bololtoy. Magadguy ene ni tuunii sayhan copyright-tay holbootoy ajluudaasaa hundiirch Amerikiin uls tur dahi avilgaliin asuudliig sudlah shiidvertey ni ch holbootoy baij medeh (ene talaar bichsen "Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity" gesen nomiig ni endees uneguy unshaaray).

Yutay ch hervee tuunii talaar iluu ihiig medehiig husvel "Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace" gesen nomiig ni sanal bolgoyo ("Code is law" gesen dictum ene nomoos garaltay). Cyberspace gej yuv, huuli uneheer cyberspace-d heregjij chadah uu zereg mash complex asuudluudiig ih sonirholtoygoor, bas engiineer tailbarlasan baigaa. Hervee ta Yapond baidag bol Togoruugiin bagsh Yamagata Hiroo-giin orchuulsniig ni unshij bolno. Gesnees Lessig nomiihoo zarim hesegt post-communist ornuud dahi constition-ii talaar neleed sonirholtoy zuilsiig bichsen baisan (tereer cyberlaw expert bolohoosoo umnu constitutional law-iin nertey sudlaach baisan buguud odoo boltol Eastern Bloc-iin transition-ii talaar bas sonirhon sudaldag). Mongol Uls, yalanguya manai shine undsen huuliin talaar yamar bodoltoy yavdag ni ih sonirholtoy.

Lessig-iin talaarh uur negen sonirholtoy zuil ni tuunii "Lessig Method" gej nerlegdsen presentation hiih arga baril yum. Yurduu gants zurag, hedhen ugeer presentation-oo hund hurgej chaddag ter chadvariig ni uneheer suruushtay. Hervee sonirhvol OpenSourceCinema deerh Lessig-iin 1 tsagiin urttay "Free Culture" gesen mash sonirholtoy iltgeliig ni uzeerey (yalanguya ter zarim negen ugsiin useg hoorondiin zaig hoyoroor avsniig ni ajiglaaray; uuniig neuro-linguistic programming-iin neg jishee geh uu?). Gesnees yagaad ch yum uuniig uzej baigaad genet ungursun jil unshij baisan Edward Tufte-giin "Cognitive Style of PowerPoint" gesen mash sonirholtoy nom ni sanaand orov (endees minii hiij baisan note-iig unshij bolno). Hervee ajil deeree presentation tavih shaardlaga gardag bol ene nomiig zaaval olj unshaaray--ih nimghen murtuu mash heregtseetey nom baigaa.

Larry Lessig on TED Talk
Wired.com - Lawrence Lessig's Supreme Showdown
The Economist - Cyberlawyer 2.0
Lessig Blog
Lessig08 - Change Congress

Happy Birthday to My Blog!

Tsag hugatsaa asar hurdan unguruh yum aa ene ter gej cliche-deed ch yahav. Gehdee l blog maani neg l medehed 3 nas hurchihej. Yur ni tuuh suhvul Zorigt, [Batsuren] bid hoyor gurav barag Mongoliin anhnii blogchid bolj taarah baih shuu :P

Uul ni blog-iihoo 3 nasnii oid zoriulaad baahan yum bichne geed tarhiniihaa haa negtee hadgalchihsan baisan yum. Tegsen Mongold baih hugatsaandaa emeegiihee chanaj ugsun aartstay hamt holiod hodood ruugaa ilgeechihsen bololtoy, sanadagguy ee...

Yutay ch ene buh hugatsaand minii blog-iig algasalguy unshij, amjilt husch, comment uldeej, uram hairlaj, buh talaar tusalj demjij baisan humuust bugded ni talarhalaa :) Ta buhendee sain saihan buhniig husen yuruuyu.



I think you're the same as me
We see things they'll never see
You and I are gonna live forever
We're gonna live forever
Gonna live forever
Live forever
Forever...

