It is time for Around the Traps again.
Aussie,Aussie,Aussie,Oy,Oy,Oy
- Chris Anarde on final-thought-on-australia thanks Nick
- Mark the Graph on australias-net-zero-plan-ambition-and-constraint
- Ross Gittins on seeking-positive-sum-economy-where-everyone-gains
- Patrick Cummins on australia-treasurer-chalmers-budget-deficit-smaller-than-expected-structural-challenges-loom
- Stella Huangfu on rba-stands-pat-on-interest-rates-as-hopes-dim-for-future-cuts
- Adrian Lee on from-today-all-first-home-buyers-can-apply-for-the-5-deposit-scheme-heres-whats-changing
- Greg Jericho on the-rba-seems-unlikely-to-do-another-rate-cut-meaning-theyre-betting-the-economy-is-better-than-the-data-says
- Stephen Bartos on the-controversial-gst-deal-with-the-states-is-under-review-there-are-better-alternatives
- Ian Gribble on australia-s-ai-choice-standards-setter-or-technology-taker
OZ Climate
- forrest-lands-wind-solar-and-battery-supply-deals-as-fortescue-pushes-to-real-zero
- andrew-forrest-makes-big-bet-on-self-lifting-turbines-in-landmark-real-zero-deal-with-envision
- not-everyone-hates-ausgrids-proposal-to-encourage-and-manage-rooftop-solar-batteries
- the-abject-saga-of-the-soon-to-be-completed-kurri-kurri-power-station
- network-giant-launches-australias-biggest-tender-for-grid-forming-batteries
- south-australia-and-agl-reach-funding-deal-on-torrens-island-gas-extension-due-to-transmission-delays
- rio-tinto-flags-early-closure-of-queenslands-biggest-coal-generator-as-lnp-prepares-new-energy-plan
- renewables-overtake-coal-for-first-time-on-monthly-basis-in-australias-main-grid
- Petra Stock on limondale-long-duration-battery-energy-storage-system-bess-what-is-dunkelflaute-energy-grid-nsw-australia
- Martin Jucker on air-temperatures-over-antarctica-have-soared-35-c-above-average-what-does-this-unusual-event-mean-for-australia
- Hussein Dia on transport-will-make-or-break-australias-new-climate-plan-and-time-is-running-out-to-fix-it
- Ross Gittins on with-us-crazy-on-climate-change-were-better-off-with-china
Northern America
- Yascha Mount on the-dems-are-still-not-getting-it thanks Nick
- Parents with inconvenient truth about trans on that-could-be-my-son thanks Nick
- Brian Nucklos on bannon-online-media-wow-coordination Thanks Nick
- Ian Millhiser on supreme-court-comey-indictment-trump
- noahopinion on what-if-local-control-can-actually-help-build-housing
- Kruggers on understanding-the-coming-premium , fossil-fuels-and-fossilized-minds , bulging-biceps-dont-win-modern-wars , an-autocracy-of-dunces
- Bryan Walsh on urban-fires-death-united-states-firefighters-accidents-new-york
- Menzie Chinn on guest-contribution-does-the-zillow-rent-measure-help-predict-cpi-rent-inflation , guest-contribution-do-voters-pursue-their-economic-self-interest
- Barbara McQuade on trump-lindsey-halligan-james-comey-indictment
- David French on make-no-mistake-about-where-we-are
- Thomas Gift on trumps-love-affair-with-crypto-raises-worries-about-presidential-conflict-and-influence
- Dahlia Lithwick on supreme-court-affirmative-action-stephen-miller-donald-trump-harvard
- Open Mind on trump-delusional-and-stupid
- the conversable economist on mortgage-lock-in
- Fred Kaplan on trump-hegseth-speech-generals-military
- Brad De Long on lisa-cook-is-not-yet-evicted-from-the-federal-reserve-board , no-there-are-no-even-half-competent-monkeys-in-the-trump-administration
- James Pogue on zohran-mamdani-and-the-future-of-american-politics
- Jeet Heer on trump-antifa-portland-lies
- Christian Paz on democrats-resist-doing-obstruct-senate-block-trump-house-congress-voters-do-something
- Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Stern on supreme-court-term-analysis-four-key-points
- Richard Haas on the-enemy-from-within
Europe
- Richard Whitman and Stefan Wolff on trump-looks-set-to-abandon-ukraine-peace-efforts-europe-must-step-up-to-face-russian-aggression-alone
- Catherine Wilson on why-moldova-s-election-results-matter-europe-s-war-russia
- Kruggers on notes-on-europes-economy
- Vincent Sizaire on former-french-president-nicolas-sarkozy-sentenced-to-five-years-in-prison-republics-judiciary-frees-itself
- Neal Ascherson on a-daring-escape-no-road-leading-back-heath
- noahopinion on network-state-or-a-network-of-states
- David Kirichenko on when-trump-says-ukraine-can-win-back-all-territory-taken-russia-he-s-not-wrong
Asia
- Doha Khalout on sad-nights-of-the-north-gaza
- Nils Mallock on geography-and-politics-stand-in-the-way-of-an-independent-palestinian-state
- Michelle Grattan on politics-with-michelle-grattan-former-diplomat-ian-parmeter-on-an-israel-led-one-state-solution
- Martin Kear on the-palestinian-authority-is-facing-a-legitimacy-crisis-can-it-be-reformed-to-govern-a-palestinian-state
- Ishaal Zehra on afghanistan-must-tread-narrow-path-stability
- Henry Storey on national-champions-vietnam-s-solution-middle-income-trap
