Monthly Archives: December 2015

Which Economist Are You? The Game

Which Economist Are You? The Game from: December 22, 2015 at 08:33AM

The edges

The edges from: December 21, 2015 at 09:13PM

Competitive balance in football: Why the English Premier League has been turned upside down | The Economist

Competitive balance in football: Why the English Premier League has been turned upside down | The Economist “In statistical terms, the correlation between pace and average shot distance was 0.35…. But during this season, that link seems to have been broken: some quick teams, like Leicester City or Newcastle United, are also among the league […]

What Should We Do About Inequality? | Growth Lab

What Should We Do About Inequality? | Growth Lab

Why do scientists dismiss the possibility of cold fu…

Why do scientists dismiss the possibility of cold fu…

Ricardo Hausmann on the Causes of Poverty and Inequality

Ricardo Hausmann on the Causes of Poverty and Inequality from: December 21, 2015 at 08:32AM

The Grumpy Economist: Institutions and experience

The Grumpy Economist: Institutions and experience

5 Reasons Why You Should Build A Small Business — Not A Start-up

5 Reasons Why You Should Build A Small Business — Not A Start-up “A start-up unicorn wants to grow fast and grow big, take on investment and gain dominance. An on-line small business wants to to grow within clear limits, reach profitability and serve customers.”

Trying to simulate the human brain is a waste of energy

Trying to simulate the human brain is a waste of energy “It’s as though we decided to build a Tardis immediately, on the basis of the knowledge we have about it now – call it the ‘Blue Box’ project. We know it’s blue, squarish, probably uses electricity for some purposes, makes a whooshy noise, travels […]

Losing Your Bar…

Losing Your Bar… from: December 18, 2015 at 03:20PM

A Darwinian Explanation of the Mathusian Trap

A Darwinian Explanation of the Mathusian Trap “Many luxuries are culture-specific. They are desired within a culture but not without. Group selection has no way to eliminate the growth of such luxuries because migration never responds to the difference of consumption in these items. Therefore, a distinction should be made between “universal luxury” and “provincial […]

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"For now I am with you, a man. But someday I will return home, thrust stones into my pockets and merge into the blue-green of infinity" — Patrick Dubuque (@euqubud) December 18, 2015 via https://twitter.com/euqubud

John Kerry’s Middle East Mission

John Kerry’s Middle East Mission from: December 17, 2015 at 11:39PM

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For women who like sports, the social media reality is incredibly disturbing. https://t.co/gjoZKgKdCT | via @SInow | pic.twitter.com/oPaaEyc1tk — The Cauldron (@TheCauldron) December 17, 2015 via https://twitter.com/TheCauldron

The Very French Donald Trump Revolution

The Very French Donald Trump Revolution On the one hand, he saw that the Americans, wishing to be left alone and to live their lives according to their own democratic wishes, had selected such men as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson to lead them. The French, being a bloodthirsty mob, had quickly shunted aside Mirabeau […]

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Why we need to stop thinking so much about climate change

Why we need to stop thinking so much about climate change from: December 16, 2015 at 04:47PM

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Superb data journalism: @FiveThirtyEight crunches complaints-against-police data, finds "bad apples" drive the most: https://t.co/b34R9BkonZ — Clive Thompson (@pomeranian99) December 16, 2015 via https://twitter.com/pomeranian99

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I never noticed Linus doing this https://t.co/fa34f2MIJ4 — Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) December 16, 2015 via https://twitter.com/baseballcrank

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The Audubon Society responds to that absurd Vox piece: Nature Can't Exist Without Suffering—And We Can't Change That https://t.co/buUbrst5bi — Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) December 16, 2015 via https://twitter.com/lachlan