Around the Traps 1/9/23

 It is time for Around the Traps again.

Aussie,Aussie,Aussie,Oy,Oy,Oy

• Rohan Fisher and Boyd Elston on indigenous-rangers-are-burning-the-desert-the-right-way-to-stop-the-wrong-kind-of-intense-fires-from-raging
• Yhuting Zhang et al on does-private-health-insurance-cut-public-hospital-waiting-lists-we-found-it-barely-makes-a-dent
• Adam Bartley et al  on australia-un-new-agenda-peace
• Ross Gittins on how-to-make-sense-of-treasurys-latest-intergenerational-report, murray-darling-basin-farmers-friends-are=helping-them-selfharm
• Kevin Bonham on voice-referendum-ticks-and-crosses
• renew economy on afrs-sloppy-journalism-makes-a-nonsense-of-its-case-for-nuclear-smrs, there-are-smarter-and-cheaper-alternatives-to-keeping-australias-biggest-coal-plant-open, wind-and-solar-strangle-coal-and-gas-but-diesel-suvs-are-killing-us-all, rapid-us-coal-exit-has-lessons-for-australia-as-it-faces-down-fossil-lobby-once-again, nsw-to-take-more-time-to-consider-closure-date-of-australias-biggest-coal-generator, high-velocity-renewables-shift-urgently-needs-bigger-and-stronger-grid-says-transgrid, its-not-going-to-be-cheap-australia-warned-on-first-offshore-wind-costs-and-supply-chains, turning-point-wind-and-solar-deliver-810-bn-in-savings-from-fossil-fuels-in-single-year, australias-emissions-and-grid-policies-remain-a-mess-and-time-is-nearly-up, australias-biggest-engineering-debacle-snowy-2-0-costs-double-again-to-reported-12bn, aemo-says-eraring-closure-wont-trigger-reliability-shortfall-if-big-batteries-built-on-time, ageing-coal-and-gas-generators-getting-less-reliable-says-aemo, bowen-confirms-12bn-snowy-2-0-cost-blowout-says-pitfalls-should-have-been-known, costs-jump-for-controversial-new-gas-plant-with-no-update-on-green-hydrogen-in-the-mix, aemo-says-eraring-closure-wont-trigger-reliability-shortfall-if-big-batteries-built-on-time
• Mark Kenny on strong-political-leaders-are-electoral-gold-but-the-trick-is-in-them-knowing-when-to-stand-down
• Stephen Bartos on how-drought-in-central-america-is-pushing-up-the-cost-of-living-in-australia
• Dorina Pojani and Aude Bernard on think-curbing-overseas-migration-will-end-the-housing-crisis-it-wont-and-we-cant-afford-to-do-it
• Ryan Neelam on climate-change-counting-costs-opportunities
• Croaking Cassandra on misgovernment-and-other-things, but-we-havent-had-a-three-year-negative-output-gap, nationals-tax-and-spending-plan
• Peter Martin on with-one-exception-the-intergenerational-report-is-far-less-scary-than-youve-heard
• Dan Andrews and Elyse Dwyer on flying-under-the-radar-australias-silent-and-growing-competition-crisis
• Gareth Evans on compelling-voice-rethinking-australia-s-national-security
• Greg Jericho on australia-quarterly-greenhouse-emissions-data-survey
• Gabrielle Appleby et al on how-do-the-yes-and-no-cases-stack-up-constitutional-law-experts-take-a-look
• Tony Wood on unsexy-but-vital-why-warnings-over-grid-reliability-are-really-about-building-more-transmission-lines
• Rico Merket on what-will-putting-the-interests-of-qantas-ahead-of-qatar-airways-cost-1bn-per-year-and-a-new-wave-of-protectionism-of-legacy-carriers
• Johanna Bowyer on reliability-forecast-confirms-australia-needs-stay-track-energy-transition
• Patricia Rogers on risky-behaviour-three-predictable-problems-with-the-australian-centre-for-evaluation

Northern America

• Will Bunch on 2020-election-trump-authoritarianism Thanks Brad
• Liz Zhou on jacksonville-shooting-hate-crime
• Liz Zhou and Andrew Prokop on trump-charges-prison-time-sentence-indictments
• noahopinion on americans-are-coping-ourselves-to-death
• newdeal democrat on fed-rate-hikes-in-the-face-of-declining-commodity-prices-an-analysis-of-4-precedents
• Ian Millhiser on supreme-court-nuclear-safety-fifth-circuit-james-ho-radioactive-texas-commission
• the conversable economist on is-the-us-economy-seeing-an-upsurge-of-new-firms
• Sean Illing on sohrab-ahmari-tyranny-inc-the-gray-area
• Peter Sagal on trumpism-maga-cult-republican-voters-indoctrination
• Osita Nwanemu on the-life-of-the-party-what-it-took-to-win-kazin
• the present age on give-me-a-reason-to-write-the-news Thanks Brad
• Nicholas Grossman on media-still-doesnt-get-biden-voters Thanks Brad
• Jeet Heer on vivek-ramaswamys-racist-jacksonville-shootings, real-hunter-biden-scandal
• Nathaniel Rakich on after-an-eventful-month-trump-has-lost-support-in-the-gop-primary
• Dahlia Lithwick on clarence-thomas-ethics-worst-supreme-court-votes

Europe

• Ian Kemish on whether-russia-or-china-clearly-baerbock-driving-germany-s-change
• Isabella Currie on prigozhin-gone-what-next-wagner-group
• Danica Jenkins on how-russian-history-and-the-concept-of-smuta-turmoil-sheds-light-on-putin-and-prigozhin-and-the-dangers-of-dissent
• Menzie Chinn on 2-5-russian-gdp-growth-in-2023-finance-minister
• Ian Kemish on europe-s-last-war
• Joel Eissenberg on war-and-punishment
• writing from London on daniel-hannan-and-the-emptying-of-the-conservative-mind Thanks Brad
• stumbling and mumbling on thatcherism-is-dead-thatcherism-lives

