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More on Food Truck Regulation
More on the plight of food truck operators in NYC, from the Times: There are numerous (and sometimes conflicting) regulations required by the departments of Health, Sanitation, Transportation and Consumer Affairs. These rules are enforced, with varying consistency, by the New … Continue reading
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Tagged behavior, crime, culture, economics, education, food, fun, game theory, how-to, micro-institutions everywhere, nerd, political science, politics, rationality, technology, traffic, transportation
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Micro-Institutions Everywhere: Gypsy Law
Forthcoming from Peter Leeson (who previously brought us an analysis of pirate democracy), a new paper on self-governance among Gypsies (via Mike Munger): Gypsies are nomads. They’re often separated from one another, which precludes direct monitoring. Further, Gypsies’ locations are … Continue reading
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Risk, Overreaction, and Control
How many people died because of the September 11 attacks? The answer depends on what you are trying to measure. The official estimate is around 3,000 deaths as a direct result of hijacked aircraft and at the World Trade Center, … Continue reading
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Tagged behavior, books, crime, culture, data, economics, elections, ethical statistics, explanation, foreign policy, history, international relations, nerd, political science, politics, psychology, reading, science, security, statistics, terrorism, traffic, transportation, violence, war
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The Political Economy of *Killing Them Softly*
Over the weekend I rented Killing them Softly expecting a relatively mindless movie featuring Brad Pitt as a hitman. I was only half right. During several key scenes George W. Bush and his administration officials can be heard giving statements to … Continue reading
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Phony Rules of English Grammar
You have heard the rules before: Don’t end a sentence with a preposition. Don’t split an infinitive. Don’t start with a conjunction. But who makes these rules? How did they become incorporated into English grammar? One culprit is Robert Lowth, … Continue reading
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Tagged behavior, crime, culture, English, grammar, history, humor, language, Latin, micro-institutions, micro-institutions everywhere, nerd, norms, politics, research, rhetoric, rule-making, rules
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Leadership Targeting and Perverse Incentives
If targeting of Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) leaders in Mexico has contributed to high levels of violence, as I argue in a working paper, then why hasn’t the Mexican government stopped the policy? Under former president Felipe Calderon there were … Continue reading
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Tagged crime, data, drug trafficking, drugs, DTO's, education, elections, foreign policy, international relations, leadership removal, Mexico, politics, terrorism, violence, war, War on Crime, War on Drugs, War on Terror
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The Political Economy of Scrabble: Currency, Innovation, and Norms
In Scrabble, there is a finite amount of resources (letter tiles) that players use to create value (points) for themselves. Similarly, in the real world matter cannot be created so much of human effort is rearranging the particles that exist into … Continue reading
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Tagged behavior, crime, culture, data, economics, education, entertainment, fun, game theory, games, how-to, humor, micro-institutions, micro-institutions everywhere, political economy, politics, programming, Python, rationality, rent seeking, technology
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Internet Politics Round-Up
2012 was a busy year for followers of internet politics. The SOPA controversy began in late 2011, and really picked up steam with the blackout protest on January 18. Later that month we shared news of the arrest of an … Continue reading
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Tagged behavior, crime, culture, data, economics, education, elections, fun, international relations, internet politics, micro-institutions, online politics, politics, programming, public opinion, rationality, research, security, technology
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Taxes, Moonshine, and State Building
I have to admit an ulterior motive behind Friday’s post. We discussed the Alchian-Allen theorem, which states that adding a fixed cost (usually but not necessarily for transportation) to the price of a good leads consumers to purchase more of the high … Continue reading
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Tagged behavior, bootleggers and baptists, crime, culture, data, drugs, economics, education, entertainment, history, law enforcement, political science, politics, prohibition, taxes, technology, transportation, violence
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DTO Leadership Targeting Increased Violence, Multiplied Cartels
Now that President Felipe Calderon is out of office, the new administration is attributing the rise in violence to his hardline policies: With the capture of dozens of drug capos, an achievement trumpeted by Calderon, “we have moved from a … Continue reading
