Month: June 2024

In India it is common for politicians to have criminal convictions. Why do voters vote for criminals? One plausible explanation offered by political scientist Milan […]

Dreaming Under the Senses? MedPage Today Sudden cardiac arrest that occurs shortly after drinking energy drinks Heart Rhythm YouTuber charged for video of helicopter fireworks […]

Conor here: While the latest advice from the next episode would be helpful, it would certainly be better if our government could prevent this from […]

Different things I have learned from it [econ] Grad school: 1. The return on experience is high (more than I thought) – Someone who has […]

We investigate whether older adults are aware of their cognitive decline and the potential financial consequences of poor vision. First, we show that older people […]

1. Harold Bloom in Silicon Valley. 2. Chinese waterfall. 3. Latest return paper on government R&D. 4. Budgeting? 5. How the English clergy began to […]

Employment forecast improves – from Wisconsin DoR: Figure 1: Wisconsin nonfarm payroll employment (bold black), forecast from Nov. ’23 (red), from February ’24 (tan), and […]

Confirmation of the ideas that FTC Commissioner Lina Khan outlined in her recent investigation of Microsoft reflects the zeitgeist of our time. Talking to The […]

Yves here. That Modi’s poor performance in India’s recent elections was due to poor responses from opposition parties that successfully mobilized on class issues makes […]

I’m not a Fauci hater but I think this critique of Fauci from epidemiologist and oncologist Vinay Prasad hits hard: Lockdown was specifically promoted by […]