It has long been a standard claim of economics—iirc, Robert Lucas was the first to say it aloud, though it may have been Gary Becker*—that a man who marries his…

Who said: The United States participated actively and effectively in the negotiation of the [1984 UN Convention on Torture] . It marks a significant step in the development during this…

Everyone should read Joe Wilcox’s update, based on the release of more court docs, on the ongoing saga of Why Vista Sucked on Release. (Short version: because Intel asked.) Teaser…

Late to the party, but FelixMatthew Malone (via The Divine Bess) quotes from Andrew Lahde’s good-bye letter, the follow-up to the one in which he noted that he only plays…

Because Hilzoy asked, and I agree with Brad DeLong that it’s not an unreasonable question. No guarantee the 11 are on this list, of course. This is a simple cross-reference…

…that of others to having their information stolen or misused. On a scale of 1 to 7, with 7 indicating the highest level of risk, participants rated their perceived risk…

…do not think it is easy to see when the second dose was given, the Kaplan Meier plot of infection of vaccinated people is almost horizontal. The risk of diagnosed…

…From a NEJM article “A 1980 Letter on the Risk of Opioid Addiction,“ The prescribing of strong opioids such as oxycodone has increased dramatically in the United States and Canada…

Robert Waldmann Brad DeLong writes I think the private-sector players in financial markets right now are highly risk averse–hence assets are undervalued from the perspective of a society or a…

…the message that high risks were not really high risks in a low-risk economy. Then the fundamental stability and growth momentum of the global economic system created a bulging appetite…