I’ve been hesitant to write about this, since every time I try I just end up with phrases like “AN EXCEL ERROR ROFL!!!!” on the page, and I don’t feel like that entirely embodies what I would like to convey regarding the Reinhart-Rogoff situation. So I gave it the old college try on About.com instead. [...]
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A Belated Reinhart-Rogoff Rundown, Now With More Colbert…
May 9th, 2013 · 5 Comments
Economic Growth · Economic History · Fun With Data · Macroeconomics
Tags: Economic Growth · Economic History · Fun With Data · Macroeconomics
Science Versus The World, Violent Video Games Edition…
May 10th, 2012 · 6 Comments
Fun With Data · Uncategorizable
Hmmm… My first thought is to wonder if this is the article that the guy read: EFFECTS OF VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES ON AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR, AGGRESSIVE COGNITION, AGGRESSIVE AFFECT, PHYSIOLOGICAL AROUSAL, AND PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR: A Meta-Analytic Review of the Scientific Literature Research on exposure to television and movie violence suggests that playing violent video games will [...]
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When Economists Watch The Oscars…
February 27th, 2012 · 5 Comments
Fun With Data · Just For Fun
For those of you who weren’t already aware, the Oscars were on television last night. I’m pretty sure that most people watch the Oscars in order to see the beautiful people and beautiful dresses and suits that parade across the television screen. I will admit that I am not immune to this phenomenon, but I [...]
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Apparently This Is What Happens When You Lay Economists End To End…
February 2nd, 2012 · 6 Comments
Fun With Data · Policy · Random Links
I think the joke goes something like “If you laid all the economists in the world end to end, they still wouldn’t reach a conclusion.” This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, mind you, but on a lot of issues it’s almost certainly true. At least now we can observe what happens when all those economists [...]
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Graphic Content: Correlation Or Coincidence?
December 17th, 2011 · 3 Comments
Fun With Data · Graphic Content
A number of people have sent me this, so in case you haven’t seen the latest in the treasure trove of funny correlation does not imply causation graphs, here it is. From Businessweek: (Click to see the full-size graphic on the original site, of course.) Most of these examples are absurd enough that people wouldn’t [...]
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