Jay Livingston, Author at Pacific Standard

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Social Justice

Health Care Is a Huge Business, but It’s Not the Doctors Who Are Making the Most Money

The anti-Obamacare rhetoric has railed against a “government takeover” of medicine but it’s not the government that’s coming between doctors and patients, it’s the insurance companies.

Jay Livingston

Social Justice

Louis C.K. on Assortative Mating: Why Do Men Overestimate Their Own Level of Attractiveness?

You may consider yourself a 10 out of 10, but who you end up with might be a better measure of looks.

Jay Livingston

Social Justice

Prophetic Umpires: Expectation Bias and Errors in Baseball

It’s not that what you see is what you get. It’s that what you expect is what you see.

Jay Livingston

Economics

The Rich to the Poor: Do What I Say, Not What I Do

On motivation and incentives.

Jay Livingston

News in Brief

To Whom Is George Zimmerman a Hero? And Why?

The narrative of righteous slaughter.

Jay Livingston

Social Justice

Why Survey Questions Matter: Blasphemy Edition

"As a Faith Driven Consumer, are you satisfied with a Biblically themed movie — designed to appeal to you — which replaces the Bible’s core message with one created by Hollywood?"

Jay Livingston

News in Brief

Can the United States Government Ever Be Trusted?

For the first time ever, the American National Election Study has allowed respondents in its annual survey of trust in government to answer "never." Here's how that simple addition changed results.

Jay Livingston