The course 'Model Thinking' will go live very shortly. When it does go live, we'll be asking you to officially register and agree to some standard terms and conditions. In the interim, you can now go to the site ... and watch the first two sets of lectures. [See mail]
- The first set of lectures covers the benefits of modeling and provides a framework for the course.
- The second set covers Thomas Schelling's seminar model of segregation as well as a model of standing ovations that I developed with John Miller of Carnegie Mellon University.
Why Is America's Government Dysfunctional? -- Francis Fukuyama blames populism:
I’m beginning a new project at Stanford/CDDRL called “The Governance Project.” The intention is to focus on conceptualizing and measuring governance, and applying those measures to two specific countries, China and the United States....
I discuss these issues at greater length in a paper on authoritarian government in Asia for the Journal of Democracy, and a draft discussion paper on how to define and measure governance (pdf) for The Governance Project.
Gov 2.0 year in review ... A look at the Gov 2.0 themes, moments and achievements that made an impact in 2011.
Coming Apart: The State of White America
David Frum recently reviewed .... "Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010".
[by Charles Murray] -- Feb 9, 2012
Charles Murray [perhaps] does a Tucker Carlson, provoking me to unleash the usual torrent of graphs
-- 8 February 2012,
Citizens Untied
by Dan Abrams -- February 8th, 2012
Corporate Leveraging of Campaign Contributions Under Citizens United
Posted by Beverly Mann | 2/10/2012
WWS 594, Economics of the Welfare State, [Paul Krugman]
Berin Szoka: "Privacy, Analytics & the First Amendment" at GSM Workshop
November 11, 2011, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Political Polarization (VoteView)
An Update on Political Polarization (through 2011) -- Posted on January 30, 2012 by voteview
Obama's Economic Speech
President Obama's speech in Oklahoma
The Most Important Economic Speech of His Presidency [Robert Reich]
- Examining the big lie: How the facts of the economic crisis stack up
- The Absurd Zombie Lie About the Economy Right-Wingers Desperately Cling To -- And Why It's Totally Wrong ... Home loans didn't bring on the recession; gimmicky financial instruments bloated to 100 times their value are what caused all this pain.
- U.S. is now facing and must manage a similar shift in the “real” economy, from industry to service, or risk a tragic replay of 80 years ago. [as during] the Great Depression—the revolution in agriculture that threw millions out of work // By Joseph E. Stiglitz
- Playboy interview with Paul Krugman
HealthCare
The Options for Payment Reform in U.S. Health Care // By UWE E. REINHARDT, February 17, 2012
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Wow: Larry Lessig Interviews Jack Abramoff
‘Repeal’ of Glass-Steagall Irrelevant to Financial Crisis by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
Social Security: The Elevator Pitch, Posted by Steve Roth | 1/29/2012
Nick Kristof and the School Reform Straw Man 01/23/2012 by Peter Hart
The Best App Discovery App for iPhone ... , Discovr Apps makes it easy to find what you're looking for by mapping apps you like (or any app at all) to related options you may enjoy as well.
Create a Bootable Linux Flash Drive in Three Easy Steps By Rick Broida, PCWorld Feb 13, 2012
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