Category Archives: HOW TO LIE WITH STATISTICS
Corruption Kills: Not Simply “Oh Well SSDDDP (“Same Shit Different Day and Place)”
Anti-Corruption The Global Compact Anti-Corruption principle is derived from the United Nations Convention against Corruption. Principle 10: Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery Corruption is recognized to be one of the world’s greatest challenges. … Continue reading
STTPML Position on 9-11
STTPML Collective on 9-11 We at STTPML, as Indigenous veterans of the U.S. military and/or government service, include amongst us experienced pilots and instructors as well as investigators. We know from experience, that even if a small Cessna 150 or … Continue reading
The Arrow-Debreu Obsession: Reality is For Those Who Cannot Handle Drugs or Metaphysical Theory
The Arrow-Debreu obsession August 31, 2014EditorLeave a commentGo to comments from Lars Syll I’ve never yet been able to understand why the economics profession was/is so impressed by the Arrow-Debreu results. They establish that in an extremely abstract model of an … Continue reading
Adam Smith on Justice
Adam Smith on justice August 30, 2014EditorLeave a commentGo to comments Smith’s commitment to “equity” for the working class was behind the vehemence of his opposition to mercantilist (“business economics”) arguments for policies that would protect or promote the profits of … Continue reading
Draghi Speaketh
Draghi Speaketh August 29, 2014merijnknibbeLeave a commentGo to comments From: Erwan Mahé (guest post) 29 August 2014 Mr Draghi’s speech at the Jackson Hole symposium was definitely the highlight of late last week. A lot of ink has already been spent … Continue reading
Self Criticism[?] in Economics
Self criticism in economics August 26, 2014peterradfordLeave a commentGo to comments from Peter Radford This is a bit of a rant. Please bear with me. I rarely do this, but here’s a link to one of my favorite economics blogs: Unlearning Economics:Economists … Continue reading
The Economics of American Racism in 9 Charts 1960 to 2014
The economics of American racism (9 charts, 1960 to 2014) from David Ruccio Neil Irwin, Claire Cain Miller, and Margot Sanger-Katz have assembled a series of charts documenting America’s enduring—and, in many cases, growing—racial divide. I have reproduced some of them below.