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Photo courtesy of Tony Rettman
Unless you are maintaining residency in a bomb shelter somewhere off the coast of the Canary Islands, you should be aware of the documentary series we here at Noisey have been presenting entitled There Will Be Quiet; The Story of Judge. The series tells the tale of the iconic NYHC band who raised ears and eyebrows throughout the 80s with their controversial lyrical content and matchless spin on the fusion of hardcore punk and metal riffing.
Last week, to whet appetites for the upcoming segments of the series, I presented the first part of the entire interview I conducted with Judge frontman Mike Ferraro for my (book released in December of last year by the Bazillion Points publishing), NYHC 1980 – 1990. This week, I present the second and final part of the interview where Mike talks about the characters to be found in the early days of NYHC, his departure from the scene for a brief stint in 1984, joining Youth of Today on drums, and how that led him to form Judge.
And don't forget to join us Tuesday May 5 when there will be a special screening of the documentary at Nitehawk Cinema in Brooklyn. After the screening, there will be a panel discussion and Q&A session with Mike Ferraro, Judge guitarist John Porcell, Jidge drummer Sam Siegler, and film director Seth Lowery which will be moderated by yours truly, Tony Rettman. Get your tickets here. See you in the cinematic pit.
Noisey: Let's talk about your first band, Death Before Dishonor
Mike Judge: The first time Death Before Dishonor played in New York at A7. it was with me singing, before I started playing drums for them. We got there and actually left to go see the Necros and got back and were still able to play our set. We played at five in the morning. I remember being done playing and walking out into daylight. That's just how A7 was. Agnostic Front took us under their wing and made us their little brother band. So, at this point, any show Agnostic Front played, we'd open up. If they played a CB's matinee, we'd open up. At that point, we were playing a lot.
We'd rehearse in the city at Don Fury's at his Spring Street studio. He had it set up that the drums were in a booth. If you gave him an extra two bucks, you'd get a board tape of your rehearsal. You would get these tapes of your practice that were very clean sounding; like a soundboard recording of a live gig. We would pick a day after we were well-rehearsed and we'd all be quiet and hit record.
What about some of the personalities in the scene at the time, like Raybeez or Jimmy G?
Raybeez had a pretty big personality. He worked the door at the Pyramid and hung out on Avenue A and then he had Warzone. Jimmy was always on the dance floor and up against the stage. He was always in the pit. He would work the door at A7. He started a band called the Cavity Creeps and those shows were just crazy. They had this song called "The Pain Song" where everyone would make a wall of people and run over everybody.
What about Todd Youth?
Todd was a Jersey kid. When I met him, he was like, "I'm from Jersey," and I asked him where he lived he said, "I live here on the streets. I ran away two months ago." I've known him a long time and it's fucking great he made it to where he is today. He's one of the best guitarists I ever heard in the New York scene.
How about Steve Poss?
I thought Poss was a runaway. I could never wrap my head around him being so young and being at this shows. He's ten years old and he's watching the Bad Brains at a squat down on Avenue C. Why is he here? It's one in the morning and we're sticking together so we can get safely through to Avenue C to Avenue A and we had to go through the park. Why is this little boy here?
Did you venture past Avenue A a lot?
I went to Avenue C only a handful of times. The last time I went, Death Before Dishonor played there. Before we even got to play, a girl we knew got stabbed waiting to go into the bathroom.
How did the thing with wearing construction gloves start up in the NYHC scene? The first time I saw Kevin Crowley from The Abused, he was wearing construction gloves. Then Jimmy Gestapo was wearing them on the dance floor. I never knew what they meant or why, but I was like "Fuck it! I'll do it!"
Jimmy would wear construction gloves on the dancefloor with a chain around his waist. John Watson always wore a chain around his waist. Same with Jimmy and Ray Beez.
Were the pits pretty rough back then?
It seemed like it back then. It was violent because it was physical, but it was still dancing. The way Watson did it and Diego and Gestapo and Harley did it, there was a style to it. Today, it just looks like a big fucking fist fight to me. Guys like Diego, the Agnostic Front bassist, had style, but he would crush you when he rammed into you. Jimmy had this thing where out of nowhere he'd bend down and go straight back.
When did the metal crossover thing come into the scene?
I'd say around 1984 was when the metal thing came in. I wish I knew how it started. I'd love to go back and just change it. The guys from Anthrax started coming to shows at CB's and we really tried to discourage them from coming to our shows. They already had L'Amours, so I was of the mind of "You guys already have your club and scene, just stay there." But at the same time, Death Before Dishonor was listening to moremMetal and starting bringing that into our band. It seemed like that was the way things were going. We were listening to the first few Iron Maiden records and we were turning into the jocks that we hated. We were listening to the music they would get naked in the locker room to. It was a fucking weird thing.
The last show we played at CB's with Agnostic Front, we actually did "Run to the Hills'" as a cover. Right after that set was when I left the band and left the scene for a couple years. I was like, "Goddamn, I helped this happen." I felt awful.
So what made you come back to the NYHC scene?
Mark Ryan from Supertouch called me up and said, "Let's go see this band. They're cool and they play hardcore the way we used to do it. They're playing this Friday night in Philly." He talked me into driving him out there. It ended up being Youth of Today. When they played, I was blown away. They sparked it up in me again. I wound up going to see live music again. I started going into New York again in 1986 and things were happening. You had the Cro-Mags and Youth of Today. It was exploding.
Did you hear about the Cro-Mags in the early 80s when they were going in and out of formations?
I remember seeing Cro-Mags as a tag all over the city for years. I knew Harley from the beginning; he was there from day one. I remember in 1982, someone had an apartment on Norfolk Street and they called it Apartment X. It was pretty much a crash pad. After gigs, everyone would go there. I remember being outside of there, and Harley had just come back from Canada and he's showing everyone his chest tattoo. He was saying he recorded a demo when he was out on the west coast with him playing everything. He said he was going to call it Here's to the Ink In Ya. He let us all hear it and a lot of those songs I heard later on the Age of Quarrel record. It sounded like good Motorhead.
When I started coming back into New York to start seeing bands again, the Cro-Mags were playing and they were fucking incredible. It hit the same way seeing the Bad Brains for the first time. Cro-Mags at CB's was insane.
What was different between the first wave of hardcore in New York compared to the second one?
