October 03, 2013
Hours Worked and Productivity
The Economist ran an article recently called “Get a Life”. It argues that there tends to be higher worker productivity in countries where people work fewer hours. Excerpt: And it seems that…
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October 02, 2013
More Lying with True Numbers
Headlines like this have been floating around: “For The First Time Ever, A Majority Of Jobless Workers Over 25 Have Been To College” I often see such headlines paired with…
September 30, 2013
On shutting down
Agent A makes a contract with agent B, agreeing to pay B $X. A overspends and has difficulty paying B. A decides not to pay B. In many cases, we…
September 27, 2013
Is Bill Gates Wealthier than 140 Nations?
This pic is making its way around Facebook again. It’s not a new meme. See here. And here. And here. Sometimes people post this kind of thing just because they think…
September 11, 2013
Better Teachers: Adjuncts or Tenure-Track Professors?
One study claims that tenure-track professors tend to be worse teachers (at the introductory level) than adjuncts or other non-tenure-track instructors. See the write-up in the Atlantic here. The main argument:…
September 05, 2013
CFP: Political Utopia: Promise or Peril?
I don’t usually post ads, but we’re running a pretty darn cool conference out at BGSU next year. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS The Bowling Green Workshop in Applied Ethics and Public…