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Tag Archives: political science
JavaScript Politics
In a recent conversation on Twitter, Christopher Zorn said that Stata is fascism, R is anarchism, and SAS is masochism. While only one of these is plausibly a programming language, it’s an interesting political analogy. We’ve discussed the politics of … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, fun, hacker politics, humor, internet politics, Javascript, micro-institutions everywhere, nerd, online politics, political science, politics, programming, Python, R, technology
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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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Net Neutrality: Why You Should Care
What is net neutrality? It’s the idea that Internet service providers (ISPs) should treat all traffic equally, not giving preferential treatment to certain users, types of data, or equipment. With FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on the way out, nominee Tom Wheeler … Continue reading
Internet Sales Tax FAQ
We’ve got a week of Internet politics-related topics queued up for you this week. Today we’ll take a look at the prospect of an internet sales tax. Later in the week we’ll discuss why The Great Gatsby still isn’t in the public … Continue reading
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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Python for Political Scientists, Spring 2013 Recap
This spring Josh Cutler‘s Python course was back by popular demand. (This time it was known as “Computational Political Economy” but I like the less formal title.) I participated this time around as a teaching assistant rather than student, and … Continue reading
Dollar Bills and US State Borders
A number of proposals (not all serious) have been floating around lately to redraw the borders of the US. According to this list nearly every US state has groups wanting to partition it somehow. One idea was fifty states with … Continue reading
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Tagged algorithms, behavior, borders, culture, data, economics, map, mapping, maps, micro-institutions, micro-institutions everywhere, nerd, networks, partition, political science, politics, research, statistics, trade, traffic
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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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When will telephone polls have their “Literary Digest” moment?
Mention the name Literary Digest to a pollster and they will instantly know what you are talking about. Literary Digest is well-known for their famously wrong prediction that Kansas Republican Alfred Landon would beat Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the presidential election of 1936. … Continue reading
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