Quirky cultural customs: the causes of death
Have you ever reflected on what a strange concept the notion of a 'cause of death' really is? We use the term so often that...
Things we won’t say about race
Until yesterday I had never heard of Trevor Phillips. He is a former chairman of the UK's Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), which means...
Multipliers over 1: SHOCK!!
The Effect of Cash Injections: Evidence from the 1980s Farm Debt Crisis by Nittai K. Bergman, Rajkamal Iyer, Richard T. Thakor Abstract: What is the effect of...
Biased Promotions and Persistence of False Belief
Beetles: Biased Promotions and Persistence of False Belief by George Akerlof, Pascal Michaillat - #23523 (LS PR) Abstract: This paper develops a theory of promotion...
Genetic diversity is good for the economy!
High School Genetic Diversity and Later-life Student Outcomes: Micro-level Evidence from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study by C. Justin Cook, Jason M. Fletcher - #23520 (EFG...
Right-to-Carry Laws and Violent Crime
Right-to-Carry Laws and Violent Crime: A Comprehensive Assessment Using Panel Data and a State-Level Synthetic Controls Analysis by John J. Donohue, Abhay Aneja, Kyle D....
Dinner Party in Melbourne on the 22nd June: #WAINS?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzvOjcGifOM&t=12s&spfreload=10 My 60th Birthday party was a blast. So as not to wait another decade till the next one, I thought I’d do it annually....