- Richard Heydarian on philippines-marcos-middle
- Muhammad Faisal on pakistan-s-saudi-pact-shifts-south-asia-s-security-calculus
- Akmad Hanan on how-trump-s-14-billion-tiktok-tug-war-affects-asia
- Ben Doherty on mass-slaughter-gaza-stands-apart-other-genocides-chris-sidoti-people-cannot-escape
- Fred Kaplan on trump-israel-gaza-palestine-peace-deal-netanyahu-hamas
- Ian Permeter on the-5-big-problems-with-trumps-gaza-peace-plan
- Yair Rosenberg on trump-gaza-peace-plan-netanyahu , palestine-recognition
- Humayoon Babur on when-taliban-switches-internet-afghanistan-disappears
- Robin Wright on is-donald-trumps-sweeping-gaza-peace-plan-really-viable
- The rest is politics on trumps gaza plan won't work ( video)
- Donald Rothwell on israels-interception-of-the-gaza-aid-flotilla-is-a-clear-violation-of-international-law
Wonk
- Dhaval Dave et al on effect-family-income-childrens-academic-achievement Thanks Nick
- institutional economics on the-simon-ehrlich-wager-over-124-years
- Tim Harford on how-to-dodge-the-tourist-traps
- Brad De Long on hoistedcrosspost-richard-s-sutton
- Alexander Howard on this-libertarian-manifesto-loved-by-peter-thiel-urges-a-cognitive-elite-to-see-selfishness-as-a-virtue
- Rodney Tiffen on new-revelations-of-the-murdoch-empires-underbelly-from-the-hacks-real-life-journalist
- Doug Muir on rambouillet-part-1-the-state-of-play
- Bryce Vissel on a-new-treatment-for-huntingtons-disease-is-genuinely-promising-but-heres-why-we-still-need-caution
- Mark Post on hindi-greek-and-english-all-come-from-a-single-ancient-language-heres-how-we-know
- Tyler Cowen on new-issue-of-econ-journal-watch-15 , on-politics-and-gender
- Menzie Chinn on guest-contribution-how-do-uk-and-australia-relations-with-china-react-to-us-china-shocks , world-bank-accelerating-investment-challenges-and-policies
- the conversable economist on save-the-whales-by-pricing-the-ship-noise-externality
- Eric Schliesser on against-campus-debate
- Andonea Dickson on around-the-world-migrants-are-being-deported-at-alarming-rates-how-did-this-become-normalised
- experimental history on on-the-importance-of-staring-directly-into-the-sun Thanks Brad
General
- Amin Alimardani on ai-systems-can-easily-lie-and-deceive-us-a-fact-researchers-are-painfully-aware-of
- Suzy Freeman-Greene on who-are-the-worst-mothers-in-literature
- Alexander Howard on this-libertarian-manifesto-loved-by-peter-thiel-urges-a-cognitive-elite-to-see-selfishness-as-a-virtue
- Mandy Hagstrom on does-fasted-cardio-help-you-lose-weight-heres-the-science
- Mireya Mayor on jane-goodall-the-gentle-disrupter-whose-research-on-chimpanzees-redefined-what-it-meant-to-be-human
- Mike Climstein et al on does-my-sunscreen-actually-work-heres-whats-behind-the-latest-spf-concerns
- Laura McKemmish on mysterious-molecule-found-on-brown-dwarf-casts-further-doubt-on-potential-signs-of-life-on-venus
Climate
- Niasha Shafiabady and Xiaoying Qi on goodbye-petrostates-hello-electrostates-how-the-clean-energy-shift-is-reshaping-the-world-order
- Mohd Yunus on good-oil-helping-palm-plantations-contribute-global-biodiversity-targets
- skeptical science on revisiting-the-geoengineering-question , fact-brief-agw
- Christian Downie on pr-firms-are-spreading-climate-misinformation-on-behalf-of-fossil-fuel-companies-could-australia-stop-them
- Benji Jones on jane-goodall-chimpanzee-final-message
- Danielle Ireland-Piper on applying-national-security-lens-international-court-s-climate-change-opinion
- David Appell on hadcet-at-record
- skeptical science on new_research
Andrew Gelman ( mainly stats)
- 1984
- veridical-truthful-data-science-another-way-of-looking-at-data-analysis-workflow
- did-eric-adams-play-his-hand-well-its-a-little-like-murder-on-the-orient-express-its-a-little-like-the-sting
- dangerous-fictions-and-the-norm-of-entertainment
- survey-statistics-beyond-balancing
- yes-your-single-vote-really-can-make-a-difference-in-canada
- its-horrible-that-theyre-sucking-young-researchers-into-this-vortex-its-gigo-and-gresham-all-the-way-down
- R bloggers on spurious-correlations-in-r-correlation-is-not-causation
- statschat on briefly
- freakometrics on fairness
- Eran Raviv on correlation-correlation-structure-10-inverse-covariance
Dianne Coyle ( quirky + book reviews)
- conference-hinterland
- Tyler Cowen on being-thomas-jefferson-an-intimate-history
- understanding AI on the-case-for-ai-doom-isnt-very-convincing Thanks Brad
- noahopinion on book-review-doughnut-economics
Vox wonk
- stock-market-participation-and-financial-education-digital-age
- what-corporate-earnings-calls-reveal-about-ai-stock-rally
- reforming-education-economists-europe-breaking-tyranny-top-five
- assessment-disruptive-innovation-science-and-technology-policy-insights-meta-science
- dollar-dominance-and-trump-administration
- infrastructure-diplomacy-shadow-belt-and-road-lessons-japans-experience