Asia

• Tyler Cowen on excess-all-cause-mortality-in-china-after-ending-the-zero-covid-policy
• Ian Johnson on Xi's age of stagnation Thanks Brad
• Menzie Chinn on the-problems-with-chinas-economy
• Muhammed Pamungkas on weeks-living-dangerously-jakarta-all-over-again
• Jitsiree Thongnoi on cambodia-thailand-dealing-china-more-things-change
• Jonathan Guyer on israel-ben-gvir-palestine-comments-freedom-movement-controversy
• Brad De Long on draft-what-is-going-on-wi-chinas-economy
• Angry Bear on chinas-economy-slowing

Wonk

• Institutional Economics on the-nominal-gdp-level-target-that-time-forgot
• Ellen Ioannes on zimbabwe-election-fraud-allegations-mnangagwa-harare
• Tim Harford on what-id-put-in-my-museum-of-the-economy
• noahopinion on brics-is-fake, decoupling-isnt-phoney
• the conversable economist on interview-with-james-gwartney-personal-choices-and-public-choice, for-the-us-and-global-economy-what-pathways-to-reduce-government-debt
• Peter Layton on every-flight-is-a-learning-event-why-the-v-22-osprey-aircraft-wont-be-grounded-despite-dozens-of-crashes-and-54-fatalities
• Ingrid Robeyns on limitarianism-academic-essays
• Mainly Macro on attitudes-towards-redistribution
• the grumpy economist on interest-rates-and-inflation-part-3
• Laura Alfaro and Davin Chor on global supply chains the coming great reallocation Thanks Brad
• Serkan Arslanalp and Barry Eichengreen on living with high public debt Thanks Brad

General

• Gail Iles on almost-half-of-moon-missions-fail-why-is-space-still-so-hard
• Evgenii Krestianinov on sahara-space-rock-4-5-billion-years-old-upends-assumptions-about-the-early-solar-system

Climate

• David Appell on checking-on-antarctic-sea-ice
• and Then Theres Physics on alimonti-et-al-retracted
• real climate on the-amoc-tipping-this-century-or-not
• skeptical science on canada-wildfires-climate, at-a-glance-sealevel, climate-china-cropland
• ocean acidification on assessing-drivers-of-estuarine-ph-a-comparative-analysis-of-the-continental-u-s-a-s-two-largest-estuaries
• open mind on canada-wildfires
• Peter Sinclair on how-climate-change-makes-hurricanes-more-dangerous

Andrew Gelman ( mainly stats)

• differences-between-boy-and-girl-dinosaurs-going-beyond-p-values-and-dichotomous-thinking
  
• there-are-no-underpowered-datasets-there-are-only-underpowered-analyses
  
• chris-chamberss-radical-plan-for-psychological-science
  
• chatgpt-4-can-do-3-digit-multiplication
  
• the-variation-ignoring-junk-science-thats-promoted-by-association-for-psychological-science-and-related-academic-celebrities-its-like-a-poker-player-thinking-okay-if-push-all
  
• the conversable economist on real-people-statistical-people-and-the-probability-grid
• Kaiser Fung on if-its-an-rct-it-can-be-trusted, ethical-dilemmas-poll-results-post

Diane Coyle ( quirky + book reviews)

• numbers-objectivity-and-meaning
  
• the-industrial-revolution-causes-consequences
  
• Robert Solow on hayek-friedman-and-the-illusions-conservative-economics Thanks Nick
• Tyler Cowen on what-ive-been-reading
• Maria Farrell on summer-2023-fun-reads

Vox Wonk

• testing-marx
  
• rise-walking-dead-zombie-firms-around-world
  
• limiting-climate-change-requires-rechannelling-special-drawing-rights-multilateral
  
• should-central-banks-abandon-single-point-forecasts
  
• new-scores-old-sores-morts-pour-la-france-database-wwi-fatalities-france
  
• economics-public-policy-leaks-new-evidence-central-banking
  
• pricing-climate-transition-risk-europes-equity-market
  
• how-contracting-structures-affect-project-outcomes-public-procurement
  
• ukraines-resilience-how-administrative-reform-boosted-social-capital-and-trust
  
• us-china-decoupling-rhetoric-and-reality
  

Reducing exposure from China

 Noah Smith writes a great article in noahopinion ( get it) about the decoupling essentially from China.

What has shocked me is the lack of speed in this. 

• Covid showed up supply chain problems with China.
•  It imposition of tariffs on Australian goods surely showed up the political risk of using China.
•  Its belligerence towards Taiwan surely exacerbates this as well.

Are capitalists that stupid ot do they simply not understand risk?

The Voice

 Apparently the PM will announce we will have the referendum on October 14.  ( Why do so many overseas countries have elections and votes like this on a working day. It makes no sense at all.)

I should firstly say i have always thought the referendum proposal would fail. It is simply too easy for people to make up reasons why the change is to be opposed. Surely the referendum on the republic showed that. Secondly it is false to say you need bi-partisan support for it to get up. In 1967 it did not occur despite bi-partisan support for the FIRST question ( usually ignored).

I am also having deja vu. some people keep on saying reject this proposal and we will come back with a better one. I kept on hearing that false statement when we were 'debating' the republic.

I am also amused by those aboriginal elites criticising Aboriginals supping the proposal as elites. It was similar in the republic referendum.

