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Is everybody really like jet planes, islands, and tigers on a gold leash? Or are only some people? And should we care?
I write this as the NASDAQ shattered four thousand points…
Karl Muth talks generally about proxy variables and then focuses in on race as a proxy variable for social and economic class, arguing it is a troubling one and (mis-)used far too…
Karl Muth explores how America remembers WWII.
The American narrative for the Second World War focuses, oddly, more and more on the war in Europe. From Saving Private Ryan to…
Why should local and regional representatives and officials from across the EU discuss the crisis-ridden bloc’s external relations, you might ask. ‘Because it matters’ would be…
Karl Muth explores the relationship between statistics, hypotheses, headlines and policies.
When I roam around the Internet, I collect statistics.
And LOLcats (hey, quit looking…
Robin Collins argues that a recent workshop on rapid reaction missed an opportunity to embrace and advance the proposal for a U.N. Emergency Peace Service. For the workshop's…
Karl Muth argues that the story of beef is an interesting one because it involves the ultimate trade-off in agrarian societies. To understand why, we have to go back to the…
A life-changing experience for me was taking an advanced applied microeconomics course as a masters student with Profs. Gary Becker, Kevin Murphy, and Ted Snyder. My research…
Economists have made the news this week. From Eugene Fama’s important work at the University of Chicago finally being rewarded with a Nobel Prize to the rise of Janet Yellen…
After a decade of nuclear talks, a deal between Iran and the International Community may finally be in sight. However, what if the compromise found at the negotiation table falls…