Did Chinese laborers on the Yangtze pay someone to whip them? Why can’t political scientists and economists resist telling this evidence-free story? And why do they keep embellishing it?
Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 2022-02-27
Summary:
Someone sends in a bizarre story shared by an anonymous blogger. It starts with a political scientist and economist named Michael Munger, who said in 2018: There’s a famous example in China, where a group of coolies … have to … Continue reading →