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  • No, Fasting Is Probably Not Healthy

    calendar May 27, 2023 · 2 min read · Sam Branthoover Religion Fasting  ·
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    No, Fasting Is Probably Not Healthy

    If religious fasting were for health, that would imply the incentives for fasting lie merely in the non-spiritual...


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  • Yapese Rai Stones

    calendar Jan 20, 2023 · 4 min read · Sam Branthoover Research Governance Signaling  ·
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    Yapese Rai Stones

    The Yapese are an island culture in the pacific (Micronesia); they’ve inhabited the same islands for, at least, two thousand years. They appear to use giant stones, weighing upwards of a ton, as a money.


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  • Market for Government Control?

    calendar Sep 15, 2022 · 3 min read · Sam Branthoover Governance Public Choice  ·
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    Market for Government Control?

    Which is preferable: democracy, or monarchy? In the debate between monarchy and democracy, the winner depends on the ideology and the crowd.


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  • Acholi Anarchy

    calendar Jul 30, 2022 · 4 min read · Sam Branthoover Research Acholi Signaling  ·
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    I’ve been researching the Acholi people of Uganda and South Sudan for a year, specifically their marital norms to explain polygamous behavior.


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  • The Bureaucracy of Campaigns

    calendar Jul 22, 2022 · 4 min read · Sam Branthoover Economic calculation Elections Public choice  ·
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    Hollywood media like “House of Cards” and “Veep” make campaign work seem like the stuff left to pros.


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