PostScriptum: Props to Radu for visiting and enjoying my blog :) And please remember that you're always welcome here. Happy Birthday to you as well, and see you soon buddy! Aide

This and That

Bugded ni Sar Shiniin Mend!

My Mongolian World by Anu
Amina Figarova: Live in Amsterdam (Full Concert)
10 Questions for Woody Allen
U.S. Universities Rush to Set Up Outposts Abroad - NYTimes deer Global Classroom gesen higher education-ii dayarshliin talaar garch baigaa tsuvral niitleluud
A Long Story by Krugman + Soros Warning (Dollar-aa Euro-goor solih tsag aisuy)
Davos Links from Хөгжлийн Эдийн Засаг
2008 Oscars Portfolio: Breaking Through
Max Weber's Texts
FRB Speech: Governor Frederic S. Mishkin - Monetary Policy Flexibility, Risk Management, and Financial Disruptions
Franz Kafka - The Great Wall of China
Financial Times Prentice Hall books
A prescription for creative writing from Harvard Gazette

Current Albums:

Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
I'm totally addicted to this album
The National - Boxer
Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
Hashaagiin heldgeer Tom Waits-iin hooloi "zurh maajih shig"








Current Songs:

Gomez - See The World

See the world
Find an old fashioned girl
And when all's been said and done
It's the things that are given, not won
Are the things that you want

The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

You can't always get what you want
And if you try sometime you find
You get what you need

Current Video: Andrew Bird - Imitosis

What am I listening to right now?

Udahguy boloh minii blog-iin 3 jiliin oid zoriulaad yag odoo sonsch baigaa album-nuudiihaa review mayagiin bulan neemeer sanagdav. Urid ni uuniig Asuult.net deer hiideg baisan bolovch humuus tudii l ih sonirhohguy baisan tul dan gants blog deeree tavij baihaar shiidvey.

Bob Dylan - No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (The Bootleg Series Vol. 7)
Scorsese-giin No Direction Home-iin soundtrack ni. Bob Dylan-ii duunuudiin mash ertnii bichleguudees gadna hed heden hovor live version orson baina. Loved it.

Juno [Soundtrack]
Brilliant film, brilliant compilation.

Feist - The Reminder
Broken Social Scene-ii Feist-iin hamgiin suulchiin tsomog. Gehdee enenii umnuh "Let it Die"-iig arai guitsehguy yum uu daa.
Just Feist. Just Wait

Nickel Creek - Why Should The Fire Die?
Mandolin, hiil, guitar gurviin horshil. Zarimdaa rock, zarimdaa Irish-folk (like The Dubliners) sanagduulam. Absolutely brilliant!
Nickel Creek Farewell (For Now) Concert from All Songs Considered

On Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

"If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters in our intellectual and moral life begins with an individual confronting his own mind and conscience in a room by himself."

- Arthur Schlesinger Jr.



Tuuhch Arthur Schlesinger-iin talaar hamgiin anh Chomsky-giin "The Responsibility of Intellectuals" deerees unshij baisan baih. Suuld ungursun 2 sard nas barsaniih ni daraa nomiin san dotor tenej yavaad "A Life in the 20th Century, Innocent Beginnings, 1917-1950" geed dursamjiih ni nomiig unshsan. Ter chigeeree baylag, unetey surgamjuud. Yag l uvuu maani namaig uvur deeree suulgaad tuulsan amidraliihaa turshlagaas huvaaltsaj baigaa yum shig setgegdel tursun. Nuguu talaasaa huvidaa bol yamarvaa negen ornii intelligentsia, elituud herhen beltgegdej (neeree Polshiin intelligentsia-g Nazistuud, Communistuud herhen systemteygeer ustgaj baisan talaar Andrzej Wajda-giin "Katyn" gej ih goyo kino garsan bololtoy [bas Bavuugiin Lhagvasuren guayn "Katyn" geed shuleg baidag biluu? za za haduurch baina]), niigemd guitsetgeh uurgee bagaasaa uhamsarladgiin tod tomruun jishee bolmoor nom gej dugnesen. Yalanguya tuunii bayan conservative ailuudiin huuhduudee surgadag Philips Exeter Academy-d baihdaa FDR-iin New Deal-iig demjin tuunii yavj unguruh tsuvaag harah gej gantshaarhanaa yavj baigaa heseg ni setgel hudulgum (tereer Amerikiin mash nuluu buhii liberal buguud negen uye JFK-iin Special Assistant bailaa). Bas Harvard-d surch baih uyeiig ih tod tomruunaar uguulsen hesgees ni Amerikiin hamgiin elite liberal arts university-d bolovsroliig herhen olgodog talaar ih goyo oilgoltiig avch bolno.

