Scandinavian economists Henrik Jordahl, Niclas Berggren, and Panu Poutvaara are conducting a survey on Beauty in Politics. Do we judge politicians by how they look, and, if so, how? Go here to help them find out.
Apr 19 2006
I continue to have philosophical disagreements with "happiness research." My latest essay takes on a recent paper by Alan Krueger and Daniel Kahneman. I write, With research into subjective well-being, economists are making statements about what constitutes the good life. In doing so, we are encroaching on territor...
Apr 18 2006
Did the members of the Soviet bloc copy Stalin's economic policies after World War II because they were run by True Believers? Or were they just afraid of the Red Army? My knee-jerk reaction is to say "True Believers, of course," but look what "liberal reformer" Khrushchev did to Hungary in 1956 when Nagy strayed too...
Apr 18 2006
Scandinavian economists Henrik Jordahl, Niclas Berggren, and Panu Poutvaara are conducting a survey on Beauty in Politics. Do we judge politicians by how they look, and, if so, how? Go here to help them find out.
READER COMMENTS
Marcus
Apr 18 2006 at 2:10pm
Least we forget, the Brezhnevist president of Finland, Tarja Halonen, looks like Conan O’Brien.
Steve
Apr 18 2006 at 2:16pm
Tarja looks a bit like Brezhnev as well.
Question for students: are democratically elected politicians in general more attractive than communist (self-)appointed ones?
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