2010

This blog post from 2010 shares an article about narrative and technology, sparking a lively discussion in the comments about fiction versus reality and noteworthy authors.

via languagehat.com.

Freakonomics shares a song by high school teacher Bradley Wray to help students learn about cognitive biases.

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This academic paper focuses on the period after 1981 when the Greek government pursued expansionary economic policies, ultimately contributing to issues that led Greece to join the Eurozone. via The source of this content is Marginal REVOLUTION.

State and local government finances are strained, in part because public-sector pay has risen while private-sector pay has not.

Alex Tabarrok shares a creepy ad from a Pennsylvania tax agency he found on Fox News.

Robin Hanson's blog post argues that citizens should focus on establishing effective political processes rather than battling over individual policies.

via Overcoming Bias