It is time again for Around the Traps.
Aussie,Aussie,Aussie,Oy,Oy,Oy
- Christoph Nedopil on chinas-economy-is-changing-rapidly-its-no-longer-australias-easy-export-market
- Abu Barkat on australias-legacy-systems-were-already-a-cyber-risk-ai-agents-are-raising-the-stakes
- Michelle Grattan on larissa-waters-steps-down-as-greens-leader-due-to-health-reasons
- Stella Huangfu on rba-lifts-rates-to-highest-level-in-15-years-risking-a-sharper-slowdown-of-the-economy
- Mick Ryan on fast-following-edge-australia-defence-needs
- Hangga Fathana on australia-s-migration-dilemma-short-term-pressures-long-term-costs
- Saul Eslake on rba-inflation-blame-game-politicians-reserve-bank-australia
- Isaac Gross on inflation-lifts-to-4-0-in-august-keeping-pressure-on-the-rba-for-another-rate-rise
- Alan Duncan on interest-rates-have-hit-their-highest-level-since-2011-the-pain-will-feel-different-in-2026
- Greg Jericho on turbocharged-petrol-prices-driving-inflation-rba-rates-recession-employment
- Stephen Bartos and John Hawkins on are-australians-really-overtaxed-it-depends-what-you-think-government-should-do
OZ Climate
- some-solar-panels-are-only-2-years-old-when-theyre-discarded-pv-expert-says-retirement-fee-could-fix-this
- uncharted-territory-fears-as-weather-whiplash-sparks-tree-die-off-and-dials-up-bushfire-risk
- too-much-wind-and-solar-the-state-wide-blackout-and-the-dinner-party-that-changed-the-course-of-history
- australias-most-powerful-battery-finally-completed-and-acting-as-giant-shock-absorber-to-the-grid
- australian-households-installed-record-amount-of-rooftop-solar-and-home-batteries-in-first-half-of-2026
- productivity-has-been-weak-mining-and-construction-are-the-main-culprits-just-look-at-diesel-and-lng
- its-been-10-years-since-the-blackout-of-south-australia-could-it-happen-again
- the-future-of-farming-is-electric-but-outdated-rules-can-force-us-to-pay-market-rates-for-our-own-solar
- the-revolutionary-methane-detection-technology-that-probably-wont-fit-into-our-regulatory-box
- its-made-us-more-wasteful-solar-and-battery-homes-plug-in-to-a-new-age-of-abundant-energy
- origin-energy-drops-plan-for-massive-wind-project-in-new-england-citing-rising-costs
- Michael Vardon on unsustainable-or-manageable-we-dont-yet-know-how-data-centres-will-impact-australias-environment
- Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick et al on we-can-finally-measure-the-damage-each-new-coal-gas-or-oil-project-will-do-to-people-and-nature
- Phil Brewer on as-el-nino-strengthens-across-the-pacific-australian-farmers-could-face-fierce-frosts
- Liz Hicks on nsws-largest-coal-mine-project-is-set-to-expand-heres-what-authorities-got-wrong-about-the-trade-offs
Northern America
- John Quiggin on us-republicans-are-worse-than-any-far-right-european-party Thanks Nick
- Kruggers on booms-bombs-and-bonds-interest-rates-part1, i-approve-of-trumps-ad, the-beclowning-of-scott-bessent, one-more-reason-americans-hate-ai, a-globalist-comeback
- Elizabeth Bruening on maga-right-christianity-empathy-toxic
- Julian Hill on trump-unable-to-stop-clean-energy-revolution-as-wind-and-solar-output-surges-and-coal-shrinks
- Menzie Chinn on guest-contribution-oligarchy-is-a-symptom-not-the-cause
- the conversable economist on i-would-like-the-value-of-my-home-to-rise-while-my-property-taxes-fall
- Ian Millhiser on supreme-court-missouri-gerrymander-lower-courts-are-crazy
- Shirin Ali on watch-republican-eric-schmitt-jack-smith-perjury-hawks
- noahpinion on stop-spending-money-on-smaller-classes
- Dahlia Lithwick on donald-trump-white-house-press-ban-fail
- Helen Lewis on maga-senate-hearing-eric-schmitt
- home and away on venue
- Jeet Heer on kimberly-guilfoyle-is-a-master-of-mafia-diplomacy, susan-collins-scandal-election
- Brad De Long on us-rooftop-solar-stalled-2026
- Tom Nicholls on pete-hegseth-state-of-force-address
- Harry Litman on the-gig-may-be-up-for-trump-and-blanche
Europe
- James Skinner and Danny Hill on stripped-titles-compensating-rivals-how-the-manchester-city-cheating-scandal-could-play-out
- Maksym Beznosiuk and Thom Reilly on ukraine-war-russia-occupation-construction
- David Galbreath on us-attempts-to-control-ukraines-attacks-on-russia-reflect-a-fundamental-strategic-disconnect