I can't get over how poor the spokesmen and women are. Warren Mundine is not even articulate and has never been impressive so how is he a front man? Whilst Price is articulate she is frequently shown to be wrong.

There was a time opponents kept on saying people were saying they were racists. They offered no evidence and I admit I never saw it or heard it but wella. They produce a racist ad in the form of a cartoon that Bill Leak would have been proud of.

We have also had at least two people associated with the no campaign making racist comments. Note however it has had little effect on voting intention. This means most people have rightly come to the conclusion that the no campaign is not overly racists but only at the margins.

Lost in all this is how to bring Aboriginals up to the standards most other Australians have.

Whoopsy I should have added Burney has been hopeless as the minister. McCarthy is way more impressive.

Climate Change in Australia

 Ryan Neelam writes a fascinating and well thought out article for the much vaunted Lowy Institute.

It is a good read

Ticks and Crosses

 Kevin Bonham comes to our aid to bring clarification to the issue of ticks and crosses in the upcoming referendum.

A good educative read.

Around the Traps 25/8/23

 It is time again for Around the Traps.

Aussie,Aussie,Aussie,Oy,Oy,Oy

• Dennis Glover on History Lesson Thanks Nick
• Rebecca Giblin on patents-were-meant-to-reward-inventions-its-time-to-talk-about-how-they-might-not
• John Hawkins on you-dont-have-to-be-an-economist-to-know-australia-is-in-a-cost-of-living-crisis-what-are-the-signs-and-what-needs-to-change
• croaking cassandra on misleading-parliament, almost-done-at-least-according-to-the-reserve-bank, excess-demand, what-did-the-rb-have-to-deal-with, fiscals-we-used-to-keep-good-company
• Ross Gittins on we-wont-fix-inflation-while-economists-stay-in-denial-about-the-causes, why-albaneses-housing-solution-will-help-but-only-a-bit
• Kevin Bonham on poll-roundup-honeymoon-still-isnt-over-but
• renew economy on race-to-renewables-wa-delays-closure-of-coal-unit-will-nsw-follow-suit-at-eraring, closure-deal-on-australias-dirtiest-power-station-kills-hopes-of-early-100pct-renewables, energyaustralia-wont-retire-mt-piper-coal-before-2040-but-may-run-it-like-a-battery, rooftop-solar-rears-its-head-again-to-take-bigger-bite-out-of-coal, transgrid-chooses-lower-cost-option-to-connect-nsw-load-centres-with-regional-renewables, eraring-and-loy-yang-a-coal-closure-wrangles-show-need-for-hard-renewable-targets, battery-storage-charges-on-as-new-wind-and-solar-projects-hit-new-low, massive-retrograde-step-renewables-industry-says-no-case-to-extend-eraring, a-near-100pct-renewable-grid-for-australia-is-feasible-and-affordable-with-just-a-few-hours-of-storage
• Flavio Macau on prices-are-up-and-the-supply-of-things-we-need-is-in-flux-how-did-we-get-here
• Institutional Economics on the-rba-and-financial-stability
• Jamie Pittock on murray-darling-basin-plan-to-be-extended-under-a-new-agreement-without-victoria-but-an-uphill-battle-lies-ahead
• Greg Jericho on if-you-are-really-worried-about-the-next-generation-the-only-thing-that-matters-is-climate-change
• Georgina Falster on greenhouse-gases-are-changing-air-flow-over-the-pacific-ocean-raising-australias-risks-of-extreme-weather
• Dennis Muller on as-abc-chair-ita-buttrose-stood-up-for-the-broadcasters-independence-its-time-others-did-the-same
• John Quiggin on the-intergenerational-report-will-try-to-scare-us-about-ageing-its-an-old-fear-and-wrong
• Jessica Holloway on the-latest-naplan-results-dont-look-great-but-we-need-to-go-beyond-the-headline-figures
• Issac Gross on high-interest-rates-are-not-bad-news-for-everyone-just-ask-savers-importers-and-australians-heading-overseas
• Adam Morton on solar-and-windfarm-investment-is-drying-up-and-australia-needs-a-wake-up-call-on-the-future-of-the-electricity-grid
• Christopher Credlin and Robert MacNeil on bushfires-focus-public-attention-on-climate-change-for-months-but-its-different-for-storms-and-floods
• Danial Flitton on australia-s-future-2063-debating-world-beyond-horizon
• Andrew Gorringe on cost-inflation-underlines-thermal-coal-miners-fragile-profits-and-financing-risks

Northern America

• Ellen Ioannes on hurricane-hilary-california-mexico
• Benji Jones on hurricane-hilary-tropical-storm-california-flood-rain-drought
• noahopinion on a-few-economists-are-starting-to-think-seriously-about-industrial-policy, mike-bird-and-noah-smith-debate-industrial-policy
• Drezners world on the-end-of-centrism thanks Brad
• the popehat report on overt-acts-and-predicate-acts-explained thanks Brad
• Ian Millhiser on supreme-court-optimism-democracy-moore-milligan-talevski
• Mark Stern on dc-circuit-court-jan-6-prosecutions-doj-fail
• Brad De Long on understanding-e-current-stance-of-monetary-policy
• Mathew Yglesias on powell-s-fed-has-the-right-instincts-on-economics-and-politics
• the bulwark on i-was-the-apple-of-his-eye
• Fintan O'Toole on frame-up-in-georgia-trump-indictment
• John Fernald and Huiyi Lui on the impact of covid on productivity and potential output Thanks Brad
• Zack Beauchamp on donald-trump-interview-tucker-carlson-skip-republican-debate
• the conversable economist on e-commerce-and-regional-malls-work-from-home-and-commercial-office-space
• Anne Applebaum on yevgeny-prighozin-putin-enemies-dead

