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When should you negotiate with terrorists?
From today’s NY Times: “The lone American prisoner of war from the Afghan conflict, captured by [the Taliban] nearly five years ago, has been released to American forces in exchange for five Taliban detainees held at [the US military prison in] Guantánamo … Continue reading
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Tagged Coordination Game, Current Affairs, Game of Chicken, Negotiation, Prisoner's Dilemma
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Faltan 12 dias …
Check out this cool video (in Spanish) supporting the Chilean National Team and see one of the many reasons why we love the World Cup …
Fair or foul?
Do blacks commit more crimes (statistically-speaking) than people of other races, or is the US criminal justice system a racist system? How else to explain these disgraceful numbers? Hat tip to Max Ehrenfreund of the Wash. Post for bringing this powerful chart to our … Continue reading
Pop quiz: where’s the hypocrite?
Is he hiding somewhere in Moscow, or is he in plain sight in Washington, D.C.? US Secretary of State John Kerry recently called out our man in Moscow, boy-wonder Edward Snowden, for being a “traitor” (for divulging an unconstitutional mass surveillance program) … Continue reading
TV news = evil ratings vultures?
This photo, in a nutshell, tells you what the news media–except for The Daily Nexus (UCSB’s student paper)–are not reporting. Photo credit: Kenneth Song, John Clow, or Eric Swenson (we aren’t sure which)/The Daily Nexus.
The economics of Disneyland ticket prices
Given the increase in demand to visit Disneyland, are Disneyland ticket prices too high … or too low? By the way, what do these data above tell us about the price elasticity of Disneyland tickets?
Eduardo Galeano updates his priors!
It is a rare event indeed when an academic or other public intellectual is intellectually honest and updates his or her priors. Consider the case of Eduardo Galeano, a leading Latin American intellectual. Larry Rother of the NY Times writes: For … Continue reading
The Method of Reparations
Note: our comment to Ashok Rao’s recent post was revised and expanded on 26 May. We are reblogging Ashok Rao’s execellent post “The Method of Reparations” (see below) on the issue of racial reparations. Ashok’s critique of “the vigilante law enforcement system … Continue reading
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Spatial distribution of 48 State capitals
Hey, check out this imaginative Voronoi diagram created by Seth Kadish, and check out his beautiful blog Vizual Statistix too. But please enjoy responsibly.
