Map of US 2012 Presidential Election Results versus Location of Top-Ranked US Universities

Results by State

Results by County

Sources:
Google Election Results
Times Higher Education World University Rankings

On the Potential Adoption and Price Appreciation of Bitcoin in the Long Run

(If you don’t know much about Bitcoin, please read the excellent introduction posted at the MIT Technology Review by Tom Simonite. You may also want to read the recent paper by Reuben Grinberg, a J.D. candidate at the Yale Law School.)  [Update: The Economist has published a fantastic article.]

In less than a year, the price of Bitcoin has increased from close to zero to nearly $9 as I write this (see below), prompting the digerati to question, only half-jokingly, if Bitcoin prices are in a “bubble” – see this post by economist Tyler Cowen for a typical example.