Europe

• Menzie Chinn on russias-current-account-surplus-disappears, defending-the-ruble
• Fred Kaplan on biden-didnt-miss-opportunity-end-ukraine-war
• Mainly Macro on wage-inflation-unemployment-and-what-you-wish-to-believe
• Pjotr Sauer on prigozhins-death-would-leave-lasting-mark-on-russian-army-and-elite
• Gregory Treveton on wagner-groups-yevgeny-prigozhin-reportedly-died-in-private-jet-crash-if-confirmed-it-wouldnt-be-first-time-someone-who-crossed-putin-met-a-suspicious-demise
• Stefan Wolf on yevgeny-prigozhin-wagner-group-boss-joins-long-list-of-those-who-challenged-vladimir-putin-and-paid-the-price
• Mathew Sussex on wagner-chief-prigozhin-reportedly-killed-but-has-putin-cooked-his-own-goose, prigozhin-dead-putin-still-weakened

Asia

• Jenny Gordon on china-s-slowdown-nothing-celebrate
• Ahmad Umar on jokowi-doctrine-indonesia-s-vision-international-order
• Andrew Sheng and Xiao Geng on china-growth-slowdown-internal-challenges-dual-circulation thanks Brad
• Henry Storey on india-doubles-down-regional-connectivity-counter-china
• Arunn Jegan on remember-rohingya-disease-hasn-t-forgotten-them
• noahopinion on why-chinas-economy-ran-off-the-rails
• Ankit Tiwari on india-s-hesitation-china-pushes-brics-expansion
• Gabriella Bernal on curious-tales-defectors-north-korea
• Wing Wing Lei and Stella Xie on china-economy-debt-slowdown-recession
• Adam Simpson on in-one-chaotic-day-thailand-sees-one-pm-elected-one-ex-pm-sent-to-jail-where-does-the-country-go-from-here
• Takatoshi Ito on china-property-bubble-collapse-japan-style-deflation-stagnation Thanks Brad
• Dan Davies on on-china-and-lehman Thanks Brad

Wonk

• Menzie Chinn on guest-contribution-the-crypto-cycle-and-us-monetary-policy, guest-contribution-the-drivers-of-market-based-inflation-expectations-in-the-euro-area-and-in-the-us
• Global Inequality on why-slave-owners-never-willingly-emancipated-their slaves Thanks Nick
• Robert Leeson on Hayek Thanks Nick
• Saphira Rekker and Belinda Wade on nearly-two-thirds-of-the-top-fossil-fuel-producers-in-australia-and-the-world-arent-on-track-for-1-5-climate-target
• the conversable economist on auden-on-civilization-the-degree-of-diversity-attained-and-the-degree-of-unity-retained, can-you-read-anything-at-all-from-start-to-finish-without-your-mind-being-sliced-apart-by-some-digital-switchblade , will-ai-make-a-planned-economy-feasible-the-socialist-calculation-debate-revisited
• Tyler Cowen on which-countries-are-the-losers-in-the-new-mercantilism
• noahopinion on humanity-is-going-to-shrink
• Jay Thompson on beginning-of-the-end-how-elon-musks-removal-of-the-block-function-on-x-could-trigger-its-hellish-demise
• Lizzie Seal on lucy-letby-it-is-not-being-beige-average-or-normal-that-makes-her-crimes-so-hard-to-understand

General

• Hugh Breakey on whats-wrong-with-a-love-story-between-a-black-progressive-woman-and-a-white-conservative-man
• Tim Harford on what-id-put-in-my-museum-of-the-economy
• Garret Van Dyk on champagne-is-deeply-french-but-the-english-invented-the-bubbles
• Jenny Graves on the-weird-male-y-chromosome-has-finally-been-fully-sequenced-can-we-now-understand-how-it-works-and-how-it-evolved
• Hayley O'Neil on why-do-i-crave-sugar-and-carbs-when-im-sick
• Mark taylor et al on how-bees-can-monitor-pollution-for-us-everything-from-toxic-metals-to-antimicrobial-resistance

Climate

• Tyne Logan et al on ocean-tempertature-records-2023
• Dana Bergstrom on ive-spent-40-years-studying-antarctica-the-frozen-continent-has-never-needed-our-help-more
• ocean acidification on rising-snow-line-ocean-acidification-and-the-submergence-of-seafloor-geomorphic-features-beneath-a-rising-carbonate-compensation-depth
• David Appell on heatwave-projections
• sceptical science on at-a-glance-trace

Andrew Gelman (mainly stats)

• the-fundamental-role-of-data-partitioning-in-predictive-model-validation
  
• bob-carpenter-thinks-gpt-4-is-awesome
  
• report-on-the-large-language-model-meeting-at-berkeley
  
• hi-andrew-theres-a-new-effective-altruist-billionaire-giving-away-their-money
  
• the-backpack-fallacy-rears-its-ugly-head-once-again
  
• thefacebook-and-mental-health-trends-harvard-and-suffolk-community-college
  
• editorial-processes-and-ethics-approval-case-study-of-248-studies-with-the-same-ethics-approval-number
  
• why-does-education-research-have-all-these-problems
  
• how-well-do-engineers-understand-probability-question-from-an-aeronautical-engineer
  
• cureus-its-reviewing-and-its-scholarly-impact-quotient
  
• u-s-congressmember-makes-the-fallacy-of-the-one-sided-bet
  
• Kaiser Fung on know-your-data-34-the-best-defense-is-offense

Dianne Coyle

• nuttin

Vox Wonk

• carbon-costs-and-stock-market-performance-new-evidence-european-firms
  
• design-and-implementation-price-cap-russian-oil
  
• using-macroeconomic-data-detect-economic-drivers-carbon-dioxide-emissions-spain
  
• what-undergraduate-women-economics-challenge-did-economics
  
• impact-war-ukraine-science-and-universities
  
• refugee-integration-policies-can-lead-poorer-integration-outcomes
  
• war-risks-insurance-mechanism-ukraine
  
• educating-children-emergencies-global-evidence-five-randomised-trials
  
• black-tulips-and-russian-war-ukraine
  

Has Putin killed another person who was a problem

 Prigozhin is dead . One of ten in an aeroplane that crashed.

