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- Are Entrepreneurs Pirates? 4min Test for HN by Behavioral Economist Dan Ariely https://danariely.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6AsB0KdTTwU4yzy 69 comments
- Could universal basic income work in the US? Economists look to a test case — in Alaska https://www.salon.com/2020/08/23/could-universal-basic-income-work-in-the-us-economists-look-to-a-test-case--in-alaska/ 40 comments politics
- Top White House Economist Tests Positive for Coronavirus https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-white-house-economist-tomas-philipson-tests-positive-for-coronavirus 128 comments politics
- Economists and statisticians reject contrarian claims about the climate in a blind test http://www.shapingtomorrowsworld.org/lewandowskygec16.html 61 comments science
- White House economist who just announced resignation tests positive for COVID-19 https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/504817-white-house-economist-who-just-announced-resignation-tests-positive 48 comments politics
- Test results in American schools plummeted during the pandemic: The Economist https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/12/17/test-results-in-american-schools-plummeted-during-the-pandemic 36 comments economy
- 6 Reasons Joseph Stiglitz and Other Top Economists Think Means-Testing Medicare & Social Security Is a Destructive Idea http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/6-reasons-joseph-stiglitz-and-other-top-economists-think-means-testing-medicare 3 comments politics
- Economists tested 7 welfare programs to see if they made people lazy. They didn't. http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2015/11/20/9764324/welfare-cash-transfer-work 479 comments politics
- Economist wants to pay students cash for high scores on standardized tests http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/nyregion/09schools.html?ex=1339041600&en=7cf443eb0db2f192&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss 2 comments reddit.com
- Climate denial arguments fail a blind test: In a ‘Pepsi challenge’ test, economist and statisticians find mainstream climate arguments accurate and contrarian arguments wrong and misleading http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2016/may/23/climate-denial-arguments-fail-a-blind-test?cmp=share_btn_tw 701 comments worldnews
- PSA: Crypto is full of software engineers (with less than five years of experience) and VC investors (with more money than brains) pretending to be economists, and we are their guinea pigs. Our investments are their public beta tests. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/deathspiral.asp 184 comments cryptocurrency
- 100% of the economists who answered the latest IGM poll agree with the statement "Mandating staff vaccinations and/or regular testing at big employers would promote a faster and stronger economic recovery." https://www.igmchicago.org/surveys/vaccine-mandate/ 39 comments economics
- Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Romer says for the US to return to normal by the summer every single person needs to be tested, which will cost $100 billion https://www.businessinsider.com/nobel-prize-winner-says-test-everyone-us-cost-100-billion-2020-4 47 comments politics
- The Economist on the North-South socioeconomic divide in Germany: "So pronounced is the overall trend that on some statistical maps it is now easier to spot the Uerdingen line than the former east-west border." I've made some maps to test this. https://i.redd.it/f30cbm7btihz.png 4 comments europe
- In a blind test, economists reject the notion of a global warming pause | Four separate studies have now demolished the myth of a global warming ‘pause’ http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2015/sep/18/in-a-blind-test-economists-reject-the-notion-of-a-global-warming-pause 23 comments science
- The Economist: The German test - Poland has never been so rich, safe and free. But under Andrzej Duda its inheritance is at risk http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21660536-poland-has-never-been-so-rich-safe-and-free-under-andrzej-duda-its-inheritance#gosgppl3gp7rxmt7.99 80 comments europe
- Orthodox economists have failed their own market test. Students are demanding alternatives to a free-market dogma with a disastrous record. That's something we all need http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/20/orthodox-economists-failed-market-test 4 comments worldevents
- Legal pot shops do not boost teen drug use, Colorado study says - The economists' review of national and state surveys and drug tests showed no correlation between an uptick in recent teen drug use and the increased availability of pot. http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_20886624/legal-pot-shops-do-not-boost-teen-drug 8 comments politics
