Sunday, October 31, 2010
Why Most Published Research Findings Are False by John P. A. Ioannidis
Why Most Published Research Findings Are False by John P. A. Ioannidis
Our So-Called Experts by Jim Manzi
Our So-Called Experts by Jim Manzi
Saturday, October 30, 2010
The 2010 Legatum Prosperity Index from the Legatum Institute
The 2010 Legatum Prosperity Index from the Legatum Institute
Friday, October 29, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Japan's young men seek a new path by Chico Harlan
Japan's young men seek a new path by Chico Harlan
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Address On University Education by Thomas Henry Huxley
Address On University Education by Thomas Henry Huxley
More Democracy, More Incarceration: The devastating mix of politics and crime policy by Radley Balko
More Democracy, More Incarceration: The devastating mix of politics and crime policy by Radley Balko
Monday, October 25, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Social Cohesion, Institutions, and Growth by William Easterly, Jozef Ritzen, and Michael Woolcock
Social Cohesion, Institutions, and Growth by William Easterly, Jozef Ritzen, and Michael Woolcock
Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 bc? by Diego Comin, William Easterly, and Erick Gong
Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 bc? by Diego Comin, William Easterly, and Erick Gong
The Global Poverty Paradox by Nicholas N. Eberstadt
The Global Poverty Paradox by Nicholas N. Eberstadt
The tea party warns of a New Elite. They're right by Charles Murray
The tea party warns of a New Elite. They're right by Charles Murray
Labels:
Elite,
Elitism,
Forecasting,
Measurement,
Social,
Trends
Thursday, October 21, 2010
The 2010 Index of Dependence on Government by William Beach and Patrick Tyrrell
The 2010 Index of Dependence on Government by William Beach and Patrick Tyrrell
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
The Underemployed College Graduate by Christopher Matgouranis
The Underemployed College Graduate by Christopher Matgouranis
Hume, the Ash'arites, Causality and Islamism by Claire Berlinski
Hume, the Ash'arites, Causality and Islamism by Claire Berlinski
Labels:
Christianity,
Development,
Europe,
History,
Islam,
Reason
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
What Middle Class? Candidates Pander to an Illusion by Sarah Stodola
What Middle Class? Candidates Pander to an Illusion by Sarah Stodola
Labels:
Class,
Culture,
Economics,
Measurement,
Society,
Statistics,
USA
Literary Study in Grades 9, 10, and 11: A National Survey by Sandra Stotsky with Joan Traffas and James Woodworth
Literary Study in Grades 9, 10, and 11: A National Survey by Sandra Stotsky with Joan Traffas and James Woodworth
Morals Without God? by Frans de Waal
Morals Without God? by Frans de Waal
It Can Happen Here Government really can be cut: case studies from Canada, New Zealand, and the United States by Arnold Kling, David Henderson & Mauri
It Can Happen Here Government really can be cut: case studies from Canada, New Zealand, and the United States by Arnold Kling, David Henderson & Maurice McTigue
Labels:
Canada,
Economic History,
Growth,
Keynes,
New Zealand,
Policy,
USA
Public Opinion in the Islamic World on Terrorism,al Qaeda, and US Policies by Steven Kull, Clay Ramsay, Stephen Weber, Evan Lewis, and Ebrahim Mohseni
Public Opinion in the Islamic World on Terrorism,al Qaeda, and US Policies by Steven Kull, Clay Ramsay, Stephen Weber, Evan Lewis, and Ebrahim Mohseni
Monday, October 18, 2010
Virus Deadly in Livestock Is No More, U.N. Declares by Donald G. McNeil Jr.
Virus Deadly in Livestock Is No More, U.N. Declares by Donald G. McNeil Jr.
