http://econlog.econlib.org/ en-us 2009-07-05T08:32:34 (July 5, 2009 08:32 AM, by Arnold Kling) I appreciate Bryan's pointer to an article by Alan Gerber and others on personality and ideology. However, the article illustrates what I consider to be a methodological error. That error is to use statistical significance as a metric. Statistical significance... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Econlog/~3/z_2-2ZJC8J8/statistical_vs.html Economic Methods Arnold Kling 2009-07-05T08:32:34 http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2009/07/statistical_vs.html (July 4, 2009 10:30 PM, by Bryan Caplan) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Econlog/~3/wX9QKLk0X1M/personality_pro.html Politics and Economics Bryan Caplan 2009-07-04T22:30:00 http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2009/07/personality_pro.html (July 3, 2009 05:39 PM, by Bryan Caplan) I've spent several days reflecting on my chairman's reaction to public grief over Michael Jackson's death:I, for one, am no more touched by Mr. Jackson's death than I am by the death of any of the thousands of other Americans... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Econlog/~3/2BjvyEkMS4I/idolatry_in_a_f.html Economics and Culture Bryan Caplan 2009-07-03T17:39:08 http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2009/07/idolatry_in_a_f.html (July 3, 2009 09:00 AM, by David Henderson) Here's one of mine, from Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window. It's about one of the most important things economics deals with--incentives. Lisa (played by Grace Kelly) and Jeff (played by Jimmy Stewart), are listening to a man in another apartment play... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Econlog/~3/N8yIB5_AZYs/favorite_econom.html Economics and Culture David Henderson 2009-07-03T09:00:59 http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2009/07/favorite_econom.html (July 3, 2009 08:44 AM, by Arnold Kling) How do economists and other social scientists influence public policy? Yesterday, I recommended Jeffrey Friedman's article on the financial crisis. Its theme is regulatory hubris, and Friedman disparages "economism," which might be described as a belief that wise economists can... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Econlog/~3/COVdiCqDS50/social_science.html Political Economy Arnold Kling 2009-07-03T08:44:38 http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2009/07/social_science.html (July 2, 2009 06:45 PM, by David Henderson) Like some commenters, I found Bryan Caplan's post on health care today to be one of his best. And he's already set a high bar. But, believe it or not, given that Bryan is a more-radical libertarian than I am,... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Econlog/~3/Z9APuTM05pU/further_reply_t.html David Henderson 2009-07-02T18:45:01 http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2009/07/further_reply_t.html