In case you missed any segment of the latest Reading Club, here’s the full package:
Part #1: Putterman and Weil
Putterman’s Commentaries, with My Replies
Part #2: Comin, Easterly, and Gong
Part #3: Spolaore and Wacziarg
Two Fun Facts from Putterman-Weil
Part #4: Chanda, Cook, and Putterman
Feb 24 2016
Small sample sizes, global poverty, basketball and the Golden State Warriors, legalizing drugs, herd behavior in the media, and media as cheerleaders. Recently, Tyler Cowen interviewed Nate Silver of five thirtyeight.com in front on audience at the Mercatus Center. Here are some highlights I found particularly interes...
Feb 24 2016
When I started blogging in February 2009, I immediately got into lots of arguments about the Efficient Markets Hypothesis, which I think is "true" in the sense of being a good social science theory, a useful approximation of reality. I cited the fact that managed mutual funds tended to underperform index funds, and th...
Feb 24 2016
In case you missed any segment of the latest Reading Club, here's the full package:BackgroundLead-inPart #1: Putterman and WeilPutterman's Commentaries, with My RepliesPart #2: Comin, Easterly, and GongPart #3: Spolaore and WacziargTwo Fun Facts from Putterman-WeilPart #4: Chanda, Cook, and PuttermanChanda CommentsAMA ...
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Yakimi
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