Essays and less-technical writing from Logan Nielsen.https://logan-nielsen.com/https://logan-nielsen.com/writing/faith-uncertainty-and-the-search-for-something-true/https://logan-nielsen.com/writing/faith-uncertainty-and-the-search-for-something-true/What I've kept, what I've questioned, and what I'm still trying to understand.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://logan-nielsen.com/writing/discretionary-analysis-and-quantitative-analysis/https://logan-nielsen.com/writing/discretionary-analysis-and-quantitative-analysis/The words "discretionary" and "quantitative" make it sound like one form of analysis uses math while the other is more whimsical. That's definitely not the case, both are mathematical and both are powerful tools.Thu, 29 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://logan-nielsen.com/writing/minimum-wage/https://logan-nielsen.com/writing/minimum-wage/How profit-maximizing employers tend to respond to minimum-wage increases, and what that means for low-wage workers.Sun, 04 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://logan-nielsen.com/writing/what-is-econometrics/https://logan-nielsen.com/writing/what-is-econometrics/Econometrics is the study of quantifying causal relationships in a social science setting.Tue, 22 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT