A closer look at the Gaza casualty data
Casualty counts can be a political tool – and how we report the data has real consequences.
The Trump administration is curtailing visas for Chinese scientists. That could backfire.
Excluding foreign researchers and students hurts U.S. innovation — and coronavirus collaboration
The Trump administration wants to shut down vaping? Over a century ago, the government urged soldiers to smoke.
How cigarettes won big in World War I
Democracy matters for health care. Here’s how we measured this.
The effects are greatest for chronic diseases.
Are Sri Lankan officers ordering soldiers to sexually assault Tamil detainees?
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Controversial 2006 estimate of Iraq deaths remains controversial
A colleague pointed me to this article by Nafeez Ahmed,
Who has responsibility for Ebola? The IMF, the West, or unpleasant accounting?
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Did the International Monetary Fund help make the Ebola crisis?
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Dispute over counts of child deaths in Iraq due to sanctions
Mike Spagat writes: Here is yet another debunking article I've
Politics Everywhere: Aid and Disaster Relief Edition
The "Financial Times":http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e7813460-07bf-11df-915f-00144feabdc0.html had a piece a few days ago