Tag!

March 6th, 2008

Gabriel tagged me. I have to:

  1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
  2. Open the book to page 123.
  3. Find the fifth sentence.
  4. Post the next three sentences.
  5. Tag five people.

Let’s see. Right on top of Landes’ Wealth and Poverty of Nations, on my desk we’ve got UC San Diego’s copy of Peter Turchin’s Historical Dynamics:

The typical dynamics of the demographic-fiscal model are shown in Figure 7.1a. Starting with the initial value of S = 0 and population numbers N = k_0/2, the model predicts that intially both N and S will grow. As S increases, so does the carrying capacity k(S), which quickly approaches the upper limit k_max.

I’m going to throw this one to the non-econ-blogosphere: Gavin, Scott, Fumiko, Kevin and Yoko, you’re it!

4 Responses to “Tag!”

  1. Gavin Says:

    What does one do when the book one picks up has a big graph and fewer than 5 sentences on page 123?

  2. pushmedia1 Says:

    Ack, chaos!

  3. Gavin Says:

    OK, found a new book.
    Link

  4. Smoky Tea » I been tagged. Says:

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