The crowds were bigger. That was the first time I went to a CB's matinee and saw a line. There were blue barricades and there were lines around the block. It was never like that. Bands were popping up everywhere and it all revolved around Youth of Today. Straight edge was huge. Johnny Stiff told Ray that there would never have a straight rdge scene in New York. All of a sudden, some of the greatest bands are popping up and everything is so fucking vibrant and new. You had Gorilla Biscuits and Straight Ahead. Astoria was still pumping out great music with Token Entry, Raw Deal and Sick of it All. The fanzines were going. It was a great time for music in the city at that point. Anybody who thought it died in 1985, they missed out on a cool part of New York history.
How did you end up joining Youth of Today on drums?
I was digging Youth of Today big time and they were the sole reason I came back into the scene in New York. If you ask Ray or Porcell, they say they remember me from them going to see The Abused play up at the old Anthrax club in Connecticut. They remember The Abused playing and all these New York kids showing up, taking over their club and being intimidated by us. Break Down The Walls had just come out and they needed a drummer to tour.
One night, I was walking down the Bowery heading over to The Ritz to see the Cro-Mags and as I was going past St. Marks, I ran into Ray and he said, "Dude, do you have any interest in joining Youth of Today? We need a drummer." I was like, "Sure, I'll try out." He gave me the seven-inch and said, "Just learn any two songs and then we'll meet at Giant Studios next week." I went to the Ritz and I ran into Porcell and he asked me the same thing!
I went home and threw the record on the turntable and its super fucking fast. I'm just like, "I'm not getting in this fuckin' band." I was in and out of my house at the time because I was having troubles at home. There was a girl in town and her family liked me, so they were letting me stay there. They let me take a snare drum, a kick drum and a hi-hat into their house. All I did the week leading up to that tryout was play along to that record with headphones on.
I go to the tryout. Richie Birkenhead came in with a guitar on and Craig Satari has his bass on and Ray and Porcell were just watching. They start playing a song and I just can't play it that fast. So I play the two songs and they say, "We'll be right back," and walk out of the room. I'm just thinking to myself "There's no way I'm getting in this band'." They come in and say, "You're in! We're leaving for Canada a day after tomorrow to play with 7 Seconds." My head spun because I've never left New York or New Jersey. I played in Philly with my old band, but not Canada. I didn't even know how we were getting there. I asked, "Do we fly there?"
Then you went on the complete 'Break Down The Walls' tour, right?
Yeah, after that, I went on a tour of the whole country with Youth of Today. I didn't really know about the pre-conceptions of the band people had. All I knew about them was that I dug them. I knew nothing about the whole PMA and positive thing. I was from more of a violent background. I was always getting reprimanded in the beginning; especially from Ray.
One time on tour, we were selling the seven-inch and this guy wanted to buy the record, but he didn't want to pay the price, so Ray was like, "We can't sell it for cheaper than this. Sorry, man'."The guy starts talking shit, so I pushed Ray aside because I was just going to fight the guy. Ray was like, "Woah! Woah!" and I was like, "What?" Ray was like, "We talk things out with this band" and I said, "Well, I'm not good at things like that."
I never got fully used to that; how you're supposed to sit there and let some guy say shit and somehow you're the better man by walking away. I'd rather be the better man who's stepping over his body, you know? That's why I wound up wanting to quit Youth of Today. I couldn't deal with having to turn the other cheek.
There were points on that tour where I asked Ray, "So what exactly does a guy got to do to get his ass beat? Is there a set of rules? Can you make a chart? Do I have to get hit first? Because I hate getting hit first!" I was always taught "If there's any doubt, lay him out!" Make sure you get it off first, because a lot of times there isn't a second time and I don't want to be the guy laying down. I've been put out once and it sucked. Ray's answer to everything was, "You got to listen to 7 Seconds."
We played in Detroit and there was this band from there called Boom and the Legion of Doom. They were throwing fucking deer meat at us. I guess they were doing it because of Ray's vegetarian thing. I'm behind the drums seething, man. I just want to kill these fucking guys. Richie was feeling the same way. We get off stage and I'm like, "Let's tear these guys apart!" At first, Ray wasn't into it, but then Ray is like, "Alright, but let me lead us into it." The way he put it, I thought he was leading us into battle and we were going to get bloody together.
But Ray gets up to them, recites 7 Seconds lyrics to the guys and walks out of the club! I'm standing there and I'm looking at these guys and I'm just confused. In my mind, someone should be laid out by now. This has been going on far too long! Even the guys in the other band were confused. Me and the rest of these guys were looking at each other confused and thinking, "So…should we have a fight?" I just never get my role in the band.
Finally, we got out to Phoenix and there was this Nazi skinhead gang there. Ray was trying to dance and this skinhead did something to them, so Ray was like "Mike! Richie! Get those guys!" The bouncers broke us up and the Nazis told us to meet them somewhere after the show, but they never showed up. But that was the only time Ray was like, "Okay, you guys can have a fist fight now."
So was being stifled like this the catalyst for starting Judge?
I loved Youth of Today. I love Ray. I spent many nights of that tour in a fucking van pouring our hearts out to each other. I love him as a person. I love Porcell too, but we come from different places. The end game for each of us was different. There were so many spots where they were satisfied with it, so I was like, "I'm never going to be like these guys." I was getting way too frustrated. It wasn't worth it.
Our van broke down in Florida and we had to park it in a junkyard while it was getting worked on. We talked these girls into letting them stay in their apartment, but someone had to sleep in the van with the equipment. We'd take turns. On my night to watch the van, I'm in the middle of this Florida junkyard and I'm lying there in the van. I got these ideas in my head and I'm writing words down for a band that I don't even have yet. I'm looking at these words I'm writing and it's painfully obvious that these words are never going to be a Youth Of Today song. So that's when I thought when I get back to New York I'll start my own band. I couldn't keep muzzling myself.
Porcell had come out to keep me company one night and we were started talking about this band that didn't exist yet. We would be laughing going, "Wouldn't it be cool if we did this? Wouldn't it be cool if we did that?" Basically, we were starting Judge right then and there and we didn't know it.
When we got back to New York, we had rehearsals for a new Youth of Today record and I told Ray that I was going to go my own way. A week later, I came up with the name of the band and asked Porcell if he was interested in helping out.
What was the writing process for those initial Judge songs?
At the time, I was living with Porcell, Al Brown and Ray in Brooklyn. Those guys were going to work during the day, so I would just sit there with a bass and write songs. I had Al Brown's record collection, Porcell's record collection and Cappo's record collection. It was a punk rock library. I would just sit there and listened to SSD, Negative Approach, Last Rights and a little bit of Slap Shot and then go and play bass.
When New York Crew, the first Judge seven-inch came out, it caused a lot of controversy with its lyrics. Was that a conscious effort on your part?
