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Visualization of outstanding IMF loans
This simple graphic, via the excellent Ada Swanson of the Washington Post, was created by Matt Mulholland to illustrate the fraction of IMF loans outstanding by member country. In summary, Greece accounts for about 60 percent of the IMF’s business ($27.26 billion), … Continue reading
What is the “optimal number” of law schools?
As the number of law school applicants in the U.S. continues to decline, rumors of impending law school mergers are swirling around many North American law school faculties. (Law professor Jeff Redding, for example, writes in this blog post, “The recent news out of … Continue reading
Is baseball too slow?
My daughter Adys Ann and I attended a Spring Training baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Toronto Blue Jays in Dunedin, Fla. yesterday afternoon. While my little one was napping during the first few innings of the game, I kept … Continue reading
Dance of the space satellites
Via Michael Franco at CNET: “Looking at this animation, you might be surprised by just how crowded the satellite space around our planet is. But remember, this animation only shows 19 Earth-observing NASA satellites. According to a roundup of all satellite … Continue reading
Crimes against logic
Via reddit, why don’t they teach this in law school?
McDonald’s menu (circa 1973)
When was the last time you ate at McDonald’s and how sucky was your meal there? This “old-school” McDonald’s menu from 1973 explains why McDonald’s is so awful today … The fast-food chain tries to do too many different things instead of … Continue reading
Academic R&D Expenditures (2005-2012)
Via Professor Michael Risch at The Faculty Lounge: “This chart tells us a lot of things. First, it shows that the supposedly huge spending on law scholarship is actually tiny when compared to many other fields. (If you can’t read … Continue reading
Nickel and dimed (Winter Park, Florida edition)
This is what the back of a Winter Park, Fla. parking ticket looks like. Notice how you get only five calendar days to contest the citation, and in order to do so, you must show up in person at a police … Continue reading
Glorified tax collectors? (Ferguson, Missouri edition)
Our friend and colleague Alex Tabarrok has posted his thoughts on “The Ferguson Kleptocracy” earlier today. In addition to a grab bag of (representative?) anecdotes, Professor Tabarrok notes, among other things, that “last year Ferguson drivers paid $12,400 in fines for driving cars with … Continue reading
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D.C. versus Amsterdam
Yeah, that’s what we thought … (Via imgur.)
prior probability 