Equality

The subjective measure of income equality is indeed tough calculate.  The Gini Coefficient is one attempt used to compare income across countries.

Jodi Beggs or Jodicongirl does a nice  job of explaining the Gini Coefficient in one of her impressive number of econ videos.  

Technology and Manufacturing

Bob Dylan thought "Times, they are a changing" back in the 60's.  If he were alive today, what would he think about the robotic technology in today's manufacturing.  Okay, so he is alive, but that's not the point.

Phrases like "3D Printing" are all the buzz now.   WorldSkills International hosts an Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies  contest to highlight the State-of-the-Arts in this field.

For an in-depth look, catch Russ Robert's interview with former Editor of Wired and current CEO of DIY Drones, Chris Anderson, on Makers and Manufacturing.

Twitter: Chris Anderson @chr1sa Russ Roberts @EconTalker World Skills @WorldSkills 

Children and Education

EconTalk with Russ Roberts had a wonderful interview with Paul Tough (@PaulTough) on his ideas about Education, Children and Success.  His book is How Children Succeed.

Some of the heros of the book include:

Angela Duckwort - Grit

Geoffrey Canada - Harlem Children's Zones

Elizabeth Spiegel - Chess

William Julius Wilson - Bad Neighborhoods

Terms: Curiosity, Conscientiousness, Grit and Self-confidence

Bailout

Twitter:

The Drive In: Too Happy?  Need a Slap? @econtalker uncovers Bailouts with @neilbarofsky former Special Inspector General with TARP.  http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2012/09/barofsky_on_bai.html

Bailout on Amazon

From around the web: 

From the ubiquitous Wikipedia

Kirkus Book Review

Why the book matters on Naked Capitalism

Book Beast on the Daily Beast

Seeking Alpha member reviews book

Data, Data, Econ Data

Michigan Economist Survey

Flash PMI

Richmond Fed

RIP Alan Saunders

What a shock to hear about the death of Alan Sauders, host of the Philosopher's Zone.  He was working on his radio show, got sick, went to the hospital and died the next day.

Udacity

EconTalk this week had a guest interview with Luigi Zingales on the topic of Capitalism and Crony Capitalism.

A really interesting project was causually mentioned called Udacity.  What an incredible concept of free educational courses online.

Failed States

The latest EconTalk podcast interviews Daron Acemoglu on his book Why Nations Fail.