In my mind, I was doing everything to get that reaction, but when I got that reaction, I was like, "Woah, I can't believe I got that reaction! Wow! It fuckin' worked!" When the record came out, it turned out Choke was really pissed about the Boston line. I didn't get why. The line was written in a broader perspective of telling what happened. It didn't say anybody won a fight or anything. I was trying to mention the Boston New York rivalry and he took it the wrong way and it went from there.
The way I write music and lyrics' those words come out of me like a fucking disease. They come out of me like a bad toothache. It's hurting and it's hurting and it's hurting and I don't know what to do with myself and I want to kill something or break something then all of a sudden it comes to a breaking point and BAM! Out pours these words like a bad dream. And then the toothache is gone. That's the way it's always been.
Porcell would call me up and I would read him some lyrics as I was writing them. One night, I read him the lyrics to "New York Crew" over the phone and he's like, "Great song but you got to change the words. You can't fucking say that shit. You're copping to crimes in some of this shit." When I got off the phone with him and sat back and read it, I was like, "Yeah, I think I know where he's coming from," so I changed the whole ending.
So how did Judge become a live band?
All of a sudden, there was this demand to see it live. So Porcell called me and said, "Guy, why don't we put a band together and play a show?" So I thought, "Okay, I'll give it a shot." We got Drew from Bold and Jimmy Yu to play bass. We went up and played the Anthrax and it was fucking awesome. We never stopped after that.
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running, yoga & exercise induced asthma
|EIA makes running difficult, especially as the weather changes.
Wikipedia (actually has a better definition than Mayo Clinic, so don't judge) describes Exercise-Induced Asthma as the following:
"Exercise-induced asthma, or E.I.A., is a medical condition that occurs when the airways narrow as a result of exercise. The preferred term for this condition is exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB); exercise does not cause asthma, but is frequently an asthma trigger"I've had exercise-induced asthma/bronchoconstriction ever since I first began running at age 8. For years, I thought that maybe I was breathing wrong, not in tip-top shape or just wasn't cut out for running. Shortness of breath certainly isn't out of the ordinary when you're running, but my symptoms would last long after I was done. Wheezing, phlegm, chest pain and coughing always went on for at least a few hours afterward, often into the next day if the weather was cold or if I ran particularly hard.
Over the years, my asthma seemed to get worse. A scary asthma attack after a high school cross-country race prompted a visit to the doctor, where I was finally diagnosed with exercise-induced asthma. Although it doesn't sound like that big of a deal, it was a big deal to me at the time. It made me feel like I would never be able to compete to my full potential and would always be at a disadvantage to my asthma-free peers. I tried the inhaler-route for a few years, longer warm-ups and cool-downs and even the Vitamin C method, but nothing seemed to lessen my symptoms.
Running, in particular, is aggravating to E.I.A. in 3 main ways:
1.) Being outdoors: When outdoors, the lungs have no protection from the air. It's especially aggravating if you have seasonal allergies or if the weather is cold and dry.Aside from inhalers, there's really not much information out there for alternative asthma treatments. Trust me, I've looked. Prevention methods would obviously involve not running, not running outside and/or not running in the cold, but that doesn't really work for a runner. As I began to learn more about yoga, I hoped it would help.
2.) Mouth-breathing: During vigorous exercising, such as running, we use the mouth. Anytime unfiltered air rushes straight off the back of the throat, it quickly dries out the airways and can aggravate asthma symptoms.
3.) Posture: When we run, we're leaning, hunched over, the entire time. Our chest is compressed as we lean into the next stride. Try as you might, it feels ridiculous to keep the chest upright (open) while running, so the chest is already tight.
Yoga is usually safe to practice if you have E.I.A.
There may be certain pranayama (breathing techniques) that don't work well for you, but normally, during yoga, we breathe in and out slowly through the nose. Yoga is also normally practiced indoors, sometimes even with humidity added to the room...all great conditions for exercising without experiencing asthma.Even after years of yoga and pranayama, I would not say that my E.I.A. has improved when running. I've been running for 20 years and it will be a sad day when I have to hang up my running shoes, but I still struggle in the cold, I still wheeze and cough and experience chest pain. Yoga can help with many various health issues, but I'm not touting it as a cure-all. But in relation to E.I.A, yoga DOES greatly aid in the aftermath. The following is a little compilation of poses I like to practice when I'm having a tough time after a run. The goal of many of these poses is to open the chest and loosen mucus from the lungs.
Bridge or Wheel
Thymus reset
If you have exercise-induced asthma, I hope something here was helpful to you. I know how frustrating of a struggle it can be, especially when you really love something. I will always love running. There is absolutely nothing like it. I will always hate asthma. There is also nothing like it. But for now, as long as I can enjoy a long run through the woods, I will embrace a few hours of post-running hacking.

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Saturday, November 8, 2008
PDG Council - What's That?
Photo: First PDG Council at Vistana Hotel, Penang @ March 7, 2007
I just received an email about a PDG Council meeting in Bali this November.
Not sure if many Toastmaters in District 51 know what is the PDG Council or its role in District 51. So here goes ... my 2 cents.
In Toastmasters International District Administrative Bylaws, Article XI Committees,
"g) Other Committees.
Other Committees may be appointed from time to time as may be deemed advisable by the District Governor or the District Council. Such Committees may include, among others, the following special Committees: Youth Leadership Program, Speechcraft, Administrative Policies and Procedures, Awards, Speaker Burau, District Newsletter, and Past District Governors Advisory Committee"
In short, for District 51, PDG Council = Past District Governors Advisory Committee.
I googled and found this online posting by District 19 which mirrors quite closely our current District 51 setup for PDG Council.
The functions of the PDG Advisory Committee will be as follows:
- Serve as the District 19 Long Range Planning Committee.
- Serve as a resource group to address certain tasks at the request of the District Governor and the District Advisory Committee.
- Make recommendations to the District Governor on items pertinent to the "Mission of the District".
- Review the District 19 Standing Rules (See Rule #13).
- All Past District Governors who are active members in good standing, in a District 19 Club in good standing, are eligible to serve on the PDG Advisory Committee.
- The Immediate Past District Governor, or most immediate Past District Governor available to serve becomes Chairman of the PDG Advisory Committee on July 1 of every year."
The first "official" PDG Council meeting was held at Vistana Hotel, Penang on March 7, 2007. Before that, Past District Governors often sit together to greet VIP or during Installation Dinners or Farewell Lunches at District Conventions and have informal sharing of current District issues.
