These are notable posts from 2026, roughly presented in descending order, starting with the post that got the most views. The US Has One of the Highest Fertility Rates Among Peer Countries By …

People are considering whether university evaluations can survive in the AI age. Hollis Robbins wrote on Substack: “How to limit unauthorized AI use in the classroom” Robbins emphasizes class…

I have a new working paper with Bart Wilson titled: “You Wouldn’t Steal a Car: Moral Intuition for Intellectual Property”  This quote from the introduction explains the title…

We conduct an experiment to compare how people respond to the appropriation of rivalrous versus nonrivalrous goods. Analysis of chat transcripts indicates that

In August, I listed the Top EWED Posts of 2025.  Here are a few more highlights. This list is roughly based on web traffic, starting with the highest number of views for 2025, since the A…

Chat GPT, why is my stool loose?

First, Pre-law literally has the word ‘law’ in the name and is marketed as preparation for law school. However, it is the undergraduate major associated with the lowest paid lawyers. For that matte…

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Many people take a basic statistics course in college. Those course usually include an overview of standard graphs and best practices for visualizing data. To keep that section from getting boring …

These are notable posts from 2025, roughly presented in descending order, starting with the post that got the most views. Is there a competitive threat to the NBA?  Mike Makowsky wrote, “… le…

Inside the U.S. and Panama’s long-running collaboration to rid an entire continent of a deadly disease

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A new study forecasts more than 850,000 measles cases over the next 25 years if US vaccination rates stay the same. Millions of infections are possible if rates drop.