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Political parties and economic growth

I’ve been hearing about these data from Larry Bartel’s book Unequal Democracy for awhile now:

There is a nice op-ed on these data by economist Alan Blinder in the New York Times.  The pattern is quite striking: everyone does better under democrats and inequality decreases, slightly.  No wonder Republicans try to distract voters by talking about […]

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Arthur C. Clarke - In Memoriam

Sir Arthur C. Clarke, CBE, died earlier today in Sri Lanka.
It is far beyond my poor powers to condense an extraordinary 90-year life into a few paragraphs, but I can’t let his life pass without saying something.  This man I’ve never met influenced my life too much for me to stay silent.  He touched your […]

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