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Are the Cubs That Bad, or is the NL Central Really Good? 10 Jul 2013 | 07:30 pm
I’m aware that they are in the toughest division in baseball. I’m also aware that they’re still on pace for 90-plus losses and that not all of it is attributable to the difficulty of being in the Cent...
NBA Salary Cap, Minimum Payroll, and Luxury Tax Set for the 2013-14 Season 10 Jul 2013 | 06:52 pm
The NBA's salary cap for next year has been set at $58,679,000. The minimum payroll is 90% of the cap, meaning it will be $52,811,000 (rounded). The luxury tax for next season was also set and will...
Multiple Choice Question for your next Macro Test 22 Jun 2013 | 10:04 pm
You can thank me later if you put this on the next macro test/quiz you write. Tide is a) a laundry detergent b) expensive c) a medium of exchange d) all of the above. Correct answer: d Wait. W...
Falcons Redefine Gaudy with their Stadium Design 21 Jun 2013 | 08:09 pm
I thought the new Minnesota Vikings stadium was gaudy. But, mother of God, the Falcons may have out-gawdied the Vikes with a design that Deadspin calls "The Sphincter." I bet *that* name wasn't in.....
On "Food Deserts" 21 Jun 2013 | 06:59 pm
From ACLU.org: A joint report by the ACLU and New York Law School revealed that 23.5 million Americans live in "food deserts"—communities with "no access or severely limited regular access to healthy...
The Law of Demand in One Picture 14 Jun 2013 | 07:11 pm
Click on the picture for a larger view. I took that picture at a Nashville Sounds game on 6/13 sometime during the 3rd - 4th innings +/-0.5 of an inning. Other than this section which is in sectio.....
The Law of Demand in One Picture 14 Jun 2013 | 07:11 pm
Click on the picture for a larger view. I took that picture at a Nashville Sounds game on 6/13 sometime during the 3rd - 4th innings +/-0.5 of an inning. Other than this section which is in section HH...
Why Opera Subsidies and not Stadium Subsidies? 23 May 2013 | 07:42 pm
In this TSE post a commenter asks why there is so much negativity towards sports subsidies and not towards opera subsidies, presumably at TSE. Victor Matheson responds. 1. Opera companies are usually ...
Untitled 3 May 2013 | 07:17 pm
From Yahoo! on Geno Smith: "He doesn't have much presence, not much of a leader," said another league executive, who spent a great deal of time studying Smith before the draft. "I don't think he's a b...
Untitled 23 Apr 2013 | 06:53 pm
Jane Austen: game theorist (via Mark Stratton). Modern game theory is generally dated to 1944, with the publication of von Neumann’s“Theory of Games and Economic Behavior,” which imagined human intera...
