Magna Carta and the Subtle Art of Chavista Budgeting
In Spanish the phrase “Carta Magna” is just a synonym for “constitution,” so most Venezuelans probably don’t know that if you dig a bit into the etymology of...
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Magna Carta and the Subtle Art of Chavista Budgeting
In Spanish the phrase “Carta Magna” is just a synonym for “constitution,” so most Venezuelans probably don’t know that if you dig a bit into the etymology of...
Reminiscences of things present
Reposted from El Informador de Barquisimeto A Militarist Vision by Pompeyo Marquez, Sept. 3, 2004 Translated by FT I have argued that we are facing an authoritarian and...
Reminiscences of things present
Reposted from El Informador de Barquisimeto A Militarist Vision by Pompeyo Marquez, Sept. 3, 2004 Translated by FT I have argued that we are facing an authoritarian and...
The Elasticity of the Vote for Dummies
Hausmann and Rigobon’s argument about the non-randomness of the CNE cold-audit sample is based on something they’ve called the “elasticity of the vote.” The concept is borrowed from...
The Zenith of the Egghead Brigade
Thanks to Miguel Octavio for linking to this astonishing New York Times article on Benford’s law. Dr. Theodore P. Hill asks his mathematics students at the Georgia Institute...
The Elasticity of the Vote for Dummies
Hausmann and Rigobon’s argument about the non-randomness of the CNE cold-audit sample is based on something they’ve called the “elasticity of the vote.” The concept is borrowed from...
The Zenith of the Egghead Brigade
Thanks to Miguel Octavio for linking to this astonishing New York Times article on Benford’s law. Dr. Theodore P. Hill asks his mathematics students at the Georgia Institute...
Pre-emptive Strike: Anticipating the Counterarguments to Hausmann and Rigobon
I’ve been reading and re-reading Hausmann and Rigobon’s piece to try to find holes in it. I’m finding it hard. The most obvious counterargument doesn’t seem to work…and...
Pre-emptive Strike: Anticipating the Counterarguments to Hausmann and Rigobon
I’ve been reading and re-reading Hausmann and Rigobon’s piece to try to find holes in it. I’m finding it hard. The most obvious counterargument doesn’t seem to work…and...
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