Today people gathered in halls all around campus to watch the Inauguration. It’s finals week, so classrooms were available. I watched it at the Center for Human Values with colleagues and friends.
President Obama’s address was solid and to the point. He pulled no punches about the problems ahead. Three quotes from led to outbursts of [...]
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“We will restore science to its rightful place”
January 20th, 2009, 3:06pm by Sam Wang
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State polls – fresher than you think
October 21st, 2008, 2:24pm by Sam Wang
As you can see, the Meta-Analysis has taken a downtick. This suggests that the race has leveled off – or may drift toward parity a bit. Notably, state polls now lag national polls by only a few days, making them an excellent source of current information about the race.
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Nobels
October 13th, 2008, 11:40am by Sam Wang
Today, Paul Krugman, professor of economics and international affairs here at Princeton, won the Nobel Prize in Economics for his work on international trade. Here’s his quirky, fascinating essay on how he thinks. Congratulations, Paul!
The Chemistry prize is in an area that touches my research…
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On campus tonight: race, environment, and IQ
October 9th, 2008, 9:16am by Sam Wang
Here’s a topic far from our daily discussion. But it’s an important subject, one that often gets mishandled badly. Tonight I’m hosting as a speaker Prof. James R. Flynn, a real maverick.
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Purple polls
October 9th, 2008, 8:44am by rvdb
I’ve now started making “Purple Poll” and “Red/Blue Poll” maps using poll-data from RealClearPolitics. I hope to update the maps on an almost daily basis between now and the election. You can see the maps at http://www.princeton.edu/~rvdb/JAVA/election2008/. -Bob Vanderbei
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Princeton economists on the Wall Street crisis
September 30th, 2008, 2:21pm by Sam Wang
A week ago, five Princeton economists held a public discussion on the current crisis: Hyun Shin, Markus Brunnermeier, Harrison Hong, Paul Krugman, and Alan Blinder. I wasn’t there, but the word is that it was edifying but frightening, and well worth the hour to watch it. [YouTube video]
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Primary maps and Purple America
September 30th, 2008, 10:00am by rvdb
(From Bob Vanderbei, chair of Operations Research and Finance. -Sam)
The primaries are well behind us but I thought I might point out that I’ve made some “Purple Primary” maps. You can check them out here. Of course, in the primaries, the races were intra-party. Hence, purpality is only a measure of voter turnout, which depends [...]
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