…the fact that when it comes to making public policy, only causal relationships are relevant. I’ve even attended lectures given by tenured professors at Harvard who fail to understand this…
…time to look, I have to take my Ph. D. exam in less than two months. Becker: That is not my problem. Me: I have just come back from a…
David Stern ran roughshod over owners during the recent NBA lockout negotiations. He was willing to levy stiff fines for any public comments that might undermine an image of management…
We are constantly wowed by new technologies and policies meant to make childbirth better. But beware the unintended consequences.
High-stakes testing has produced some rotten apples. But they can be caught.
…7 – 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar. Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours) 1. Name…
My son took the SSAT exam this past Saturday. And while I was sitting in the Choate athletic facility waiting for him to finish, I remembered that Avinash Dixit and…
…and yelling and tiptoeing around? The best study I know of that deals with this apples/oranges issue was by the cool hand of Jonathan Gruber, an MIT economist who examined…
…old SAT exam, which he and Mr. Willoughby used to conduct a statistical analysis. They found that on multiple-choice questions in English and social studies, the “longer answers tended to…
Since doctors are human, they bring their own beliefs and preferences into the examining room. But they’ve also taken an oath to act in the best interest of all patients….
…— serves as a compelling example of the power of setting the high expectations yearned for by our youth. Let’s raise the bar and ensure that the high school experience…
…selected, and the 5th graders are even far less random. Illinois gives a state exam to all 7th graders. Some of the questions are on astronomy. The 7th graders didn’t…
More people than ever before are getting tattoos — but social media has flipped the trade’s business model on its head. Zachary Crockett dips into the ink.
…is that we also went to the same high school in the Twin Cities. I’ll have to dig out her old exam and get her to autograph it for me….
…years of school French. The absurdity of that comparison only grows upon comparing the hours spent. The Assimil method took 0.5 hours per day for about 90 days: That’s 45…
…U.S. Senator: Will it actually work? What are its best and worst features? Where does $2 trillion come from, and what are the long-term effects of all that government spending?…
…best of three playoff, with home field advantage going to the team with the higher winning percentage. Then proceed under current rules. In the spirit of fine tuning, it might…
…comes from two sources. First, he gets the best clients to begin with. He gets the most because he shops the best. He’d probably tell you as much. But Boras…
…will be best actor;?Sandra Bullock will be best actress (as much as I disliked her performance in The Blind Side);?Christoph Waltz is a lock to win best supporting actor;?Mo’Nique will…
…very best quarterbacks.? Simply put, the very best white quarterbacks are paid more than the very best black quarterbacks (even when performance is controlled for). When we turn to the…
…and Democrats constitute a wildly successful industry that has colluded to kill off competition, stifle reform, and drive the country apart. So what are you going to do about it?…
Global demand for beef, chicken, and pork continues to rise. So do concerns about environmental and other costs. Will reconciling these two forces be possible — or, even better, Impossible™?
It’s not oil or water or plutonium — it’s human hours. We’ve got an idea for putting them to use, and for building a more human-centered economy. But we need…
…and Democrats constitute a wildly successful industry that has colluded to kill off competition, stifle reform, and drive the country apart. So what are you going to do about it?…
…the right time to sell your company? As Dubner pointed out, your sale of Broadcast.com was particularly well-timed. –Tony D A. Where you take a company depends on your personal…
…and Democrats constitute a wildly successful industry that has colluded to kill off competition, stifle reform, and drive the country apart. So what are you going to do about it?…
Also: should we all have personal mission statements?
…into a nondescript building across Lafayette Square. Plenty of good Republican economists served in his administration, but he never found a place for the best of them, Martin Feldstein; indeed,…
Lewis got incredible access to Sam Bankman-Fried, the billionaire behind the spectacular FTX fraud. His book is a bestseller, but some critics say he went too easy on S.B.F. Lewis…
Lewis got incredible access to Sam Bankman-Fried, the billionaire behind the spectacular FTX fraud. His book is a bestseller, but some critics say he went too easy on S.B.F. Lewis…
