Gary Giroux, Ph.D., CPA

Predisposed: Liberals, Conservatives, and the Biology of Political Differences, by John Hibbing, Kevin Smith & John Alford (2014). The...

Some issues should not result in much political disagreement, but do. Labor statistics become partisan despite good statistical analysis...

Fake news is a thing, sites that publish hoaxes, propaganda, and disinformation. Unethical journalism has a long history. At the founding...

Listing possible events is one thing; determining realistic probabilities another. Of the list yesterday, I think two are likely (greater...

The early views on President Trump run the gamut. Eurasian Group President Ian Bremmer considers Trump likely to continue the presidency...

In theory, these should be my go to sites. However, it all depends on topic, quality of analysis, and so on. In any case, here are five...

Liberal think tanks seem to be funded less and many probably were formed as a counter to the successful conservative counterparts. Center...

Many conservative think tanks are well known and seem to be well funded. They have different goals, such as libertarianism (Cato) or...

Hundreds of think tanks and other organizations have think tank components. Some of the think tanks can be categorized as conservative,...

Think tanks are research organizations typically focusing on specific topics, generally set up as nonprofits with tax-exempt status. They...

While standard (neoclassical) economics assumes people are rational and all-knowing, psychologists Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman...

In Predetermined, Hibbings et al. described characteristics of liberals versus conservatives based on psychological and biological...

The MVM has been a standard economic and political science framework to analyze elections. The basic idea is candidates move to the...

Hibbings et al. (2014) in Liberals and Conservatives and the Biology of Political Differences proposed that the conservative/liberal...