Economic Girth

I saw this on Matt Yglesias yesterday I thought it deserved more wide-spread coverage:

The size of male organ is found to have an inverse U-shaped relationship with the level of GDP in 1985. It can alone explain over 15% of the variation in GDP. The GDP maximizing size is around 13.5 cm, and a collapse in economic development is identified as the size of male organ exceeds 16 cm... [I]t is also found to be more important determinant of GDP growth than country’s political regime type.

Of course, this raises a question of what policies you can create with this data.

Should the government enforce a policy of minimum and maximum penis sizes? Should circumcision be taken into account? Should penis pumps be available on the NHS?

Seriously though, I spy an Ig Noble prize for someone... Tweet