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Chicago Bank Converted into a Bar
23 Jan
The Bedford even has a restaurant and a lounge in its 1926 vault. Location: Wicker Park, Chicago, US.
Legacy Of Champagne
15 Jun
Jean François de Troy's Luncheon with Oysters (1735) included the first time that sparkling champagne was depicted in a painting //Wikipedia
Economic Researchers, Jeremy Edwards And Sheilagh Oglivie (University of Cambridge) just published a new paper covering What Lessons for Development We Can We Draw from the Champagne Fairs. A delightful and quite readable paper, according to Tyler Cowen. Here is the abstract:
«The medieval Champagne fairs are widely used to draw lessons about the institutional basis for long-distance impersonal exchange. This paper re-examines the causes of the outstanding success of the Champagne fairs in mediating international trade, the timing and causes of the fairs’ decline, and the institutions for securing property rights and enforcing contracts at the fairs. It finds that contract enforcement at the fairs did not take the form of private-order or corporative mechanisms, but was provided by public institutions. More generally, the success and decline of the Champagne fairs depended crucially on the policies adopted by the public authorities.»
Download The Paper Here.
Latest Podcast From Freakonomics
16 Dec
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Do More Expensive Wines Taste Better?
- Download or subscribe at iTunes, get the RSS feed or listen live via the Freakonomics Blog.
Méthode Extraordinaire
26 Sep
Image by rpeschetz via Flickr
How about trying a food and wine combination you might not come across everyday? - Sparkling Russian red wine and Parmesan.
The sweet Abrau Durso wine is produced from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, has 45g residual sugar per litre, and is dominated by the smell of cherry stones. The winery is one of the oldest in the country; established in 1870. It is the only producer in Russia that uses Méthode Traditionelle - the same technique as in Champagne.
In Russia, they match it with meat and spicy curries.
Something that certainly will spice up the next dinner party – Bon Appétit! Courtesy of The Wall Street Journal Wine Blog.
The South African Economy Shines In Paarl
6 Sep
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Too the extent the vintage wine price can be used as an economic indicator it looks like South Africa is recovering from the financial crisis. The nation’s biggest Wine Auction in Paarl wine district this weekend reached vital levels:
“South African vintners raised 41 percent more money at the annual Nederburg Auction, the biggest of its kind in the country, as increased bidding reversed a two- year decline.
Income at the Nederburg Auction jumped to 5.68 million rand ($789,513) from just over 4 million rand a year earlier.”
Full story from Bloomberg here.
Sparkling Market Toccata
1 Sep
"Today Apple hosts a music-focused event in San Francisco, where oodles of announcements around the iPod and iTunes are expected." //Image via Wikipedia
All Things Digital: Apple, the Angelina Jolie of Tech, Steps Into the Spotlight Again.
BBC: Moody’s let off fraud hook by SEC.
Bloomberg: JPMorgan Said to End Proprietary Trading to Meet Volcker Rule.
BusinessWeek: Why Companies Need Less Innovation.
CNBC: The World’s Safest Banks 2010.
Forbes: Startups that bucked the recession: Groupon, Zynga, Twitter and Ustream raised lots of money in hard times.
MarketWatch: Worst August Since 2001.
Reuters: Fed mulls stimulus if outlook worsens appreciably.
SmartMoney: 10 Things Money Managers Won’t Say.
The Economist: What Explains Germany’s Recovery?
The Business Insider: Glenn Beck Rally Rounds Up The Most Valuable Media Audience In America.
The Financial Times: Bill Miller US large-caps are bargains of a lifetime.
The Guardian: Blair: I knew Brown would be a disaster.
The New York Times: The Tax Foundation recently broken down some new state and local tax data from the Census Bureau, and found some stark variations in where states get their tax revenue from.
The Wall Street Journal: A Greener Champagne Bottle: France’s Champagne industry is trying to cut the carbon dioxide it emits transporting billions of tiny bubbles around the world.
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Before The Bell
31 Aug
"Le Montrachet had long been hailed as the world's greatest dry white wine; Claude Arnoux, writing in 1728 could find no words in either French or Latin to describe its splendors (an example that wine critics should sometimes ponder) and Thomas Jefferson was a big fan; after tasting the 1782 vintage he ordered an entire 130-gallon cask, according to John Hallman's "Thomas Jefferson on Wine."// WSJ// Image by saragoldsmith via Flickr
Barron’s: Retail Stocks Headed for a Markdown.
BBC: India growth rate rises to 8.8%.
Bloomberg: Toyota Prius May Lead Japan Car Sale Collapse as Subsidies End.
BusinessWeek: Investors Embrace Bear Market Funds.
Forbes: Why Glenn Beck Is A Great Communicator.
MarketWatch: Morgan cuts crude forecast: Analysts predict drop from the current $75 a barrel to $65 by mid-October.
Reuters: Global stocks fall, yen climbs on U.S. recovery fears.
SmartMoney: Most Economists Favor Extending Bush Tax Cuts.
The Economist: Britain’s economic recovery is on track.
The Business Insider: If the US is Japan, here comes another big leg down.
The Financial Times: Eurozone economic sentiment rises.
The Guardian: There is no proof that economic health depends on manufacturing.
The New York Times: The Tax Foundation recently broken down some new state and local tax data from the Census Bureau, and found some stark variations in where states get their tax revenue from.
The Wall Street Journal: The Grace Kelly Of Wines: The white Burgundies of Puligny-Montrachet have an angular beauty, says Jay McInerney. A vintner tells of “seeking the unconscious of the earth.”
Why entrepreneurs love The US and Hong Kong
6 JulJohn Stossel on The American Spirit and government intervention.
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