Putin di call him a traitor and the ,an di say the reasons for invading Ukraine ( joining NATO made them an imminent threat and the country was ruled by nazis ) was shite.

Here is two opinions on what has occurred

1. prigozhins-death-would-leave-lasting-mark-on-russian-army-and-elite
   
2. prigozhin-plane-crash-putin-kremlin
   

A few points. Putin is a lonely and paranoid man. He cannot trust anyone. This is what naturally occurs when you attempt to murder any possible opponent.

I di not know until quite recently quite a few Russian generals who failed in Ukraine also mysteriously dies as well. At the very least this will mean no russian general wil untake any risky venture. They will minimise risk to the extreme.

The only way Putin can succeed in Ukraine is for trump to win the US Presidency and he thus weakens NATO and no longer gives any resources to Ukraine.

Late articles

• wagner-groups-yevgeny-prigozhin-reportedly-died-in-private-jet-crash-if-confirmed-it-wouldnt-be-first-time-someone-who-crossed-putin-met-a-suspicious-demise
  
• yevgeny-prigozhin-wagner-group-boss-joins-long-list-of-those-who-challenged-vladimir-putin-and-paid-the-price
  
• wagner-chief-prigozhin-reportedly-killed-but-has-putin-cooked-his-own-goose
  
• prigozhin-dead-putin-still-weakened
  

the Murray-Darling situation

 The Minister released a 'new' position on the Murray Darling river. Jamie PIttock gives us a good review of the whole problem.

Sitting in my room in Sydney it appears to me most people who make a living from taking the water from the Murray-Darling rivers appear to have no idea of the health of the two rivers and more importantly how to keep it healthy for river communities. They appear to think they can keep on taking water from the rivers and there are no repercussions.

Until they realise this we wil continue to have problems that are never addressed.

Billy Joel

 A very long time ago I went to a import shop  ( what is a import shop and why did they exist is a long story) and bought Piano Man , the LP. It wasn't sold locally as yet.

I listened to a number of songs and bought the LP.

This song is Captain Jack a song about heroin. This is Joel at his best and shows what he could have been.

so sad.

Womens world cup washup

 I was glad Spain won the World Cup. They WERE the team that attempted to play the beautiful game and almost succeeded.

How in the hell did the  lineswoman and VAR miss the english goalkeeper being way off herl one for the penalty!

The quality of play increased almost exponentially from the Olympic Games BUT it is still woefully short of what is needed. Too many times the back four would pass the ball amongst them sleves and hoof into the opponents half and to the Opposition. too may times we say turnovers occur under no pressure whatsoever.

I am somewhat bemused by the cry for more money to be directed towards women football.

Why does the federal government have to do this? Sport is not an essential activity in the econmy. Why does the government have to step in? Why cannot the sport direct funds to women?

Why does the Federal government have to direct funds to professional sports where even women can earn very good money. It does not do this for teachers or nurses why footballers?

Sports in this country are very good at socialising the losses and privatising the profits. note how the AFL and NRL DEMAND that government build stadiums to house their games. They are world champions at rent seeking!

Around the Traps 18/8/23

 It is time again for Around the Traps.

Aussie,Aussie,Aussie,Oy,Oy,Oy

• Ian Lowe on the-kimba-nuclear-waste-plan-bites-the-dust-heres-what-went-wrong-and-how-to-do-better-next-time
• Yuting Zhang and Nathan Kettlewell on private-health-insurance-is-set-for-a-shake-up-but-asking-people-to-pay-more-for-policies-they-dont-want-isnt-the-answer
• Marija Taflaga on accentuate-the-negative-why-the-liberal-partys-fondness-for-no-might-ultimately-backfire
• Peter Martin on we-can-and-should-keep-unemployment-below-4-says-our-survey-of-top-economists, why-a-public-holiday-for-a-matildas-world-cup-win-could-cost-far-less-than-you-think
• croaking cassandra on laxity-or-worse, the-11bn-men-and-women-of-the-mpc, monetary-policy-miscellany, at-it-again-2
• Ross Gittins on dont-be-so-sure-well-soon-have-inflation-back-to-normal, hate-rising-prices-please-blame-supply-and-demand-not-me, fixing-inflation-doesnt-have-to-hurt-us-so-much
• renew economy on too-expensive-too-slow-australias-biggest-coal-generator-says-no-to-nuclear, aemc-sets-new-rules-of-engagement-for-community-consultation-on-transmission-projects, stop-renewables-and-wait-for-nuclear-nationals-stunning-rejection-of-science-and-industry, the-decarbonisation-efforts-of-australias-big-gentailers-are-a-disgrace, what-australia-can-learn-from-bidens-all-carrot-no-stick-approach-to-renewables, no-change-to-closure-plans-for-australias-biggest-coal-plant-as-price-cap-puts-eraring-back-into-black
• Jocylene Besseal et al on stay-safe-vale-mary-louise-mclaws-a-champion-for-the-power-of-clear-science-communication
• Antony Green on pauline-hanson-deposes-mark-latham-as-nsw-leader
• Andy Marks on hanson-latham-rift-leaves-one-nations-future-in-nsw-uncertain
• Mathew Sussex on the-aukus-deal-will-be-hotly-debated-at-the-alp-national-conference-but-its-real-vulnerabilities-lie-in-america
• Greg Jericho on good-and-bad-news-from-the-latest-australian-wage-price-index
• Graham Readfearn on lets-talk-nuclear-the-coalition-says-just-dont-mention-cost-or-how-long-it-would-take
• David Lindenmayer et al on yes-climate-change-is-bringing-bushfires-more-often-but-some-ecosystems-in-australia-are-suffering-the-most
• Paula Jarzabhorksi et al on home-insurance-bills-are-soaring-as-climate-risks-grow-the-government-should-step-in
• Brendan Coates and Joey Moloney on national-cabinets-new-housing-plan-could-fix-our-rental-crisis-and-save-renters-billions
• Jay Gordon and Kevin Morrison on renewable-gas-victoria-does-it-add

