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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Religious Texts as Political Documents
Happy Rosh Hashanah. A couple of posts back, I suggested that professor Shalom Goldman’s interpretation of the Torah in a political sense “is more reflective of the modern flexibility in interpreting Jewish and Christian testaments that does not yet extend–for … Continue reading
Casinos as Institutions
In the previous post I gave a very simple–not to say uncontroversial or entirely accurate–definition of an institution: an actor who codifies constraints upon his/her/its own behavior. This post provides two related examples of what I mean, taken from games. … Continue reading
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Tagged behavior, gambling, game theory, games, institutions, Matching Pennies, politics, randomness
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Institutions and Behavior
The Duke Political Science Department is not organized around the traditional disciplinary subfields of comparative, international relations, and American. While we do retain political theory, political economy, and political methodology, the three research areas above are re-arranged (with varying levels … Continue reading
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Tagged behavior, epistemology, institutions, philosophy, politics, religion
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Responding to the New York Times
I’m still reflecting on the role Turkey will play in Abbas’s application for Palestinian UN membership. In a more general context, here is the New York Times today trying to have it both ways on Turkey: Some Turkish officials worry … Continue reading
What is a “special interest”?
“How do you know a politician is lying?” goes the old joke. “Because his mouth is moving.” Hans Noel, of Georgetown University, has a better answer: How do you know a politician is being dishonest? He blames something on “special … Continue reading
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Tagged candidates, education, elections, political science, politics, rationality, research, special interests, voting
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Statistics Links
If you came to this post from Twitter, please just admit that you are a nerd. And once you’ve accepted that, subscribe to the RSS feed–you’ll be right at home here. In today’s Browser, David Spiegelhalter says while discussing the … Continue reading
Lessons from Moneyball
[If you haven't read/seen it, consider this a low-level SPOILER ALERT for the entire post. Sorry for the length, I didn't have time to be more concise.] The movie was very good. It is, of course, based on the excellent … Continue reading
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Tagged analysis, data, education, film, movie, rhetoric, statistics
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Moneyball comes out tonight
Long post to come. For now, go see it and/or read the review here.
Questions on Palestinian Statehood
(And not very many answers.) According to Reuters, Mahmoud Abbas is going to formally request full UN membership for Palestine today. What does Abbas have to lose? Not much. This is a perfect win-win for him and the Palestinians more … Continue reading
Reality Check on Speed Limits
Alex Tabbarok, making sense: Higher speed limits are often safer because what is worse than speed is variable speed, some people driving fast and some driving slow. When the speed limit is set too low you get lots of people who … Continue reading
