Новости за 16.05.2024

When you think of statistics, do you think of a helpful tool for real-world analysis, or does the phrase, “Lies, damn lies, and statistics” come to mind? Regardless of your answer to that question, Jeremy Weber wrote his new book, Statistics for Public Policy, for YOU. In this episode, host Russ Roberts welcomes Weber to talk about it.

Some people on the right worry that immigration will cause America’s white population to be largely replaced by non-whites.  This hypothesis is sometimes referred to as “The Great Replacement”.  There is a great replacement occurring, but these worriers have things exactly backwards.  (As an aside, this post will not examine the pros and cons of a changing ethnic mix.  Rather, I’ll argue that the feared change is not occurring.)

This is the fourth in my series on the social costs of drug prohibition. You can read part one here (prison-industrial complex), part two (police militarization) here, and part three (civil asset forfeiture).