Marginal Revolution against the grain of intuition

It *is* one of the sexiest professions at the moment: Economist! Or maybe not. Still, I have a thing for numbers and numerical analysis; I have a thing for insights on life pointed out to be existing against the grain of common intuition. Is that sadism or masochism?

In any case - but in this vein - check out the Marginal Revolution (http://www.marginalrevolution.com/) blog from Tyler Cowen, economist and author of a new book: "Discover Your Inner Economist", being released tomorrow. It will certainly be on my reading list, after - or maybe instead of - Demons by Señor (or Herr, if you must) Dostoevsky.

Mr. Cowen seems to be a polymath, or, at least, a man of varied interests, so you'll have blog entries on the viability of "Medicare for everyone" (don't forget Part II) to star players in central banking (in the US and beyond); and food.. especially DC-area restaurants.

But regardless of your locale, read on, and be a hit at your next cocktail party..