The second PDG Council meeting was held at Sunway Club in Subang Jaya on September 2007 and the last PDG get-t0-together that I attended was a breakfast at the Medan Semi-Annual Convention on November 2007. So District 51 PDG Council is still very much at its infancy.
It was decided that the PDG Council will include all Past District 51 Governors and Past Territory Council Chairperson residing with District 51.
In other words, the Past District 51 Governors and Past Territory Council Chairperson who are now residing in Singapore in District 80 will not be included in this PDG Council... ouch.
The Immediate Past District Governor will serve as the Chairperson of the PDG Council.
My humble opinion is that the PDG Council is another resource at the service of the District Governor and District Council. It should not morphed into a self-directing committee but one that works on issues which are requested by the current District Governor and District Council.
I feel that each Past District Governor has a vast personal Toastmasters experience to share, own leadership style and view points. What comes out from the PDG Council should therefore be more a collection of ideas rather than a unanimous voice or vote. Just my 2 cents.
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Beauty Should Be In The Eyes Of The Beholder
Author : Jan Michaels
Submitted : 2008-04-11 17:08:47 Word Count : 716 Popularity: 132
Tags: marilyn monroe, beauty, social comment, social commentary, fashion industry
Marilyn Monroe had six toes. Connie stiler also has six toes ... Which fact do you find more interesting? My guess is it's Marilyn, and that's mostly because she was packaged (and still is) as a model of stunning beauty, desire and perfection. Yet, the truth is that Marilyn was not perfect by the very standards of the business that convinced everyone that she was the woman men wanted or that women had to look like to BE wanted. Still, most believed it then, and continue to believe this fantasy today.
Ever heard the old saying "If I want your opinion I'll give it to you"? Well, the fashion, beauty and Ad media industries are constantly presenting appealing ads to every man, woman and child hoping to giving us our opinion of what beauty is. And the truly sad thing is most people accept this lofty standard, putting an incredible amount of pressure on people to be "perfect" and "desirable" 24/7.
Remember this commercial? Maybe you don't remember this one in particular, but they all pretty much follow the same format ... A very pretty woman smiles at a man, obviously interested in him, and he smiles back only to realize she has a flake of dandruff on her shoulder! He walks away totally turned off now. Why? Because she didn't meet the advertiser's (and yours, if you buy it) standards for beauty. Does this seem reasonable to you? Or does it seem like a snobbish, self-centered and "holier-than-thou" attitude for a person to have?
Consider this ... If you accept big business's standards of beauty created to sell their products, then you are isolating yourself from most of the population of the world. If you try to live up to a profit generated opinion of what is beautiful, then you have set yourself up to fail. For proof of this, just check out the tragic lives and failed relationships of the world's most beautiful, admired entertainers and models.
Here is something else to think about ... Do you know the definition of brainwashing? No, it's not a new surgical procedure! Brainwashing means: "Inducing a person to modify his or her beliefs, attitudes, or behavior by conditioning through various forms of pressure."
So, how does the ad agencies and big business pressure us into modifying our beliefs, attitudes or behavior? Lets say ads start coming out on TV, radio, print all over the world, and these ads are constantly implying that if you do not own this product, you can't be popular, desired or accepted. As more and more people accept the ad's conditioning, the pressure builds for the rest of us to conform or be isolated from the crowd.
I'm sure as a child, and growing into adulthood, you've experienced some conditioning to modify your beliefs, attitudes, or behavior because of this kind of peer pressure. We all want to fit in and be accepted, so we may change our beliefs to conform to the majority despite that it may be uncomfortable. Even when it's uncomfortable in a physical way! Females can understand this ... extremely tight clothes, high heels, bras, makeup and the incredible pressure to always be "beautiful".
Reality ... What a concept: The truth is, Nobody on this planet has ever been, nor ever will attain big business's standard of what is beautiful, and trying to live up to someone else's standards of beauty causes far more problems for generations to come than it is worth. The simple fact that you are alive, and able to think makes you a beautiful and interesting person, not what you wear. And all of the things that make someone beautiful are the things that come from within a person. Big business and the ad agencies cannot create and sell love, kindness, understanding or attractive personalities. Only you can, and it doesn't cost you a dime.
It comes down to this .. Enhance, decorate and discover what makes you beautiful as a person from within and then your REAL beauty will shine in the eyes of ALL beholders.
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John Schneider has proved very adept at turning first-round picks into late-rounders, although this is the first time he has devalued his own initial trade in such fashion.
By shelling out Percy Harvin for peanuts — just to get rid of the headache receiver and his mindboggling contract — Schneider in effect turned a first-rounder, third-rounder and seventh-rounder into a sixth that could become a fourth. Now that's some real wheelin' and dealin'.
Obviously, that stands as Schneider's biggest whiff in his Seattle tenure — a gamble on greatness against all odds that did not pay off. It was one of his few foul-ups in nearly five years as Seattle's general manager.
It also is now the fourth time he has moved a player the Hawks used a first-round pick to obtain.
Schneider previously had salvaged what he could from Tim Ruskell's first-round busts — Deion Branch, Lawrence Jackson and Aaron Curry.
Ruskell sent a first-round pick to New England for Branch in 2006 and Schneider flipped the injury-prone, overpaid wide receiver back to the Patriots for a fourth-rounder in October 2010.
In August 2010, Schneider traded Jackson — Seattle's first-round pick in 2008 — to Detroit for a 2011 sixth-round choice that became cornerback Byron Maxwell.
Then, in October 2011, Schneider shipped out Curry, who had been a can't-miss No. 4 overall pick in 2009. After Curry busted out due to his own admitted laziness, Schneider got what he could from Oakland: a seventh-rounder in 2012 and a fifth in 2013.
The Harvin deal is the fourth October deal Schneider has made. A week before he dealt Branch in 2010, he acquired Marshawn Lynch from Buffalo.
This was Schneider's 31st trade in his nearly five years in Seattle, and 23 of those have involved at least one veteran player. He has acquired 15 veterans and shipped out 13.
The Harvin deal reportedly will add a sixth-round pick that could become a fourth next year. So the Seahawks are back to 11 picks in 2015, assuming four compensatory selections for free agency losses. The Harvin pick will replace the sixth-rounder they gave up for cornerback Marcus Burley, and they will have their six other picks plus expected choices in the fourth, fifth (two) and sixth rounds.
Discounting five trades that cannot yet be judged, we give Schneider a 11-4-11 (.634) record in trades — with Harvin being such a bad move that he counts as losses coming and going.
Here's an updated breakdown:
5 trades: 0-1-1-3
April 21: Acquired QB Terrelle Pryor from Oakland for seventh-round pick (247).
