Electronics on planes
Seriously, what is it with turning off electronic devices when planes are taking off? My three guesses (ordered from least to most likely) were (a)
Cabs and credit cards
In recent years, a lot of cities installed credit card machines in cabs – Chicago, Boston, New York and Philly are examples. Cab drivers, however,
Climate Change Excuses
I must have flown at least 15,000 miles in the past two months (counting my flights to CA for the holidays and to Denver). Flying
The Effect of Putting Black Men in Jail
There’s an interesting article in the Journal of Labor Economics from last month: “This article examines how the increase in the incarceration of black men
The real life of a first-year associate
I’m visiting a friend who’s a first-year associate for a large law firm in New York. It is 10pm on Thursday night. We’re sitting on
Who drives drunk?
A while back, I had a discussion about the age of drunk drivers. Two related questions came up: what age are most drunk drivers? And
Nerdy post
A recent NBER working paper by Morck and Yeung outlines the perils of instrumental variables. In addition to the standard “weak instruments” and “lack of
Hobbies
I was looking at lists of hobbies (for a research project, of all things) and found some pretty “exotic” ones that I decided to share.
