Why we still need to worry about money in politics
[caption id="attachment_19061" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] (bigstockphoto)[/caption] Over at the New York
Smart Hurricane Names: A Policy Intervention that Costs Almost Nothing but Should Attract Billions of Dollars in Aid
The following guest post is from Adam Alter, an assistant professor of
Did Steven Levitt really believe in 2008 that Obama “would be the greatest president in history”?
In the interview we discussed a couple months ago, Steven
Steven Levitt says that he has a “good indicator” that Aaron Edlin, Noah Kaplan, Nate Silver, and I are “not so smart”
Here's the transcript (link from here): DUBNER: So Levitt, how
Ethical standards in different data communities
I opened the paper today and saw this from Paul
Macro, micro, and conflicts of interest
Jeff points me to this and this. There seems to
Ethical Challenges of Embedded Experimentation
Continuing our series of articles from the American Political Science
It’s funny what can change in three years
The Freakonomics blog reports: Yesterday, Oct. 3, 2011, the S&P
Does blogging help your professional reputation?
Following on Henry's post, here is more: bq. Davis et
Everything is Obvious (once you know the answer)
Duncan Watts gave his new book the above title, reflecting
Harsh Prison Conditions Do Not Reduce Recidivism
Apropos of yesterday's Supreme Court decision, Yale's Keith Chen and
More World Cup Ramblings
It's been fun so far, except of course if you
Kaus for Senate, Part 2, also a gratuitious criticism of the education establishment
I missed this one the first time around: Kaus writes
Baseball, Football, and Rational Choice
Kenneth Kovash and Steven Levitt have a fun (from my
More on Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson
Here's a sampling of links: * Alex Tabarrok has this
The End of Freakonomics?
One popular vein of economic -- indeed, academic -- research
Victory for Two-Buck Chuck
Some friends were buying wine for their wedding from a
Football freakonomics
This morning's Wall Street Journal contains a round-up of recent