Viet Vu
Viet Vu

Viet Vu

Economist @ Brookfield Institute — Opinions are mine. MSc Economics from LSE, BA Economics from UBC www.viet.vu

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Jan 2, 2018 · 2 min read

Politicizing Mass Shootings — When we can talk about Gun Control

On October 1st, 2017, a gunman rained bullets from a hotel room in Las Vegas, killing 59 and injuring 546. It was the deadliest mass shooting in US’s recent history.

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Jun 13, 2017 · 7 min read

Virtue Signals or News Reading? An exploration on why Senators follow each other on Twitter

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Dec 19, 2014 · 2 min read

Does same sex marriage reduce childbirth? No no and no.

One argument we often hear from proponents of…

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Dec 16, 2014 · 2 min read

One graph that explains why bitcoin is nowhere close to real “money”

Making sure you can buy a jug of…

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Nov 27, 2014 · 9 min read

Imagine that you’re a teenager living in North America. You get a job in an umbrella store and you

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