Lux et Data: ISPS Blog
Interpretation and Experimentation as Advocacy at the CFPB
Vivekinan Ashok
Vivekinan Ashok
October 15, 2013
Improving the tools to educate and protect consumers
Time for the Feds to Take Financial Transparency Seriously
Yousef AbuGharbieh
Yousef AbuGharbieh
October 8, 2013
Federal government needs to provide a site where the public can view federal spending
Time to Reckon with Prison Labor
Charles Decker
Charles Decker
October 1, 2013
As monetary restitution becomes a part of the "carceral state," the wages of prison laborers need to be improved
Can Knowing What You Pay Bring Medical Costs Down?
Nicholas Downing
Nicholas Downing
September 24, 2013
Hospital pricing tranparency and keeping costs down
The Imperative to Share Complete Replication Files
Allan Dafoe
Allan Dafoe
September 23, 2013
Scientific knowledge is only as reliable as the empirical analysis on which it is based.
George Zimmerman: A Case Study in Motivated Reasoning
Jamie Luguri
Jamie Luguri
September 17, 2013
The focus should have been on the Florida law
Numbers Alone Won’t Shrink Prisons
Alison Kanosky
Alison Kanosky
September 10, 2013
It’s unlikely that America’s overgrown prison system is going away anytime soon
New Assistant Professor Takes a Closer Look at Court Decisions
August 30, 2013
Learning from the Lower Courts
Stop and Frisk Stops Nothing
Michael Sierra-Arevalo
Michael Sierra-Arevalo
August 23, 2013
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Michael Sierra-Arevalo writes on an alternative approach to the controversial stop-and-frisk policy.
The Role of Data Repositories in Reproducible Research
July 24, 2013
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Who is responsible for the quality of data deposited in repositories? And what is quality data, anyway?
“Wisdom and Humility:” A Fitting Tribute to David Mayhew
June 4, 2013
The conference for Professor Mayhew was a testament to the continuing importance of his work on Congress and parties.
Can Campaign Finance Fix an Ungovernable America?
Aaron Goldzimer
Aaron Goldzimer
May 31, 2013
Campaign finanace reform is not the fundamental solution to obstruction, gridlock and ungovernability.
A Conversation with Professor David Mayhew
Tory Bilski
Tory Bilski
May 23, 2013
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Q & A with Sterling Professor David Mayhew
Thinking Socially About Campaign Finance
May 17, 2013
Are political camps and their donors wasting their money? Erin Thomas looks at the psychology of persuasion.
Election Finance Reform: Viable Proposals vs. Long-Term Goals
May 17, 2013
Dark money is a real and solvable problem.
Time to Clean Up State Elections
May 10, 2013
Raph Graybill warns that the negative consequences of the campaign finance arms race in federal elections could also hurt good government at the local level.
Tracey Meares on “Smart, Tough, and Fair: Reducing Crime in 60 Minutes or Less"
April 18, 2013
Drawing from decades of work, Professor Meares highlighted three conceptual approaches to gun violence.
Natural Disasters and the State: Inevitability vs. Responsibility
April 15, 2013
Over the long term, disasters aggravate inequality, hurting already vulnerable people the most.
What We (Don't) Talk About When We Talk About Budgets
April 9, 2013
Even the most well intentioned discussions of the federal budget can reinforce some bad political and journalistic habits.
ISPS Panel Tackles Tough Questions on Medicare
April 3, 2013
Watch the video: ISPS panel on Medicare