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Numbers Matter: Guns and Terrorism

Numbers matter. Take these for instance: In the last decade about 40 Americans have died as a result of terrorism During that same period about 280,000 Americans have died as a result of gun violence. Absurd. The debates, to the extent that it can be called that, about both terrorism and guns is radically out of […]

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History and Economics

In the ongoing debate about the relevance or otherwise of history as it pertains to economics allow me to add: Within the enormous pile of instances of history, most of which we have collectively forgotten, there are multitudes of experiences that illuminate any particular view we have of an economy, but none by themselves ‘explain’ […]

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