- mainly macro on populist-tendencies-on-uk-left-and-the-puzzle-that-never-was
Asia
- Ann Neuburger on new-chinese-way-of-cyberwar-ai Thanks Nick
- Jaideep Saikia on china-s-gwadar-gamble-isn-t-paying-off
- Vivian Salama on egypt-israel-gaza-hamas-palestinian-october-7
- Afeeya Akhand on south-korea-s-food-waste-model-and-its-limits
- Robin Wright on irans-bitterness-and-bewilderment-over-how-to-make-peace-with-trump
- Peter Beinart on robert-kraft-netanyahu-israel-supporters
Wonk
- institutional economics on the-simon-ehrlich-wager-over-125-years
- programmable mutter on machine-god-metaphors-eat-your-brain Thanks Nick
- Sam Roggeveen on trump-xi-summit-who-is-competing
- noahpinion on wheres-the-intelligence-explosion, roundup-89-it-isnt-x-its-y
- the conversable economist on s-shaped-utility-curves-poverty-and-risk-taking
- Neophytos Georgiou on are-autistic-people-more-vulnerable-to-extremist-content
- Svitlana Chernkyh et al on can-we-predict-genocide-by-listening-to-what-leaders-say-research-finds-common-threads
- Abhijnan Rej on claude-for-clausewitz
- Ved Shinde on speed-over-judgement-is-winning-the-ai-arms-race
- Nicholas Gruen on accountability-from-above-and-below
- Chris Dillow on who-wants-free-markets
- Mark the Graph on the-fragile-equilibrium
- Stephen Leib and Guido Junior on with-a-tragedy-averted-the-flydubai-incident-has-put-cockpit-security-under-new-scrutiny
General
- Brad De Long on an-lushan-industrial-revolution-china-great-divergence
- Luke Steller et al on how-sugar-from-outer-space-became-one-of-the-backbones-of-life-on-earth
Climate
- ocean acidification on thermal-history-and-behavioural-plasticity-shape-reef-fish-tolerance-to-marine-heatwaves, the-future-of-aquatic-food-systems-climate-change-adaptation-and-resilience-strategies-a-narrative-review
- Tina Soliman-Hunter on floating-power-plants-could-offer-coastal-communities-a-reliable-energy-source-heres-how
- Graham Readfearn on antarctic-winter-sea-ice-falls-to-third-lowest-level-on-record-as-scientists-warn-of-now-problem
- Matt King and Nancy Gertier on tragedy-stopped-mawson-exploring-this-remote-antarctic-region-we-must-get-there-to-study-its-melting-ice
- Ligin Joseph on how-can-the-same-el-nino-cause-drought-in-one-part-of-the-world-and-floods-in-another
- skeptical science on impacts-record-shattering-el-nino , new_research
- renew economy on nuclear-powers-quarter-century-of-stagnation-has-no-end-in-sight-and-has-been-overtaken-by-solar-pv
- open mind on they-know-not-what-they-do
Andrew Gelman ( mostly stats)
- as-a-society-we-are-pretty-good-at-transferring-money-to-political-pundits-but-were-not-very-good-at-nurturing-the-human-capital-they-would-need-to-correct-their-own-mistakes
- corruption-of-government-facilitated-by-enablers-in-intellectual-society
- survey-of-academic-bureaucracy
- a-nonlinear-effect-plus-measurement-error-in-x-becomes-close-to-linear-a-simulation-study
- ai-chooses-nuclear-option-in-95-of-war-simulations
- survey-statistics-anova-follow-up
- prior-distributions-partial-pooling-and-reference-sets-bayesians-are-frequentists
- bell-bottom-jeans-disco-gas-shortages-and-esp
- when-are-causal-inference-methods-needed-to-answer-causal-questions
- Tim Harford on random-is-as-random-does
- Kaiser Fung on mirror-images , a-or-b-but-not-both
- freakometrics on governing fairness in insurance pricing
Dianne Coyle (quirky + book reviews)
- Lisa Herzog on how-to-run-the-ivory-tower
- Tyler Cowen on shade
- Stoat on book-review-chimpanzee-rights
Vox Wonk
- measuring-what-work-generative-ai-does-survey-evidence-versus-chat-logs
- quantifying-financial-repression-through-lens-portfolio-choice-century-evidence
- smokestack-illusion-who-really-pays-net-zero
- cost-not-innovating-frontier-ai-models-cyber-defence-and-eu-strategic-autonomy
- capital-inflows-boost-output-even-after-accounting-expectations
- geopolitical-risk-reshaping-global-finance-one-bank-loan-time
- lifting-curtain-eus-debt
- better-work-not-always-better-workers
- beyond-flows-how-natural-gas-supply-risk-fuels-inflation
- when-wall-street-drifts-main-street-consumption-anchor-stock-prices
- changing-structure-and-challenges-international-financial-system-imbalances
- training-novices-think-age-large-language-models
- global-imbalances-and-china-challenge
