Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Epidemiological Measures

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While the quote below seems political but I actually want to use it to make an epidemiological point rather than discussing politics: The...
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Monday, October 29, 2012

Flexible hours

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I was a big fan of flexible hours for staff, when positions needed work done on a non-critical time scale.  But this new trend twards schedu...
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MedicAid

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Paul Krugman discusses the success story of MedicAid : So Medicaid does a vast amount of good. But at what cost? There’s a widespread per...
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Friday, October 26, 2012

When you start a sentence with "one good indicator of a person who’s not so smart," you should be extra careful about what you say next

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Andrew Gelman spends some time  on this latest quote from Steven Levitt on the rationality of voting: DUBNER: So Levitt, how can you in yo...
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Today's must read

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A stirring defense of the welfare state . In particular, notice the questions about libertarian consistency that are asked.
Thursday, October 25, 2012

Empiricism

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Felix Salmon is strident : But when they try to get to the specifics of tax reform, they start falling into blather, asking that it be “...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Journalistic Norms and the lack thereof

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That's not really true. Every group has norms. Some just aren't as pretty as others. Case in point, Jon Stewart recounts the furor...
Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Market Failures

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It is very difficult to figure out the proper fundementals when decisions are mixed with real outcomes for the individuals involved.  A case...
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Monday, October 22, 2012

Norms

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Worth remembering : Norms matter. People work for money. But people also work for status, and people work because they take pride in a jo...
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But one of the editors always came a different conclusion than the rest

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From Mippyville : Editorial advisory boards were an early attempt to stave off the disreputable reputation off comics. The best known o...
Friday, October 19, 2012

Once again NPR leaves me pleasantly surprised

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When I heard the intro to this story I was expecting the standard wisdom-of-crowds rehash. Instead I got a  new take on political predictio...

Always click the XKCD link

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I just posted this cartoon then immediately removed it. The viewing options for the image on blogger were completely unacceptable. Really ...
Thursday, October 18, 2012

What is the correct reference group?

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Canada is still a really suboptimal comparison to the United States in terms of how one might improve health care cost-effectiveness.  Consi...
Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Back to education for a moment

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This comment from Dana Goldstein is directly on point : I'm often asked what one education reform I think would make the biggest impa...
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Monday, October 15, 2012

She left out the part about encouraging you to get your family to risk their finances by co-signing your loans

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But other than that, Helaine Olen pretty much nails it . Robert Kiyosaki, author of the bestselling Rich, Dad, Poor Dad series of financia...
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