Asymmetrical Information

Excelent news. But a question - should the rest of us follow your lead and now de-link Mindles?

Aa big sound of one hand clapping for the Galt/Dreck merger!

That Asymmetrical enough for you?

Dang. Krugman was right about the media consolidating into a giant monopoly. The process continues...

For shame, Jane! You realize this could lead to a wave of people delinking to their own blogs. The question on the blogosphere's lips will be: Is it immoral to not link to a co-blogger? I personally feel no, and when I start my own blog I will refuse to link to myself. (I find my own views contemptible)

I'm ideologically opposed to this. Therefore, having never linked to Mindles before, I will start to do so now!

Girl, you already use enough internal links (including one in THIS posting). Do really expect us to scroll and find things on our OWN?

I am of two minds about this.
Therefore, I too will no longer link to my fellow mind.
Not that he won't link to me.

Well, just to provide an alternate point of view, I would rather Asymmetrical Information continue to be Jane and only Jane. Since I know nothing about Mindles H. Dreck, this is not a criticism of him (or her or it), just a comment on my resistance to change. No big deal, though..

Bolie IV

Just when I had finished putting up a blogroll, I remembered I had forgotten Mindles. So, despite the fact that I was keeling over with sleepiness, I put him in. Now you tell me this.

Oy Gevalt, it's Galt and Dreck in one team! Now that's a law firm I'd pay a huge retainer to. In Iraqi dinars.

Diana

I'd like to be optimistic about this merger.
But I am aware of the copious literature showing how most corporate mergers do not create any additional value.
So I think Megan and Mindles each have an obligation to explain to their shareholders - i.e., their loyal readers - how this merger will create additional value for them.
The analysts are standing by.

We're going to leverage our synergies and ninja tag-team our first mover advantage until the network effects of our decisive early adoption create barriers to entry for competition and lock-in our supplier power for all eternity.

I spent some time over the weekend thinking that Mindles was really the ideal person to take over Paul O'Neill old job. Therefore, I can only hope that your merger is a way to free up some time for Mindles to read briefing books and otherwise prepare to head the Treasury Department.

With a program like that, I think the merged blog rates a "strong buy."

We can discuss additional compensation (which, of course, will comply with Sarbanes-Oxley) later.

It should be noted that not long after the last big blog merger there was an announcement of a merger of a different sort.

Let's see... that was 14 days, so could we expect an announcement on December 22? Or at least a week of unconsciousness accompanied by a giant eagle tattoo?

Scott, I already delinked myself. http://www.yourish.com/archives/2002/nov24-30_2002.html#2002112402

It hurt a lot. I lost tons of self-referrals, to the point where I can no longer be self-referential and, well, I think it's screwed up my sense of balance. I keep bumping into doorframes when I go from room to room now.

Fantastic. I'd stopped regularly checking www.morethanzerosum.com because new content was rather thin, but as a result I've missed much good stuff.

One suggestion: change the blog template so that the post author is more clearly indicated at the TOP of the blog post.

Fantastic. I'd stopped regularly checking www.morethanzerosum.com because new content was rather thin, but as a result I've missed much good stuff.

One suggestion: change the blog template so that the post author is more clearly indicated at the TOP of the blog post.

WOOHOO!!!
Great news. Loved the explanation of the merger motive.

I'd be tempted to say: "which one of you is AOL and which one of you is Time Warner?" But I wouldn't want to be mean.

Thanks for taking Marley's advice and putting the name at the TOP of the posts. The other way around was confusing.

So when do we get the section of the proxy statement that details the history of this merger?

But on the flipside, Meryl, you'll not have to suffer either end of the self-sycophancy and the inevitable self-linkwhoring. But you'll have to lose that imperial "we".

Congratulations on the merger announcement. I presume that two MBAs have seen to it that the U.S. Dept. of Antitrust Enforcement within the Justice Dept., and the FCC have approved. If this remains undone, let this comment serve as notice that for a small fee, a particular blogging attorney could take care of matters.

In any event, it is superb to see two extremely bright people combine into one irresistible force of intellectual supremacy. Should be a treat for the rest of us.

Congratulations, and two questions: Has the Mindles one reconciled the conflicting numbers regarding state and local government spending as a % of national income, that was recently discussed at the Mindles blog? I have been trying to reconcile them myself, without much success. Also, Jane, am I into a bad case of Scotch, or did you recently put up a post (a terrific one, I thought) regarding NYC tax policies, that has since been deleted?

I thought you'd be above flogging such a dead horse.

Revolting to see the same cheerleaders as ever show up to run through the routines.

An excellent addition! A brilliant aquisition! The world is rendered a better place. Aggregate utility is sure to increase! May your utility and indifference curves intertwine as one! Synergies galore will make Asymmetrical Information THE dominant high-end, quality blog!

Yes, yes, the very Bergdorf Goodman of econopoliticoblogs!

By the way, now that Jane has joined the foreign service or the foreign legion or whatever it was she joined, is Mindles a camp follower who will have to follow Jane out into the desert when the State department calls her away to the Chad or the Sudan or whereever? I saw a Marlene Dietrich movie about that kind of thing once. Marlene takes off her shoes at the end and goes scooting off barefoot across some burning Sahara sand dune after the mobilized platoon. Touching sentiments. Made me cry.

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