Result: Tie.
Comment: Pryor counted as part of the 2014 draft class, and he might have been the best move Schneider made on Day 3 — even though this deal was done three weeks before the draft. Pryor was a third-round supplemental pick by Oakland, and he started nine games for them in 2013. Schneider had nothing to lose by taking a flier on the supremely talented athlete.
May 8: Traded No. 32 to Minnesota for No. 40 and a fourth-rounder (108).
Result: Incomplete.
Comment: If they couldn't have traded out of the first round, the Hawks were set to take WR Paul Richardson at 32. That would have been too high. As it turned out, they moved down again and landed him at No. 45. With pick 108, they picked Cassius Marsh. The returns have not been good so far and Marsh (out 6-8 weeks with a broken foot) won't help. But, with Harvin gone, Richardson figures to get a lot more playing time. Of course, this deal won't be graded fully for a couple of years.
May 9: Traded down from 40 to 45 with Detroit, sending the Lions a fifth-rounder (146) and acquiring a fourth (111) and seventh (227).
Result: Incomplete.
Comment: The Hawks dropped down twice and still got the guy they wanted, Richardson. Out of this deal, they ended up with FB Kiero Small (227) and they moved down again from 111 to add yet another pick (WR Kevin Norwood). Good moves by Schneider to add another pick, even if Small did not make the team. This move will be judged by how the two receivers fare over the next couple of seasons. With Harvin gone, they get their chance starting this week.
May 10: Traded down in the fourth round (111 to 123) with Cincinnati and added a sixth-rounder (199).
Result: Incomplete.
Comment: It seems like the Hawks should have netted a fifth for this move — or at least a seventh in addition to the sixth. But they ended up with an extra player (OT Garrett Scott at 199) and still got the guy they were targeting at 111, Norwood.
Oct. 17: Traded WR Percy Harvin to N.Y. Jets for conditional 2015 pick (reportedly a sixth that can ascend to a fourth)
Result: Loss
Comment: The Hawks sent three picks to Minnesota and paid $18.4 million to a guy who played in eight of 24 possible games (including playoffs). The Hawks ended up getting screwed in this deal even worse than they were in the Branch move — although at least they didn't send Harvin back to the same team that fleeced them to start with. It wasn't hard to predict this ending. It's a resounding loss — the biggest in Schneider's four-plus years as Seattle GM.
5 trades: 1-1-1-2
March 12: Acquired WR Percy Harvin from Minnesota for No. 1, No. 7, 2014 No. 3
Result: Loss.
Comment: Schneider pulled off the biggest blockbuster of his tenure, gambling three picks and $67 million that Harvin would turn the Seahawks' offense into a nuclear power. But Harvin had a reactor leak in his hip last year and barely played. He showed signs of what he could do in limited game action, including returning a kick for a touchdown in the Super Bowl. The Hawks tried to design their offense around him this year, but his alleged bad attitude apparently was too much to overcome, and Schneider ended up getting his ass kicked in this deal — easily the worst move he has made as Seattle GM (we warned him not to do it).
April 1: Traded QB Matt Flynn to Oakland for No. 5 in 2014 and conditional pick in 2015
Result: Win.
Comment: After paying Flynn $8 million to back up Wilson in 2012, Schneider knew he could not do it again in 2013, so he found a team that was willing to make Flynn its starter and he foisted Flynn's $5.25 million salary off on Oakland. Flynn lost the starting job to Pryor and was released in October. The Hawks will not get the conditional pick in 2015, but they used the fifth this year to trade down in the second round and add a fourth and seventh. The fourth turned into WR Kevin Norwood and the seventh became FB Kiero Small. So, to sum it up, Schneider turned Flynn into Norwood while also saving the Hawks $3.25 million against the salary cap.
April 26: Traded No. 56 to Baltimore for No. 62 (Christine Michael), 165 and 199
April 27: Traded No. 165 and 199 to Detroit for No. 137 (Jesse Williams)
Result: Incomplete.
Comment: Schneider pulled his usual trick in the second round and moved down before drafting Michael. Then the GM used the two other picks to move up in the fifth round and draft DT Jesse Williams. Because neither Michael nor Williams has contributed, these deals have no result yet. But it's not looking good so far.
Aug. 20: Traded OG John Moffitt to Denver for DT Sealver Siliga
Result: Tie.
Comment: The Hawks wasted a third-round pick on Moffitt, who simply didn't have the desire to play — he retired three months after being traded and then was arrested in Chicago in March 2014 on drug possession charges. Siliga did some time on the practice squad in 2013 before finding his way onto New England's roster. Neither team got anything out of this deal.
5 trades: 4-0-1
April 26: Dropped from 43 to 47 and picked up a fifth (154) and seventh (232) from the Eagles.
Result: Win.
Comment: The Hawks ended up adding two picks to LB Bobby Wagner (47). LB Korey Toomer (154) has not been able to stay healthy. DE Greg Scruggs (232) played quite a bit in the second half of his rookie season and then missed 2013 with an ACL injury. He did not play in the first five games this season. Wagner was a great pick, but he is not a product of this trade (they could have had him at 43).
April 26: Dropped from 12 to 15 and picked up fourth (114) and sixth (172) from the Eagles.
Result: Win.
Comment: Schneider considered dropping farther down in the first round, but he decided to grab DE Bruce Irvin at 15 because he thought the Jets would take him at 16. The pick was a reach, but Schneider got good value for it. DT Jaye Howard (114) was inactive for most of his rookie season and didn't make the team in 2013, but CB Jeremy Lane (172) has become a special-teams standout and has seen a lot of action the past two seasons — and will see more when he comes off IR next month.
May 21: Acquired TE Kellen Winslow from Tampa Bay for a conditional sixth or seventh in 2013.
Result: Tie.
Comment: The deal was contingent on Winslow making the team, and the Hawks ended up cutting him after he balked at taking a pay cut. This deal was just a flier.
Aug. 20: Sent LB Barrett Ruud to New Orleans for seventh in 2013.
Result: Win.
Comment: Not a bad deal, trading an injured guy after you signed him to a cheap contract. The Saints ended up releasing him in October and the Hawks walked away with a seventh-rounder. The Hawks could have gotten another seven for Braylon Edwards if they had been willing to deal him in September, but they misjudged that situation and ended up getting nothing for him when they released him after the trade deadline.
Aug. 27: Sent QB Tarvaris Jackson to Buffalo for seventh in 2013.
Result: Win.
