God Bless Markets. ;-) (pic: Jason Henry / WSJ)
Cruises Where the Grass Is Greener - WSJ.com: "Celebrity Cruises' Silhouette, which sets sail in July, will have two new restaurants with outdoor seating, an open-air art studio where guests can take painting lessons and VIP sea-view cabanas for rent. All will be located on the top of the ship surrounding a 12,000 square-foot lawn of growing grass. Norwegian Cruise Lines' 4,100-passenger Epic, which debuted in the summer of 2010, has an open-air nightclub: The dance floor rises from the pool. The Magic from Carnival Corp.'s Carnival Cruise Lines, which begins sailing in May, will feature a 9,300-square foot water park, an outdoor video game area and an open-air sports facility with exercise bikes and rowing machines. Some suites on Oceania Cruises' new 1,250-passenger ship, the Marina, have balconies outfitted with Jacuzzis and 42-inch flat-screen TVs specially made to withstand wind and salt water. ... The ship employs two full-time lawn keepers aboard to ensure the grass stays healthy and attractive."
Friday, February 11, 2011
Markets In Everything: Grass On Cruise Ships
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2 comments:
Yikes bro, yikes. Saw you trolling for pageviews on MR blog. I run a little amateurish for-fun (obviously, considering the content matter) Economics blog of my own as a full-time student of Econ. I don't want any of this to come off as offensive in any way, I just felt the need to give you a word of advice: tone down the ideological rhetoric. You look at my blog and mostly you see "Positive Economics" or factual, verifiable, value-free Economic analysis. You know, like supply/demand, marginal utility, opportunity cost, game theory, all of that stuff.
When objective* readers sense a slant or bias (in your case toward naked markets I gather) they feel the need to supplement that information with a neutral or opposing perspective. Reading requires trusting the writers judgments at face-value. When a reader checks out my article on accounting cost versus economic cost, it is a factual concept that they can intuitively grasp. There's no revealed bias, and so people can read and learn without having to wonder if this guy's opinion actually squares up with the facts.
I just wanted to let you know, because there are more and more Economic bloggers like MR who we both seem to enjoy, as well as Nate Silver, and RA at Free Exchange, who all focus on the facts and the data, as they work their way through an issue guiding the reader as they come to a solid intellectual interpretation. Yeah, there are some Economics blogs like von Mises and Independent Institute who focus on the contentions and normative/opinionated aspects of Econ, but they all (not just von Mises) get very old very quickly. There's a multitude of facets to Economics that nearly all economists fundamentally agree on, like price elasticity, production cost analysis, and free trade. Economics is so much more interesting than the opinion aspects and controversies, why not let Cinderella go to the ball?
Thanks, Chris. I'll take that into account. What is MR? Not sure what/where you mean?
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