Northern America

• Sareen Habeshian on extreme-heat-climate-change-sunbelt-growth-cities
• Ian Millhiser on supreme-court-establishment-clause-church-state-separation-carson-bremerton, supreme-court-donald-trump-indictments-federal-judiciary-partisan-trust
• Ellen Ioannes on new-york-city-migrants-asylum-seekers-eric-adams
• Molly Omstead on supreme-court-clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-rich-tastes
• newdeal democrat on july-cpi-almost-everything-except-fictitious-shelter-costs-are-getting-close-to-the-feds-comfort-range, the-big-story-a-100-year-near-record-decline-in-commodity-prices-is-enabling-continued-record-wage-growth-and-employment
• Mark Gongloff on biden-s-inflation-reduction-act-was-too-tame-on-climate Thanks Brad
• Ben Carlson on do-valuations-even-matter-for-the-stock-market Thanks Brad
• Jason Furman on declining-us-inflation-low-unemployment-economic-models Thanks Brad
• Andrew Whelton on after-maui-fires-human-health-risks-linger-in-the-air-water-and-even-surviving-buildings
• Benji Jones on hawaii-fires-maui-wildfires-death-toll-search-rescue-missing
• Andrew Prokop on hunter-biden-investigation-taxes-indictment, trump-georgia-indictment-giuliani-eastman-powell-meadows
• noahopinion on the-economics-of-rich-men-north-of-richmond
• Liz Zhou and Andrew Prokop on trump-charges-prison-time-sentence-indictments
• Laurence Tribe et al on trump-georgia-indictment-motion-remove
• Rebecca Leber on inflation-reduction-act-joe-biden-impact-manufacturing-consumers
• Ben Mathis-Lilley on donald-trump-illegal-behavior-american-polls
• Sean Willitz on american-carnage-homegrown-jeffrey-toobin
• Adam Gopnik on there-is-nothing-elitist-about-the-indictments-against-trump
• Zack Beauchamp on trump-indictment-democracy-paradox
• Dahlia Lithwick on trump-special-crimes-prosecutions-first-amendment

Europe

• Menzie Chinn on russian-gdp-and-gdp-ex-military-spending, source-of-the-weakening-of-the-ruble-is-soft-monetary-policy-putin-chief-economic-adviser
• Cassandras Legacy on margherita-sarfatti-woman-who-destroyed-Mussolini
• stumbling and mumbling on benefits-for-capitalists
• renew economy on german-emissions-fall-9-in-first-half-of-2023-renewables-at-55-pct-of-grid-power
• Andriy Yermak and Margot Wallstrom on russia-ecocide-ukraine-world-war-crimes
• Adam Simpson on baltic-response-russia-s-invasion-ukraine

Asia

• Phil Rosen on china-economy-deflation-markets-property-real-estate-housing-beijing Thanks Brad
• Craig Keating on thailand-s-monarchy-heirs-spares
• David Mathieson on myth-military-desperation-myanmar
• Menzie Chinn on china-downside-surprises
• the overshoot on china-is-now-growing-slower-than-the-US Thanks Brad
• John Authers on china-s-economy-sneezes-but-will-the-world-catch-a-cold Thanks Brad

Wonk

• Menzie Chinn on when-next-you-have-to-teach-mundell-fleming, guest-contribution-the-end-of-zero-interest-rates, guest-contributions-energy-shocks-and-core-inflation-in-the-us-and-in-the-euro-area-this-time-is-different
• Hilman Palaon on embracing-digitalisation
• noahopinion on why-skilled-immigration-usually-benefits-both-countries
• Ved Shinde on moon-great-game-new-turf
• the conversable economist on from-each-to-each-according-to-what, destructive-criticism-is-certainly-the-most-helpful-criticism, historical-lessons-from-actual-iceberg-trading-costs, housel-how-writing-turns-gut-feelings-into-tools
• Mainly Macro on economics-and-neoliberalism
• Bill Haskell on the-worlds-infrastructure-was-built-for-a-climate-no-longer-existing
• Eric Schliesser on mary-harrington-on-sex-and-the-pill-part-ii
• Patrick Triglavcanin on don-t-conflate-quad-malabar
• Nick Gruen on the-unbearable-lightness-of-grey-academia-note-to-self
• Rodney Tiffen on from-the-earliest-years-of-his-career-the-young-rupert-murdoch-ruthlessly-pursued-his-interests
• the big picture on what-if-dunning-kruger-explains-everything Thanks Brad
• Tyler Cowen on the-economic-impact-of-ai

