Taoyuan Nights

Sorry, I’m not updating so often these days. Some random economic nuggets relating to Taiwan:
Typhoon Morakot: hundreds dead + US$2-3 bn of damage.
Unemployment: “Unemployment in Taiwan has reached record levels for the third month running, according to the latest unemployment figures.”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8217907.stm
Wages: Scott Sommers pointed to this – real wages in Taiwan are now at 1996 [...]

… but not today.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124958427788111913.html
Meanwhile, cigarette smokers across Taiwan continue to insist that they can quit any time they want, possibly even right now, if they really wanted to.
The only good news here is that the government is possibly starting to realise that if spending doubles and tax income halves, the country is in serious [...]

In case any of the readers of this blog are interested, I’ve just published an old project that was lying around my hard drive gathering dust. It’s a chemistry package for students, designed to be simple to use, and straightforward for anyone wanting to add new features.
MollyCule – http://mollycule.org