Comments for Ali's blog http://alifinmath.wordpress.com Mostly quant stuff with occasional digressions Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:26:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on A diminished role for financial engineering? by jessica alba exposed http://alifinmath.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/a-diminished-role-for-financial-engineering/#comment-504 jessica alba exposed Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:26:13 +0000 http://alifinmath.wordpress.com/?p=249#comment-504 Sign: tpmnp Hello!!! ptpyg and 5158xnfprggsyc and 9466 : I will try to recommend this post to my friends and family, cuz its really helpful. Sign: tpmnp Hello!!! ptpyg and 5158xnfprggsyc and 9466 : I will try to recommend this post to my friends and family, cuz its really helpful.

]]> Comment on A diminished role for financial engineering? by sandrar http://alifinmath.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/a-diminished-role-for-financial-engineering/#comment-503 sandrar Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:36:55 +0000 http://alifinmath.wordpress.com/?p=249#comment-503 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

]]> Comment on The difference between physics and economics (and the limits of mathematics) by alifinmath http://alifinmath.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/the-difference-between-physics-and-economics/#comment-497 alifinmath Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:26:13 +0000 http://alifinmath.wordpress.com/?p=543#comment-497 Non sequitur accepted. For a moment I read "Our Kampf" as "Mein Kampf" and labored under the delusion this was some national socialist site (which would have been fine as I'm not prejudiced about these things). Speaking of national socialism, Hitler, Himmler and rest of the gang would be drooling at the domestic powers of the emerging American police state and at its worldwide force projection capabilities. More on the latter here: http://www.counterpunch.org/bacevich04272009.html Non sequitur accepted. For a moment I read “Our Kampf” as “Mein Kampf” and labored under the delusion this was some national socialist site (which would have been fine as I’m not prejudiced about these things).

Speaking of national socialism, Hitler, Himmler and rest of the gang would be drooling at the domestic powers of the emerging American police state and at its worldwide force projection capabilities. More on the latter here:
http://www.counterpunch.org/bacevich04272009.html

]]> Comment on The difference between physics and economics (and the limits of mathematics) by Vladimir http://alifinmath.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/the-difference-between-physics-and-economics/#comment-496 Vladimir Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:24:55 +0000 http://alifinmath.wordpress.com/?p=543#comment-496 I haven't had time to catch up with the posts on this site, however in the meantime, I'd like to offer a non sequitur. http://www.tinyrevolution.com/mt/archives/002939.html I haven’t had time to catch up with the posts on this site, however in the meantime, I’d like to offer a non sequitur.

http://www.tinyrevolution.com/mt/archives/002939.html

]]> Comment on The dreaded “D” word by Dag http://alifinmath.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/the-dreaded-d-word/#comment-478 Dag Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:38:28 +0000 http://alifinmath.wordpress.com/?p=493#comment-478 I notice, I've answered it, feel free to delete these last few entries if you can. I notice, I’ve answered it, feel free to delete these last few entries if you can.

]]> Comment on The dreaded “D” word by alifinmath http://alifinmath.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/the-dreaded-d-word/#comment-477 alifinmath Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:30:22 +0000 http://alifinmath.wordpress.com/?p=493#comment-477 I'm working on the classification of Norwegian adverbs now and will move on to standard Norwegian expressions. My problem is my spouse isn't Norwegian (she isn't also here, which is another matter), so my practice is more limited than other students who have Norwegian spouses. It doesn't mean their vocabularies are better but it does mean they have greater fluency with what they do have. Practice and overlearning are key. I've sent you an email message as I try to keep personal stuff off my blog. I’m working on the classification of Norwegian adverbs now and will move on to standard Norwegian expressions. My problem is my spouse isn’t Norwegian (she isn’t also here, which is another matter), so my practice is more limited than other students who have Norwegian spouses. It doesn’t mean their vocabularies are better but it does mean they have greater fluency with what they do have. Practice and overlearning are key.

I’ve sent you an email message as I try to keep personal stuff off my blog.

]]> Comment on The dreaded “D” word by Dag http://alifinmath.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/the-dreaded-d-word/#comment-476 Dag Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:21:11 +0000 http://alifinmath.wordpress.com/?p=493#comment-476 It's not every day I get to cover the extremes like this, anyone keeping track of my online activities would be confused. How is the Norwegian coming along by the way? It’s not every day I get to cover the extremes like this, anyone keeping track of my online activities would be confused.

How is the Norwegian coming along by the way?

]]> Comment on The dreaded “D” word by alifinmath http://alifinmath.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/the-dreaded-d-word/#comment-475 alifinmath Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:15:40 +0000 http://alifinmath.wordpress.com/?p=493#comment-475 For more on these issues in general, you might like to look at a discussion forum for people of the left: www.revleft.com Many (if not the majority) of posters are well-read and articulate. And some are activists rather than armchair philosophers (like myself). For more on these issues in general, you might like to look at a discussion forum for people of the left:

http://www.revleft.com

Many (if not the majority) of posters are well-read and articulate. And some are activists rather than armchair philosophers (like myself).

]]> Comment on The dreaded “D” word by Dag http://alifinmath.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/the-dreaded-d-word/#comment-474 Dag Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:40:05 +0000 http://alifinmath.wordpress.com/?p=493#comment-474 That's what I had, well the first paragraph at least. That’s what I had, well the first paragraph at least.

]]> Comment on The dreaded “D” word by alifinmath http://alifinmath.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/the-dreaded-d-word/#comment-473 alifinmath Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:38:19 +0000 http://alifinmath.wordpress.com/?p=493#comment-473 Taxation is supposed to be progressive -- a case of "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need." The rich can afford to pay disproportionately more. A flat rate makes each pay the same. A $1,000 tax on a small income of $10,000 is felt much more acutely by the poor man than a $200,000 tax on an income of $1,000,000 by the rich man. In the same way, indirect taxation (for example taxes on clothes, books and other staples) is also regressive as it affects the poor more than the rich. Taxation is supposed to be progressive — a case of “from each according to his ability, to each according to his need.” The rich can afford to pay disproportionately more. A flat rate makes each pay the same. A $1,000 tax on a small income of $10,000 is felt much more acutely by the poor man than a $200,000 tax on an income of $1,000,000 by the rich man.

In the same way, indirect taxation (for example taxes on clothes, books and other staples) is also regressive as it affects the poor more than the rich.

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