General

• Tim Harford on what-id-put-in-my-museum-of-the-economy
• Sarah Webb on curious-kids-how-do-black-holes-pull-in-light
• Laurie Minz on the-orgasm-gap-and-why-women-climax-less-than-men
• Jeet Heer on americana-indigenous-roots-robbie-robertson
• Dan Dixon on what-do-publishers-revisions-and-content-warnings-say-about-the-moral-purpose-of-literature

Climate

• Mojtaba Sadegh on mauis-deadly-wildfires-burn-through-lahaina-its-a-reminder-of-the-growing-risk-to-communities-that-once-seemed-safe
• Open Mind on climate-change-and-extreme-heat
• Connor O'Brien on climate-crisis-demands-sovereign-debt-justice
• skeptical science on phrases-help-or-hinder-action, could-climate-change-cause-an-ocean-tipping-point
• moyhu on giss-july-global-temperature-up-by-010
• Andrew Freedman on july-heat-wave-record
• Peter Irga et al on a-green-roof-or-rooftop-solar-you-can-combine-them-in-a-biosolar-roof-boosting-both-biodiversity-and-power-output
• ocean acidification on using-meta-analysis-to-explore-the-roles-of-global-upwelling-exposure-and-experimental-design-in-bivalve-responses-to-low-ph
• science of doom on natural-variability-attribution-and-climate-models-9

Andrew Gelman (mainly stats)

• nyt-does-some-rewriting-without-attribution-i-guess-this-is-standard-in-journalism-but-it-seems-unethical-to-me
  
• blogging-is-destroying-the-business-model-for-quality
  
• plenty-of-causal-claims-have-to-be-true-but
  
• polling-without-paying-respondents-the-tragedy-or-in-this-case-comedy-of-the-commons
  
• dsge-and-gpt3
  
• artificial-intelligence-and-aesthetic-judgment
  
• confusions-about-inference-prediction-and-probability-of-superiority
  
• whom-to-leave-behind
  
• weggy-time-a-conceptual-blast-from-the-past
  
• Kaiser Fung on observational-studies-that-dont-include-everyone-intended-to-receive-the-treatment
• Freakometrics on generalised oversampling for learning

Dianne Coyle ( quirky + book reviews)

• preoccupations
  
• Ben Scott on learning-cold-war-lessons-espionage-anew
• Tyler Cowen on what-ive-been-reading

vox wonk

• chatgpt-and-corporate-policies
  
• making-banks-safe
  
• when-cryptomining-comes-town-high-electricity-use-spillovers-local-economy
  
• economic-effects-carbon-pricing
  
• effects-unconditional-cash-transfer-mental-health-united-states
  
• green-tilts
  
• utility-predicting-next-exporters-machine-learning
  
• impact-energy-shocks-core-inflation-us-and-euro-area
  
• monetary-policy-transmission-adjustable-and-fixed-rate-mortgages-role-credit-supply
  
• gender-neutral-language-and-gender-disparities
  
• privacy-regulation-fintech-lending-and-financial-inclusion
  
• roots-cultural-diversity
  

In truth we were never going to win

 Too many people had rose coloured glasses about the Matildas.

Going into the game we had a defence that was leaky and that came back to haunt us. We gave away possession far too many times when not under any pressure and if the opposition  man marked Ford and Raso we had few avenues to attack.

There were two big assets. Kerr is in a class of her own when it comes to scoring ( and what a goal it was last night ) and Fowler was something special as a player although her time has yet to come. She made some nice touches particularly in the second half.

We should also remember England had THREE of their best players out of the match.

We also had the chances to win but could not convert. ( Was Kerr tired when she missed?)

It is ironic that our best player in the last world cup ( Carpenter) had an ordinary world cup this time and ended up costing us the game. Our lack of depth hurt us when Kennedy was forced out.

In truth we will not get this far again and perhaps not the USA either. Other nations are catching up Spain does play lovely football on occasions. They will get better as will  other nations in europe and South America.

The standard of football was much much better than occurred in the Olympics however there were few matches of quality in this World cup.  

In the end will you get up at an ungodly hour to watch the Matildas in the next world cup. I won't.

I am very remiss in not mentioning how inflexible Australia was in reacting to the English lineup. When we realised they were playing three at the back and two deep midfielders we did not change our formation. They consequently picked up the scraps all the time. this was a big mistake.

I should add also 7 should be shot for  making David Basheer their commentator. He is awful. If they could not get Simon Hill then Speedy was around. The Matildas deserved better.  

I should also add  I have read some players rating. Obviously they were at a different game. 

Another Trump indictment

 Trump ( and a lot of others) have been indicted by a grand jury in Georgia.

HERE is an article ranking how important each indictment is.

Without even attempting to be a legal scholar practising in the USA here is what I have picked up from listening to some respected ones.

The case in New York might well lose in the appeal courts even if a jury finds Trump guilty because of the way state and federal law is triangulated.

The case in florida is very tight and eventually would be found in their favour even if there is a rogue juror.

Given the Judges we can expect the cases to go Fed case in NY first, then the case in florida then Georgia and finally the 'state' case in NY.

The federal case in New York is very strong. the case in Georgia is also strong. If Trump runs in the Presidential election ( and some say he should be allowed to) and wins he would try to pardon himself.  I think we can see the present Supreme court would allow that. He cannot pardon himself or anybody else in the Georgia case.

If Trump actually believes he is facing trumped up cases ( pun intended) then he would want very speedy trials with the strong possibility of the case being thrown out as occurred when He directed his Justice Department to prosecute. Since he is doing the direct opposite we know this is complete shite.

He is also in the invidious position of not being able to testify. He is an inveterate liar and a prosecutor would eat him alive. 

I should have added his lawyers thus far have only argued political defences rarely a legal defence.

I also should have added Rudy is in deep trouble.