A History of Himself
Social Historian by Maureen Dowd (btw, I hate her column)
The Economist obituary
NYTimes obituary

Piano Jazz with Amina Figarova

NPR Music-eer tenej yavaad piano jazz-iig nugeltey goyo toglodog Amina Figarova gedeg huuhnii bichlegiig sonsov. Absolutely beatiful.

Minii huvid yag dan gants piano jazz-aar dagnasan uran buteelchdiig tudii l ih sonsch baisanguy. Halit mult gadarladaguudaas ni gevel Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Marc van Roon (European Jazz Trio-iin gaihamshigtay pianist!) geshiigeed l duusna. Yahav Ray Charles, Norah Jones, Nat King Cole, Diana Krall nariig nemj boloh l yum. Gehdee ted nar ihevchlen piano togloj baihdaa davhar duuldag.

Btw, NPR-iin Live Concerts-iig ni bolomj oldvol sonsch baigaaray. Endees uursduu ter bolgon bieree ochood uzeed baih bolomjguy concert-uudiig uneguygeer sonsch bolno. Jishee bolgood sayhan sonsson hedeesee tavilaa (download ali esvel listen gedeg deer ni daraad sonsooroy):

The Frames Give Epic Performance - The Frames totally rocks! Once-iig uzsenees hoish Glen Hansard-d durtay bolson
Live Music from the Film 'Once': Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová in Concert - Ene hoyoriin togloson "Once" gesen musical-iig ni zaaval uzeerey.
Cat Power in Concert - Hamgiin anh "I'm Not There"-iin OST deerees sonsch baisan. Great singer! Bas busad artist-uudiin cover song-uud ni bugd gaihamshigtay.
The Good, The Bad & The Queen in Concert - Huuchin Blur-iin Damon Albarn-ii hamgiin suuliin uyeiin project. Even Noel Gallagher loved their stuff :P

Today's song: Thelonious Monk - "Lulu's Back in Town", and Part2

Thomas Schelling Assorted

"Mr. Counterintuition: America is safer with sophisticated enemies" from WSJ Opinion Journal
"Lunch with the FT: Thomas Schelling and the Game of Life" by Tim Harford
"Thomas Schelling, new Nobel Laureate" by Tyler Cowen
"Nobel Prize Winner Thomas Schelling" by Steven "Freak" Levitt
Thomas Schelling on Project-Syndicate: "Uncertainty and Action on Climate Change" via MarginalRevolution
NPR: Game Theory Wins the Nobel Economics Prize - a radio interview
Interview with Thomas Schelling - Richmond Federal Reserve (couldn't find the full version, though)
Thomas C. Schelling, Micromotives and Macrobehavior
StickK To Your Commitments
Nobel laureate Thomas Schelling's little-known role in the Vietnam War
What Development Economists Need to Know About Climate Change


Daraagiin udaad olj unshih nom: "The Strategy of Conflict" by Thomas C. Schelling
Current album: Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (oddly, some of the cover songs of this album from "I'm Not There [OST]" sounds better than the original ones)

Wish Me Luck

Wish me luck, as you wave me goodbye
Cheerio, here I go, on my way

Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye
With a cheer, not a tear, make it gay

from Gracie Fields - Wish Me Luck