The Ukrainian translation of my top-ten New York Times bestselling book The Upside of Inequality is now available! ... [Read More]
New Study Shows 83% of Criminals Rearrested Within 9 Years
A 9-year Justice Department study shows 44% of released prisoners are rearrested within 1 year; 83% within 9 years. 77% of drug offenders are ... [Read More]
Two charts show income inequality hasn’t risen as much as we’ve been led to believe
Two charts show income inequality hasn’t risen as much as we’ve been led to believe. ... [Read More]
Krugman’s Misleading Scandinavian Comparison
Paul Krugman wrote a misleading post comparing U.S. wages and productivity growth to Scandinavia without admitting that Scandinavia’s test scores are ... [Read More]
One Reason GDP Growth Accelerated Under Trump
One reason why real (peak-to-peak) GDP growth has accelerated from 1.5% per year during the Obama Administration to 3.3% per year under the Trump ... [Read More]
New Study Offers Worrisome News on Solutions to Global Warming
Some worrisome news from the Economist on global warming: “On October 19th, the International Energy Agency reported that doubling world GDP by 2040 ... [Read More]
Study Shows Prediction Market Better Predictor of Scientific Reproducibility Than Editors of Nature and Science
A recent study shows a prediction market is a better predictor of scientific reproducibility than the editors of the journals Nature and Science (who ... [Read More]