Data

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Charts of the Year 2024

Are the Olympics Really a Good Deal for Host Countries?

The World’s Largest Economics Association Just Passed a Policy Stating All Data in Journals Must Be ‘Legally Acquired’

Learning Styles Don’t Actually Exist, Studies Show

Elon Musk Had the Pandemic Right From the Very Beginning

Do Big Tech Companies Exploit Our Data?

Local Sensitivity and the Value of Decentralization: Understanding Why Tyranny Is More Common in Centralized States

3 Studies That Show Lockdowns Are Ineffective at Slowing COVID-19

John Ioannidis Warned COVID-19 Could Be a “Once-In-A-Century” Data Fiasco. He Was Right

The Censorship of COVID-19 Data Around the World

Mass Surveillance Is Spreading along with COVID-19

Why Cuba’s Infant Mortality Rate Is so Low

Our Database of Police Officers in Fatal Shootings Reveals Who Shot Citizens

How Much Is Your Data Worth to Tech Companies? Lawmakers Want to Tell You, but They Have No Idea

6 Reasons the US Postal Service Is in Crisis

Data Show That a Free Press and a Free Economy Go Hand-In-Hand

Have Consumers Already Lost the Online Privacy War?

Russ Roberts on Adam Smith and the Limits of Mainstream Economics

US State GDPs Compared to Entire Countries