The mouseover text on this XKCD is fabulous.
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Donations Buy Access… Why Not Taxes?
I love the idea of a dinner for the top taxpayers. That’s brilliant. If donations buy access, then why not taxes?
…I find it remarkable that I have yet to receive a thank you note for paying my taxes. When I fill out my taxes, I notice that even receipts for $25 donations have thank you notes attached. But for t…
Race and Party
Very interesting — and contrary to what you normally hear. Be sure to read the pieces linked to in the addendum.
It is undeniably the case that racist Americans are almost entirely in one political coalition and not the other. Chris Hayes, Up w/ Chris Hayes, August 18, 2012. Here is data asking whites the quest…
A Bear In The China Shop
It is difficult to overstate my pessimism about the trajectory of China’s economy.… I hope I am wrong but I deeply fear another big blow to the global financial system. Google for “Chinese Ghost Cities” to have your socks scared off.
To the point (Austro-Chinese business cycle theory)
“There is persuasive evidence to conclude that the Chinese economy is actually growing at just 4 or 5 per cent right now based on a composite of other indicators,” says Patrick Chovanec, a business pr…
Regaining Childhood
Interesting way to think about it.
Does new information slow down your life?
From William Reville, here is a speculation: Finally, here is a “guaranteed” way to lengthen your life. Childhood holidays seem to last forever, but as you grow older time seems to accelerate. “Time” …
Fabulous Final
This is genius. Wow.
Seth’s Blog » Blog Archive » Tyler Cowen’s Unusual Final Exam
Tyler [Cowen] once walked into class the day of the final exam and he said. “Here is the exam. Write your own questions. Write your own answers. Harder questions and better answers get more points.” T…
Shocking Disparity
The growing disconnect between those who make decisions about the use of military force and those who are called upon to fulfill their decisions has been disturbing me for a while. But this fact caught me off guard.
Also: no military service among either prez/VP nominees, Scotus justices, Senate leader and (save 8 weeks) House speaker. That thought has a legacy through David Leonhardt and Sarah Wilcox.
Sesame Street and the Thug Life
Wait. What? I need more information.
Join 25K+ subscribers. No spam, ever. Enter your email here: No. Educational TV increased physical aggression at school almost as much as violent TV. And the more educational TV a kid watched, the cru…
Global Crime
How interesting.
Has there been a “reversal of fortune”? Paolo Buonanno, Francesco Drago, Roberto Galbiati, and Giulio Zanella step into these treacherous waters with a new paper (pdf): Contrary to common perceptions…
Depressing
Wow.
Freakonomics » Speaking Ill of the Dead Apparently Okay if the Dead Worked for Chick-fil‑A
Sysco is the latest food giant—it’s the largest food distributor in the country—to come out against gestation crate confinement of pigs. The National Pork Producers Council’s communications director w…