Comment: It would have been nice if the Hawks could have gotten more for him. The Bills buried him on the inactive list because they would have owed a sixth-rounder if he had been active for six games. Nice to have something for him but the Hawks mishandled him the entire way, from his inclusion in the bogus three-headed QB competition to the late deal. The fact that he was back a year later means the Hawks got a seventh-rounder for free. They used the selection in the package of picks they sent Minnesota for Percy Harvin in 2013.
3 trades: 1-0-2
April 28: Traded the No. 57 pick along with fifth- (No. 157) and seventh-round picks (209) to the Lions for third- (No. 75), fourth- (No. 107), fifth- (No. 154) and seventh-round picks (No. 205).
Result: Tie.
Comment: Schneider basically turned Seattle's second-round pick into a third and fourth (the moves in the fifth and seventh were negligible). The Hawks ended up with OG John Moffitt (75), WR Kris Durham (107), CB Richard Sherman (154) and DE Pep Levingston (205). Yes, Sherman was easily the best player to come out of the deal, but the Hawks surely could have had him with their original fifth-rounder, so he is not really a product of this move. Moffitt and Durham were flops. If the Hawks had stood pat in the second, they could have had WR Torrey Smith or WR Randall Cobb. The value of this trade was good, but Schneider took the wrong players, so we'll call it a tie.
Aug. 29: Traded CB Kelly Jennings to Cincinnati for DT Clinton McDonald.
Result: Win.
Comment: The Hawks drafted two corners in 2011 and also had Marcus Trufant and Roy Lewis (who knew Brandon Browner would end up being more significant than any of them?) and needed depth on the D-line. Jennings lasted just one year in Cincinnati, but McDonald played for the Hawks for three years and parlayed a surprising 2013 season into a nice contract from Tampa Bay.
Oct. 13: Traded LB Aaron Curry to Oakland for a 2012 seventh-rounder (OG J.R. Sweezy) and a fifth in 2013 (CB Tharold Simon).
Result: Tie.
Comment: We originally called this a loss simply because dumping the fourth overall pick should be a loss unless you come up with some great stuff out of it. But Curry's admission that he was a lazy slug who did not try once he got paid removes much of the blame from the team. Plus, Sweezy has turned into a solid starter at right guard, and the Hawks still have high hopes for Simon, even though he did not even see the field as a rookie and is only now about to make his NFL debut. The only way this could become a win is if Sweezy or Simon turned into a Pro Bowl player.
13 trades: 5-2-6
March 8: Traded QB Seneca Wallace to Cleveland for a conditional seventh-rounder in 2011.
Result: Tie.
Comment: When this deal was originally made, it seemed like a loss, simply because it seemed Schneider could have gotten one of Mike Holmgren's three fifth-round picks in the 2010 draft. Wallace started seven games for the Browns over two years and is now out of the league. The seventh-rounder the Hawks got went to Detroit in that Moffitt-Durham deal. So basically, the Hawks traded Wallace for Pep Levingston. Nothing for either side to crow about.
March 16: Traded DE Darryl Tapp to Philadelphia for DE Chris Clemons and a fourth-rounder (DE E.J. Wilson).
Result: Win.
Comment: Clemons had 33.5 sacks in his first three years before tearing his ACL in the 2012 playoffs and getting cut after the 2013 Super Bowl season. Tapp had six sacks in three years for Philly and is now in Detroit. This is obviously one of Schneider's best trades, even though Wilson did not work out.
March 17: Acquired QB Charlie Whitehurst and a second-round pick (60, WR Golden Tate) from San Diego for a second-rounder (40, RB Ryan Mathews) and a 2011 third-rounder (DB Shareece Wright).
Result: Loss.
Comment: This deal was a loss when it was made, based on what the Seahawks gave up for a third-string QB. The Chargers used the second-rounder to move up in the first round and draft Mathews. The Hawks drafted Tate at 60, and he took a couple of years to develop before turning in two good seasons and moving on to Detroit. Whitehurst did start the division-clinching season finale vs. the Rams in 2010, but he was uninspiring. And his horrendous performance in Cleveland in 2011 put the nail in his coffin. The Hawks got a little something back, though, because the Chargers brought him back in March 2012, and he netted the Hawks a seventh-round comp pick.
April 5: Traded OG Rob Sims and a seventh-rounder to Detroit for DE Robert Henderson and a fifth-rounder (S Kam Chancellor).
Result: Win.
Comment: In 2010, this looked like a possible tie as the Hawks really struggled with their O-line, but Chancellor quickly tipped this deal in Seattle's favor with his rapid progress in 2011. Over the second half of last season, he was as dominant as any defender in the league. Sims has started every game with the Lions over the past four-plus years and been solid for them, so it's not like the Lions got their butts kicked in this deal. But Seattle got a Pro Bowl safety out of it.
April 24: Acquired RB LenDale White, DT Kevin Vickerson, a fourth-rounder (CB Walter Thurmond) and a sixth (TE Anthony McCoy) from Tennessee for a fourth and sixth.
Result: Tie.
Comment: At the time, this looked like a major win. But White was cut soon after the deal, and Vickerson surprisingly was let go just before the season. Thurmond played well when he wasn't injured or suspended, and McCoy was inconsistent until injuries cost him the 2013 and 2014 seasons. The Titans ended up with CB Alterraun Verner in the fourth, and he made the Pro Bowl in 2013 before moving earning a $26.5 million contract with Tampa Bay this offseason.
April 24: Acquired RB Leon Washington and a seventh-round pick (DE Dexter Davis) from the New York Jets for a fifth-round pick (RB John Conner).
Result: Win.
Comment: This looked like a great deal from the start, and Washington's three return TDs in 2010 quickly verified that observation. Plus, the Hawks were able to keep him on a four-year deal in 2011, and he continued to run well for them in 2011-12 before they let him go in 2013 after they acquired Harvin.
Aug. 8: Traded DE Lawrence Jackson to Detroit for a 2011 sixth-round choice (CB Byron Maxwell).
Result: Tie.
Comment: You can argue that Jackson was a bad first-round pick — he should have been a second-rounder. But this was just cutting losses. Jackson became a good rotation guy on Detroit's line (13 sacks in three seasons) but was out of the league by 2013. Meanwhile, after two injury-plagued seasons, Maxwell ascended to Seattle's starting lineup last season and has played very well. That turned this from a loss to a tie. That's as good as it gets when you dump a first-rounder for a sixth.
Aug. 16: Traded a 2011 sixth-rounder to San Francisco for DT Kentwan Balmer.
Result: Tie.
