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April 26, 2018
Alex Gladstein
Why Dictators Love Development Statistics
They're an easily faked way to score international points.
October 3, 2015
Gwyneth Kelly
Here’s Why No One Can Agree on the Number of Mass Shootings
February 3, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
The Real Reason Abortion Has Declined
It's not due to harsh new laws in many states—not yet, anyway
July 1, 2013
Nate Cohn
Winning Numbers
Two pieces of data that explain Obama's second term
April 10, 2013
Cass R. Sunstein
Moneyball for Judges
The statistics of judicial behavior
March 26, 2013
Leon Wieseltier
What Big Data Will Never Explain
March 7, 2013
Marc Tracy
Which Sport Is Most Immune to Moneyball?
Even the experts at the MIT Sloan conference couldn't agree
September 11, 1915
MagazineWalter E. Weyl
Illusory Wealth
Much of the new wealth which we believe has come to us is quite illusory.

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