Two Terror Graphs Bryan Caplan By Bryan Caplan, Apr 1 2016 SHARE POST: Is there anything seriously wrong or deeply misleading in either of these graphs? From Datagraver: From Statista:
Apr 2 2016 EconLog "Visible people" in human history Alberto Mingardi Olivier Gergaud, Morgane Laouénan and Étienne Wasmer present in a Vox.eu column a most fascinating work. They "collected a database of 1,243,776 notable people and 7,184,575 locations (Geolinks) associated with them throughout human history (3000BCE-2015AD)". Their findings are also available on a dedicated website, ... 3 Read More
Apr 1 2016 International Trade What's so Great about Free Trade? Lots David Henderson In a post yesterday, my former UCLA graduate student colleague David Glasner asks "What's so Great about Free Trade?" It's a long, well-written piece and I can't completely summarize it in a few sentences, but here goes. David argues that the usual way we show that free trade is good for a country (as opposed to the w... 15 Read More
Apr 1 2016 Cost-benefit Analysis Two Terror Graphs Bryan Caplan Is there anything seriously wrong or deeply misleading in either of these graphs?From Datagraver:From Statista: 34 Read More