I’d wondered whether Amazon had no profits because their business was simply expensive and unsustainable at current prices. It seems the answer is “not necessarily”.
Army can’t track spending on $4.3b system to track spending What every US senator was doing 30 years ago An argument for cash transfers in
First, remind me, when I’m writing my first book, to try to get The Economist to write a racially insensitive review. I’m pretty sure Edward
Public transit accounts for only 1% of U.S. passenger miles traveled but nevertheless attracts strong public support. Using a simple choice model, we predict that
Soon your Twitter feed may be curated by some kind of prediction algorithm. Even worse, from Apple’s website, the new autocorrect: “As you type, you’ll see
In our experiment, professors were contacted by fictional prospective students seeking to discuss research opportunities before applying to a doctoral program. Students’ names were randomly
Keeping up with the ever-expanding flow of data and publications is untenable and poses a fundamental bottleneck to scientific progress. Current search technologies typically find
The inaugural issue of the very promising Journal of Experimental Political Science, which among other things encourages replication studies Local attitudes to insurgency predict violence in Afghanistan
For those who want to take the standing desk to the next level Amazon’s (incomplete) case against Hachette (Anyone seen the other perspectives?) “What in the
Pennebaker pointed to some of his own email, a batch written long before he began studying status. First he shares an email written by one
Jake Bowers at UIUC teaches a course on political science and science fiction, called “Future Politics”: How can imagining the future help us understand the present?
Many people were happy with Hillary Clinton’s comments. I agree, but two weeks later it feels safe, as though she waited to see where the people were heading so
That is the general tenor of some (only some) of the Twitter responses to my posts on whether or not the Ebola crisis is overhyped
It turns out serfdom is not so terrific for workers or the economy. In 2011, a reform in the UAE allowed any employer to renew
This is my second post about Ebola, in which I continue to pontificate about things I don’t really know anything about. Yesterday I suggested Ebola
How many Americans live on less than $2 a day (in purchasing power terms) and so are below the international poverty line? Laurence Chandy blogs over
What panels look especially interesting? Will be interested to hear in comments. Twitterati: There is apparently a tweet-up Wednesday at 630p at St Arnold’s. If
I tweeted that statement earlier this week, followed by “Do not get distracted. Malaria, TB, HIV is what matters.” First, credit goes to @gbloembergen who comes
One of my favorite economists, Nancy Qian, reviews the literature on foreign aid. This is probably one of the better and more serious reviews out
A week later this is still it. Max Fisher asks how the American media would cover what happened if it were in another country. FERGUSON — Chinese
From a paper de Pleijt and Weisdorf that looks at skill composition of the English workforce during industrialization: Dietz Vollrath (I really like his blog) has a
