Around the Traps 19/3/21

It is time again for Around the Traps.

Aussie,Aussie,Aussie,Oy,Oy,Oy

• Sarah Cameron on could-the-morrison-governments-response-to-sexual-assault-claims-cost-it-the-next-election
• Ian Parmenter on iran-could-australia-s-hostage-diplomacy-have-been-better
• Ross Gittins on unless-morrison-does-lot-more-recovery-will-be-weak-and-slow
• Will Cornwell et al on 5-remarkable-stories-of-flora-and-fauna-in-the-aftermath-of-australias-horror-bushfire-season
• Brendan Clift on why-defamation-suits-in-australia-are-so-ubiquitous-and-difficult-to-defend-for-media-organisations
• Croaking Cassandra on housing-house-prices-and-the-like, what-the-imf-has-advised, free-up-the-land
• Kevin Bonham on asinine-nsw-labor-not-at-hundred-year-low
• renew economy on agl-leads-renewable-power-play-in-agreed-2-75-billion-bid-for-tilt, switching-off-rooftop-solar-will-become-a-regular-feature-of-a-renewables-grid, australias-biggest-coal-state-could-reach-100pct-renewables-by-2030-reputex-says,australia-braces-for-solar-price-hike-as-supply-chain-pressures-start-to-bite
• Peter Martin on electricity-has-become-a-jigsaw-coal-is-unable-to-provide-the-missing-pieces
• Lesley Hughes on wake-up-mr-morrison-australias-slack-climate-effort-leaves-our-children-10-times-more-work-to-do
• Adam Morton on doubling-uptake-of-wind-and-solar-power-could-set-up-australia-for-net-zero-emissions-by-2040
• Frank Bongiorno on from-snapback-to-comeback-policy-gridlock-as-morrison-government-puts-slogans-over-substance
• Greg Jericho on could-the-biggest-result-of-pandemic-stimulus-and-low-interest-rates-be-higher-house-prices-in-australia
• Michelle Grattan on the-gender-wars-become-yet-another-partisan-battlefield

Northern America

• Menzie Chinn on the-american-rescue-plan
• Corey Robin on what-was-the-is-trump-a-fascist-debate-ultimately-about
• Adam Richardson on florida-supreme-court-desantis-republicans-precedent
• Ben Scott on us-and-rules-based-order-testing-plan
• Calculated Risk on comments-on-february-housing-starts
• Michael Tomasky on filibuster-senate-restore-majority-rule
• Jane Mayer on can-cyrus-vance-jr-nail-trump
• run 75441 on bidens-one-chance-to-stop-republican-voter-suppression
• the conversable economist on will-workers-disperse-from-cities

Europe

• Mainly Macro on the-royal-family-is-todays-england
• Kate Manne on what-sarah-everards-murder-illuminatesand-might-obscure

Asia

• Alexy Murviev on russia-wants-be-power-be-reckoned-indian-ocean
• Sigal Samuel on china-uyghur-birthrate-sterilization-genocide
• Khang Vu on troubles-ahead-us-south-korea-alliance
• Stephen Simon on turning-away-from-the-middle-east

Wonk

• Kirsty Short on the-uk-variant-is-likely-deadlier-more-infectious-and-becoming-dominant-but-the-vaccines-still-work-well-against-it
• the conversable economist on negative-interest-rates-practical-but-limited
• Peter Greste on journalists-and-security-agencies-dont-need-to-be-friends-but-can-they-at-least-talk-to-each-other
• stumbling and mumbling on the-paradox-of-financial-innovation
• Tyler Cowen on the-importance-of-superspreading-events
• Menzie Chinn on macroeconomic-competitiveness

General

• Sidney Coleman on quantum mechanics Thanks Brad

Climate

• Moyhu on giss-february-global-down-by-017-from-january
• Skeptical Science on most important steps to build a renewable energy system
• Nicolas Cardenas et al on mangroves-from-space-30-years-of-satellite-images-are-helping-us-understand-how-climate-change-threatens-these-valuable-forests
• coppolla comment on from-carbon-to-metals-renewable-energy
• the conversable economist on an-update-on-carbon-capture-and-storage

Andrew Gelman (mainly stats)

• the-5-sigma-rule-in-physics
  
• a-bayesian-state-space-model-for-the-german-federal-election-2021-with-stan
  
• how-much-granularity-do-you-need-in-your-mister-p
  
• the-garden-of-forking-paths-why-multiple-comparisons-can-be-a-problem-even-when-there-is-no-fishing-expedition-or-p-hacking-and-the-research-hypothesis-was-posited-ahead-of-time-2
  
• answers-to-your-questions-about-polling-and-elections
  
• huge-partisan-differences-in-who-wants-to-get-vaccinated
  
• what is wrong with this model
• statschat on obesity-and-covid-deaths
• Kaiser Fung on third-worst-kept-secret, take-2-on-the-johnson-johnson-vaccine-trial-results, blood-clots-is-there-a-there

Econometrics

• no hesitations on the-finance-crowd-analysis-project, machine-learning-panel-data
• econometric sense on why-study-applied-economics

Dianne Coyle ( quirky - book reviews)

• epic-reading
  
• sense-about-data
  
• Stephen Minas on belt-and-road-and-pandemic-detour

Vox Wonk

• sustaining-india-s-growth-miracle-requires-increased-attention-inequality-opportunity
  
• technology-labour-market-institutions-and-early-retirement
  
• productivity-working-home-evidence-japan
  
• why-i-agree-google-fitbit-decision
  
• case-creating-excess-capacity-us-food-and-drug-administration
  
• market-implied-effects-biden-stimulus-and-fed-s-new-policy-framework
  
• scarred-consumption
  
• working-home-revolutionising-uk-labour-market
  
• prohibition-s-repeal-and-its-unintended-impact-public-health
  
• land-back-it-should-be-taxed-it-can-be-taxed
  
• workforce-ageing-pension-reforms-and-firms-outcomes
  
• debt-natural-disasters-and-special-drawing-rights
  
• unwinding-covid-support-measures-banks
  
• does-sustainability-reduce-cost-capital
  
• inequality-benchmark-incomes
  
• working-home-developing-countries
  
• economic-preparation-next-pandemic