Neighborhoods and Academic Achievement: Results from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment by Lisa Sanbonmatsu, Jeffrey R. Kling, Greg J. Duncan, and J
Neighborhoods and Academic Achievement: Results from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment by Lisa Sanbonmatsu, Jeffrey R. Kling, Greg J. Duncan, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Fragile Families from The Future of Children
Fragile Families from The Future of Children
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Who Needs Cash (or Borders)? by Vikas Bajaj and Andrew Martin
Who Needs Cash (or Borders)? by Vikas Bajaj and Andrew Martin
Labels:
Aspirations,
Currency,
Economy,
Forecasting,
Immigrants,
India,
Trends
Top 400 Charities See Billions Less in Donations from the Associated Press
Top 400 Charities See Billions Less in Donations from the Associated Press
Labels:
Charity,
Comparisons,
Measurement,
Results,
Society,
Trends,
Trust
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Estimating the Payoff to Attending More a More Selective College: An Application of Selection on Observables and Unobservables by Alan Krueger and Sta
Estimating the Payoff to Attending More a More Selective College: An Application of Selection on Observables and Unobservables by Alan Krueger and Stacy Berg Dale
National Time Accounting: The Currency of Life by Alan B. Krueger, Daniel Kahneman, David Schkade, Norbert Schwarz, and Arthur A. Stone
National Time Accounting: The Currency of Life by Alan B. Krueger, Daniel Kahneman, David Schkade, Norbert Schwarz, and Arthur A. Stone
Why Women Find Their Parents Unpleasant from The New York Times Economix
Why Women Find Their Parents Unpleasant from The New York Times Economix
The Poetry of Economic Liberty by Timothy Sandefur
The Poetry of Economic Liberty by Timothy Sandefur
Friday, October 15, 2010
Bending the Productivity Curve: Why America Leads the World in Medical Innovation
Bending the Productivity Curve: Why America Leads the World in Medical Innovationby Glen Whitman and Raymond Raad
Labels:
Cost,
Healthcare,
Measurement,
Medical,
Productivity,
USA
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Selected Quotes from Daily Sense
Selected Quotes from Daily Sense
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
The Boycott We Need by Walter Russell Mead
The Boycott We Need by Walter Russell Mead
Labels:
Drugs,
Ethics,
Inconsistency,
Morality,
Society,
USA,
War on Drugs
Extreme Book-Collecting by Allison Hoover Bartlett
Extreme Book-Collecting by Allison Hoover Bartlett
Monday, October 11, 2010
In Defense of Naïve Reading by Robert Pippin
In Defense of Naïve Reading by Robert Pippin
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn, Outline and Study Guide
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn, Outline and Study Guide
prepared by Professor Frank Pajares
prepared by Professor Frank Pajares
The Fifty Twentieth-century Works Most Cited in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, 1976 - 1983 by Eugene Garfield
The Fifty Twentieth-century Works Most Cited in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, 1976 - 1983 by Eugene Garfield
Award winner from dispatches from Tjicistan
Award winner from dispatches from Tjicistan
The Dream Job, Out of Reach from the New York Times
The Dream Job, Out of Reach from the New York Times
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
Of Stink Bugs and Men from Doctor Science
Of Stink Bugs and Men from Doctor Science
America's Perpetual Decline by Megan McArdle
America's Perpetual Decline by Megan McArdle
The U.S. - Decline or Renewal? by Samuel P. Huntington
The U.S. - Decline or Renewal? by Samuel P. Huntington
Tavel Writing is Dead by Graeme Wood
Tavel Writing is Dead by Graeme Wood
Thursday, October 7, 2010
What Are Books Good For? by William Germano
What Are Books Good For? by William Germano
The Cost Of Moslem Intolerance from the StrategyPage
The Cost Of Moslem Intolerance from the StrategyPage
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Children of Homosexuals More Apt to Be Homosexuals? A Reply to Morrison and to Cameron Based on an Examination of Multiple Sources of Data by Walter S
America's parent trap by Robert J. Samuelson
America's parent trap by Robert J. Samuelson
Monday, October 4, 2010
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Invitation to the Pain of Learning by Mortimer J. Adler
Invitation to the Pain of Learning by Mortimer J. Adler
The Lost Tools of Learning by Dorothy Sayers
The Lost Tools of Learning by Dorothy Sayers
Friday, October 1, 2010
Behind the Franzenfreude by Michelle Dean
Behind the Franzenfreude by Michelle Dean
Labels:
Book Reviews,
Books,
Critics,
Gender,
Measurement
A Literary Map of Manhattan by Randy Cohen and Nigel Holmes
A Literary Map of Manhattan by Randy Cohen and Nigel Holmes
Personalized Reading Recommendation Services from The Reader's Advisor Online
Personalized Reading Recommendation Services from The Reader's Advisor Online
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