All the music in the world

All the music in the world

Won’t you stay with me. The words of this 2015 hit single were directed to a beloved one-night-stand. However, soon they involuntarily got a different meaning for writer Sam Smith, begging the money he earned with the song to stay with him. Without much success, as...
Statistics in the courtroom: a happy marriage?

Statistics in the courtroom: a happy marriage?

The word statistics reminds most econometricians of the joyous hours spent on R. Apparently, there are more practical applications that statistics lends itself for: criminal justice. Or is it perhaps better to not apply statistics in the courtroom? In this article we...