A while ago, The Economist posted a Daily Chart (see below) about the frequency of coups, posing the question why are there less now then there were. I suspect they answer their own question while highlighting the limitations of too many political scientists and analysts. That is, The Economist (as well as the others I [...]
Also tagged coups, regime change, The EconomistMoney velocity. Wow. I can’t believe I just learned about this, and I suspect that political scientists and political economists are–once again–way off in their data choices. Several of my own past projects would benefit from redoing the analysis with money velocity rather than GNP, etc.
Also tagged data, economics, finance, money velocity, Social Science, The Big PictureScience 2.0 sounds a whole lot like epidemiology, political science, sociology, and–egad!–anthropology. *eye roll*
Also tagged 2.0, anthropology, criticism, economics, epidemiology, Science (journal), sociology, WiredI have posted the PowerPoint file Nils Ringe and I presented in New Orleans at the 2007 Southern Political Science Association conference. The presentation–titled Refining and Redefining the Second-Order Election Model: Protest or Pure Preference Voting in Central and Eastern Europe–may be difficult to follow, especially if you are not familiar with the second-order election [...]
Also tagged electoral analysis, EP, EU, Europe, Jason Koepke, NR, projects, second-order election model, Social Science