Comment: This was the reverse of the Jackson deal, sending a late-round pick on a flier for a former first-rounder. No big loss.
Aug. 31: Traded a 2012 seventh-rounder to Detroit for OT Tyler Polumbus.
Result: Win.
Comment: Polumbus started seven games for Seattle in 2010 and played in 20 before the Hawks surprisingly let him go in 2011. He has been starting for Washington since late 2011. He was a nice emergency pickup by Schneider.
Aug. 31: Traded CB Josh Wilson to Baltimore for a 2011 fifth-round choice.
Result: Loss.
Comment: I railed against this move when the Hawks dumped their best cover corner for peanuts. While they are in good shape at corner now, they weren't when they made this deal. They went with Kelly Jennings at corner in 2010, and he failed to make a play. The Hawks ended up using that fifth-rounder in the deal with Detroit that netted them Sherman, so they basically replaced Wilson with Sherman a year later. But that doesn't change the fact that the Seahawks should have gotten more for Wilson or, better yet, kept him over Jennings. Interesting side note: The Ravens recouped their fifth-rounder as a comp pick in 2012 for Wilson signing with Washington last year.
Sept. 5: Traded a 2011 seventh-rounder to Philadelphia for OT Stacy Andrews. Result: Tie.
Comment: Just like the Balmer deal, this was nothing to give up for a guy who might have turned into something for Seattle.
Oct. 5: Traded a 2011 fourth-rounder (OL Chris Hairston) and 2012 fifth-rounder to Buffalo for RB Marshawn Lynch.
Result: Win.
Comment: That 67-yard touchdown run against the Saints in the 2010 playoffs was probably worth these two picks all by itself. But the Hawks have gotten three great seasons out of Lynch since then as he has been the identity of their offense — when they get him the ball.
Oct. 11: Traded WR Deion Branch to New England for a 2011 fourth-round pick (K.J. Wright).
Result: Tie.
Comment: Yeah, the Hawks didn't get back nearly what they gave up in what became one of the franchise's worst trades ever, but they got more from the Patriots than they probably could have gotten from anyone else for a broken-down little wideout. And then the Hawks pulled off a nice find in Wright, who replaced Curry as the strongside starter as a rookie. Straight up, you would call that a win. But you have to factor in the 2006 first-rounder and the $39 million contract Branch cost the Seahawks. That makes it a tie.


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Bryan Anderson writes that California's main public pension fund, CalPERS, beat its investment return forecast.
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City scientists have developed a kind of plastic that can decompose in two months when exposed to sunlight.mumbai Updated: Jun 18, 2012 01:03 IST
City scientists have developed a kind of plastic that can decompose in two months when exposed to sunlight.
A three-member team from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga, has developed oxodegradable polymer by combining plastic granules (most common in packaging) with a catalyst, which helps plastic break down into a smaller chains in the presence of sunlight.
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Digital Policy Council Tracks An Open Government Movement Around The Globe
The Digital Policy Council latest research investigates the impact of new media technologies to advance good governance and reshape political discourse.
Washington, D.C. October 17, 2010 – The Digital Policy Council (DPC), an international, non-partisan "think tank" on 21st Century Governance, has released updated rankings on the use of social media by heads of state.
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The Digital Policy Council's research reaffirms that this culture of open political discourse is spreading across the globe as more world leaders seek direct communication with their citizenry. In fact, the top 10 global ranking includes only two nations from the West and has changed dramatically since the beginning of the year with four new entrants including Venezuela, Mexico, Thailand and Turkey.
Most notable on the new list is President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, who joined Twitter in April explaining that "This isn't capitalist or socialist, technology depends on how you use it." The President quipped that his account be placed in bucket of ice to cool off – aptly so as his followers are now nearing one million to place him at the #4 spot globally. The outspoken Latin leader is not alone in the top 10 as he is joined by the populist President Sebastián Piñera of Chile and President Felipe Calderón of Mexico each with a quarter million followers.
In the East, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama of Japan appears committed to a citizen-centric approach amassing over 700,000 followers on his Twitter account.
Towards the Gulf, it is the UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum who leads with open direct communication with his citizens and residents. Holding the first e-session with the public on the Prime Minister's official website, he stressed that "Such an attachment between leadership and people is one of the most distinguishing characteristics of the UAE."
Stability Remains The Determining Factor
It is interesting to note that the DPC's analyses shows that 95% of the countries on the list are considered politically stable reconfirming that leaders who are confident in their leadership role and assured of their political legitimacy are most comfortable with social media regardless of the form of government whether they serve in democracies, autocracies or monarchies. The political leadership of most fragile nations, those with a high degree of political instability, continue to view social media as a threat and adoption remains low.
The exception is Africa's new champion of social media in the form of President Goodluck Jonathan of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The President of Africa's most populous nation has aggressively embraced social media to the point where he announced on Facebook his controversial decision to stand for upcoming January 2011 presidential elections. "It's a small platform perhaps, but it offers the possibility of change." justified President Goodluck.
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Water New Zealand's 2017 Stormwater Conference, held in May, was attended by nine environmental engineers, scientists, ecologists, and water resource specialists from Morphum Environmental. The conference theme, "Innovative, Resilient and Future-Ready," mirrored the Morphum Environmental ethos and acknowledges the global trend towards a more integrated approach to urban water management. The connections between different parts of the urban water cycle, and the multiple environmental and social benefits of adopting a management approach that recognises these connections, were emphasised by each of the event's keynote speakers. Morphum Environmental sponsored one of the speakers, Jamie Ewert of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, who spoke about advances in stormwater management in Australia and the value of water sensitive urban design (WSUD) for improved urban liveability and environmental quality.
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Reuben's presentation was based on the findings of a paper authored by himself and Southern Sector Manager Stu Farrant.
The conference underscored a growing awareness of the impacts of urban development on natural water systems and of the water implications of a changing climate, and how these are driving regulatory authorities to adopt more progressive and sustainable approaches to managing water. Morphum Environmental is proud to have again sponsored the conference and continues to support clients in their response to new regulations at this time of change.


