Millions of fake commenters asked the FCC to end net neutrality. ‘Astroturfing’ is a business model.
The technology used this time may be new, but the practice has been around for decades
If the U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan, will its military contractors stay? That’s not clear.
Here’s what we know about this invisible army.
Nancy Pelosi said ‘the Squad’ was just ‘four people.’ But here’s why they might succeed.
Generational turnover and new technologies pose new challenges
This new tool allows you to easily visualize 2016 campaign finance data
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A computer program used for bail and sentencing decisions was labeled biased against blacks. It’s actually not that clear.
[caption id="attachment_30290" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] (Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press)[/caption] This past summer,
How to track money in our multibillion-dollar election
[caption id="attachment_19061" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] (bigstockphoto)[/caption] This week, ProPublica announced that
Financial firms don't need an inside job to get favorable Fed treatment
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Financial firms don’t need an inside job to get favorable Fed treatment
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Geithner's unicorn: Could Congress have done more to relieve the mortgage crisis?
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Geithner’s unicorn: Could Congress have done more to relieve the mortgage crisis?
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Potpourri
* "The decline of American economists":http://worthwhile.typepad.com/worthwhile_canadian_initi/2011/01/the_decline_of_american_economists.html. * "Nice post":http://understandingsociety.blogspot.com/2011/01/violent-rhetoric-and-violent-behavior.html by
The (Ever) Powerful Ladies from Maine
Over on Marginal Revolution today, I see that the economists