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Andrew Leonard joins the head-shaking at Robert Barro's latest helpful suggestion.

Beautifully illustrated example of how randomness plus small populations make for uncertain comparisons.

Fascinating comparison of office costs and parking costs in a cross-section of cities. Seems to me that those cities which have a relatively high parking cost to office cost ratio have a better street scene as a result.

Karl Whelan:

"I think it’s worth noting that the Ricardian equivalence idea put forward by Barro—that consumers see deficits and taxes as basically the same thing—has been tested many many times. And the general consensus on...

"Toronto’s geography reflects a city that has become almost completely post-industrial: There are very, very few districts left in the city where working class jobs are the dominant concentration."

Trend in availability of London Cycle Hire bikes, over the last 24 hours, week and month. By Tom Taylor.

I'm not quite so sure that the Republican leadership isn't (somewhat) leading rather than (entirely) following grassroots sentiment, but this is still a pretty good description of the sentiment:
"This idiotic foofaraw could be a distraction only if the GOP rank-and-file actually cared more...

Someone dumped a bike because they were unable to find an empty docking point. Mark finds it and tries to get the scheme operators to come and pick it up. This proves surprisingly difficult …

Good analysis of why motoring costs have fallen overall without people really noticing. It's purchase prices which have fallen, while fuel and other running costs have gone up. As fuel costs are for some reason the most 'visible' or tangible cost fof running a car,...

"The income distribution in many developed countries widened dramatically from 1970 to 2000. Scholars speculate that inequality contributes to a host of social ills by weakening the public sector. In contrast, we find that growing income inequality is associated with an...