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"Long Term Orientation and Educational Performance" (with David Figlio, Umut Ozek and Paola Sapienza), American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, forthcoming [paper]
"The Cultural Origin of Saving Behavior" (with Joan Costa i-Font and Berkay Ozcan), PLOS One, September 2018 [paper]
"Ancestral Characteristics of Modern Populations" (with Nathan Nunn), Economic History of Developing Regions, 2018, 33 (1): 1-17 [paper]
"Traditional agricultural practices and the sex ratio today" (with Alberto Alesina and Nathan Nunn), PLOS One, January 2018 [paper]
"Gender: A Historical Perspective", in Oxford Handbook on the Economics of Women, ed. Susan L. Averett, Laura M. Argys, and Saul D. Hoffman, New York: Oxford University Press, 2018 [paper]
"The Right Amount of Trust" (with Jeff Butler and Luigi Guiso), Journal of the European Economic Association, October 2016, 14 (5), 1155-1180 [paper]
"Trust and Cheating" (with Jeff Butler and Luigi Guiso), Economic Journal, September 2016, 126 (595), 1703-1738 [paper]
"Review of Cultural Evolution: Society, Technology, Language, and Religion edited by Peter J. Richerson and Morten H. Christiansen", Journal of Economic Literature, June 2016, 54 (2) 522-533 [paper]
"Origin and Evolution of Cognitive Frames: Comments on 'Behavioral Economics and Social Exclusion: Can Interventions Overcome Prejudice? by Karla Hoff", May 2016, in Kaushik Basu and Joseph Stiglitz editors: Inequality and Growth: Patterns and Policy, Volume 1: Concepts and Analysis, Palgrave MacMillan
"Culture and Institutions" (with Alberto Alesina), Journal of Economic Literature, December 2015, 53 (4) 898-944, Russian Translation in Voprosy ekonomiki [paper]
"Trust, Values and False Consensus" (with Jeff Butler and Luigi Guiso), International Economic Review, August 2015, 56 (3), 889-915 [paper]
"Family Ties and the Regulation of Labor" (with Alberto Alesina, Yann Algan and Pierre Cahuc), Journal of the European Economic Association, August 2015, 13 (4), 599-630, Editor's Choice [paper]
"Comment to Support for Redistribution in an Age of Rising Inequality", by Ashok, Kuziemko and Washington, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Spring 2015 [paper]
"The Role of Women in Society: from Pre-Industrial to Modern Times", CESifo Economic Studies, March 2015, 61 (1), 33-52 [paper]
"Female Labor Force Participation: Persistence and Evolution", 2014, New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Eds. Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume, Palgrave Macmillan [paper]
"Choice and Self: How Identity Shapes Choices and Decision Making" (with D. Bartel, G. Newman, S. Puntoni, L. Rips and O. Urminsky), Marketing Letters, September 2014, 25 (3), 281-291 [paper]
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"Like Mother Like Son? Experimental Evidence on the Transmission of Values From Parents to Children" (with Marco Cipriani and Olivier Jeanne), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 90 (2013), 100-111 [paper]
"The Transmission of Democracy: From the Village to the Nation-State" (with Nathan Nunn), American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, May 2013 [paper]
"On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough" (with Alberto Alesina and Nathan Nunn), The Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 2013, vol. 128 (2), 469-530, Lead Article and Editor's Choice, Winner of the IPUMS 2013 Research Award [paper]
"Where Has All the Money Gone? Foreign Aid and the Composition of Government Spending" (with Santanu Chatterjee and Ilker Kaya), The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics (Contributions), January 2012, Volume 12, Issue 1, Article 26 [paper]
"Lo Sviluppo Italiano e l'Andamento della Finanza Pubblica" (With Carlo Devillanova and Massimiliano Marcellino), in Economia Pubblica e Istituzioni, Scritti Di e Per Roberto Artoni, Il Mulino, 2012
"Family Ties and Political Participation" (with Alberto Alesina), Journal of the European Economic Association, October 2011, 9 (5), 817-839, Lead Article [paper]
"Fertility and the Plough" (with Alberto Alesina and Nathan Nunn), American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, May 2011, vol. 101 (3): 499-503 [paper]
"Preferences for Redistribution" (with Alberto Alesina), in Jess Benhabib, Matthew O. Jackson and Alberto Bisin editors: Handbook of Social Economics, Vol. 1A, The Netherlands: North Holland, pp. 93-131, 2010 [paper]
"The Power of the Family" (with Alberto Alesina), Journal of Economic Growth, June 2010, Vol. 15 (2), 93-125, Lead Article [paper]
"Ties That Matter: Cultural Norms and Family Formation in Western Europe", Labor in the Era of Globalization, C. Brown, B. Eichengreen and M. Reich, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2010
"Remittances, Financial Development and Growth" (with Marta Ruiz-Arranz), Journal of Development Economics, 2009, 90 (1), 144-152 [paper]
"The Political Economy of Agricultural Market Reforms in Developing Countries" (with Diego Scalise), The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2009, Vol. 9, Issue 1 (Contributions), Article 33 [paper]
"Culture and the Family: An Application to Educational Choices in Italy", Rivista di Politica Economica (Invited Paper), August 2008, Issue 4, 3-38 [paper]
"Living Arrangements in Western Europe: Does Cultural Origin Matter?", Journal of the European Economic Association-September 2007, 5(5): 927-952-Winner of the European Economic Association Young Economist Award, 2004 [paper]
"Wage Moderation and Rising Unemployment. A Report on Union Motivation" (with Knuth Gerlach and Lloyd Ulman) in Bellmann, Hübler, Meyer, Stephan (eds.) Institutionen, Löhne and Beschäftigung, Beiträge zir Arbeitsmarkt-und Berufsforschung, BeitrAB 294, Nürberg 2005
"Capital Income Taxes and Growth in a Stochastic Economy: A Numerical Analysis of the Role of Risk Aversion and Intertemporal Substitution" (with S. Chatterjee and S. Turnovsky), Journal of Public Economic Theory, Vol. 6, no. 2: pp. 277-310, May 2004
"Intertemporal Substitution, Risk aversion and Economic Performance in a Stochastically Growing Open Economy" (with S. Turnovsky), Journal of International Money and Finance, Vol. 22, no. 4: pp. 529-556, August 2003
"Componenti Allocative e Distributive della Spesa Sociale: Un Confronto Internazionale" (with R. Artoni e P. Saraceno) in Globalizzazione e Stato Sociale, Il Mulino, 1999
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"Political Preferences and the Affordable Care Act" (with Wes Yin)
"Born in the Family: Preferences for Boys and the Gender Gap in Math" (with Gaia Dossi, David Figlio and Paola Sapienza)
"Diversity in Schools" (with David Figlio, Riccardo Marchingiglio and Paola Sapienza)
"Business Dynasties" (with Paola Sapienza and Luigi Zingales)
"Can Natural Disasters Have Long Lasting Political Consequences? Evidence from a Massive Earthquake in Early Modern History" (with Leonardo Baccini and Shanker Satyanath)