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Why are most artists and intellectuals generally left-wing or left-of-center? One notable exception is Sabo, an alt-right street artist based in Los Angeles. (FYI: Here is a Wikipedia entry about Sabo, and here is Sabo’s home page.) Rory Carroll, who … Continue reading →

Why are concessions like popcorn and candy bars so expensive at movie theaters? Is it due to price discrimination (the standard economic answer), to discrete-discontinuous demand (see this paper by Ricard Gil and Wesley Hartmann), to differentials in ticket prices … Continue reading →

Update (6/17): The judge in the Bill Cosby case declared a mistrial. (If the jury had been able to engage in range voting instead (see below), there would have been no chance of a deadlock in the first place.) The jury … Continue reading →

Via our favorite website Marginal Revolution, we learned that Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos wants to become a philanthropist now. Here is an excerpt from Bezos’s “request for ideas” (via Twitter): I’m thinking about a philanthropy strategy that is the opposite … Continue reading →

Via Jason Kottke: 

Question #1: Why do print and TV media outlets keep publicizing the names and pictures of publicity-seeking murderers? Question #2: Could Congress impose a Pigouvian tax on the publication of such information? 

Read more here. Hat tip: Cliff Pickover, via Twitter.

Update (13 June 2017): According to Willie Santana, via Twitter: “AZ referendum for Statehood: 7% of pop. cast vote; AK was 21%; HI, 35%.” In case you haven’t heard yet, Puerto Ricans voted overwhelmingly in favor of becoming the 51st … Continue reading →