Climate Change and Extreme Heat

 Tamino at Open Mind has a wonderful post of the above topic. If you are wondering if variability has increased then look at the THIRD comment.

The Matildas et al

 I looked at most articles on the poor match the Matildas had against France.

No-one but no-one wrote about the woeful refereeing performance. Could it be the fact she made decisions that favoured us almost all the time. She was either incompetent or worse. Two examples. Kennedy made a meal of a  miskick and grabbed the French woman's jersey. This is an automatic yellow card given where and when it occurred. NOTHING happened.

In the second half a French player was cut and bled when she tried to head a ball a Matildas player raised her boot to attempt to kick it. This should have been an indirect free kick. NOTHING happened.

The French have a very good reason to be very upset about the referee.  Mere competent refereeing could have meant a different result with their players having a different attitude.

As for the game we were lucky the French were not at their best. Before this game we put away most of our goal scoring chances. not this game. Nor could we score when Kerr came on the big MO changed our way.

I thought in the Olympic games Fowler was a talent in the making and I do feel she COULD become our greatest ever female player. She has wonderful skill for a female player and now we can add rare vision as well. Her penalty was fantastic

To go further we need both Kerr and Fowler to play as combined we should score first. We are poor at coming when we are behind. Too often we resort to the long ball for Kerr to run onto.

Whoopsy I forgot to mention there is a very good reason why we have had the smallest number of players that have played thus far. We do not have the quality! This may well hurst us.

We might win the world cup but I doubt it. I am wrong some times. Just ask my wife!

Around the Traps 11/8/23

 It is time again for Around the Traps.

Aussie,Aussie,Aussie,Oy,Oy,Oy

• Samar Aoun on what-actually-is-palliative-care-and-how-is-it-different-to-end-of-life-care
• David Brewster on what-four-upcoming-elections-south-asia-mean-australia
• Ross Gittins on why-you-should-and-shouldnt-believe-what-your-told-about-inflation, universities-teach-us-much-about-government-mismanagement
• renew economy on turbine-graveyard-debunked-anatomy-of-a-media-anti-wind-scare-campaign, nsw-super-sizes-first-renewable-zone-as-it-races-to-meet-coal-closure-deadlines, australian-solar-farms-set-new-output-record-in-middle-of-winter-again, aemo-slams-murdoch-media-campaign-that-claims-renewables-are-not-low-cost, battery-storage-capacity-overtakes-pumped-hydro-on-australias-main-grid, bad-policy-battery-industry-warns-reheated-rules-will-delay-investment, agl-teaches-its-ageing-coal-plants-how-to-flex-around-the-rooftop-solar-duck, quitting-gas-at-home-and-petrol-in-the-car-can-slash-annual-energy-costs-by-up-to-4000
• Christopher Knaus on sofronoff-inquiry-report-justice-system-act-andrew-barr
• Peter Siminski on 6-reasons-australians-dont-trust-economists-and-how-we-could-do-better
• Michael Woods on aged-care-funding-reforms-must-ensure-users-pay-their-fair-share
• Jude McCulloch on new-report-into-lehrmann-prosecution-mires-case-in-yet-more-controversy
• croaking cassandra on there-was-a-blackball-on-expertise, laxity
• Geoffrey Watson on mistakes-leaks-and-missed-opportunities-the-sofronoff-inquiry-represents-a-grave-failure-in-the-pursuit-of-justice
• Timothy Neale et al on darwins-sustainable-middle-arm-project-reveals-australias-huge-climate-policy-gamble
• Melissa Tyler on australias-new-development-aid-policy-provides-clear-vision-and-strategic-sense
• Simon Quilty on could-an-afternoon-nap-help-us-cope-with-hotter-temperatures-its-worked-for-australias-first-nations-people
• Andrea Carson on catharsis-courage-a-tribal-media-and-lingering-questions-two-investigative-journalists-give-their-accounts-of-the-ben-roberts-smith-story
• Peter Martin on beyond-barbie-and-oppenheimer-how-do-cinemas-make-money-and-do-we-pay-too-much-for-movie-tickets
• Gavin Moodie on a-national-university-for-regional-australia-isnt-necessarily-a-smart-idea-heres-why
• Mike Elmsie on is-the-great-barrier-reef-reviving-or-dying-heres-whats-happening-beyond-the-headlines
• Guiseppe Carabetta on can-australian-employers-stop-you-working-from-home-heres-what-the-law-says
• David Bowman on australia-is-sleepwalking-a-bushfire-scientist-explains-what-the-hawaii-tragedy-means-for-our-flammable-continent
• David Bartlett et al on we-need-more-than-police-checks-how-parents-and-educators-can-keep-childcare-services-safe-from-abuse
• Roland Rajah on constrained-ambition-australia-s-new-development-policy
• Institutional economics on its-time-for-some-game-theory
• Zack Beauchamp on trump-2024-14th-amendment-banned
• Rebecca Leber on republicans-climate-change-denial-trees
• Jonathan Guyer on bidens-risky-persian-gulf-bet

Northern America

• Robert Reich on the-common-good-chapter-4-exploitation Thanks Brad
• Menzie Chinn on douglas-irwin-the-return-of-industrial-policy, inflation-in-july-central-tendency-down, guest-contribution-model-update-and-disagreement-among-recession-models
• Ellen Ioannes on texas-abortion-ban-medical-exception
• noahopinion on comparing-morning-in-america-with-2023, the-george-floyd-protests-were-not-a-civil-war, can-unions-and-industrial-policy-coexist
• the grumpy economist on rangvid-on-housing-inflation, blinder-supply-shocks-and-nominal-anchors
• Daniel Mandell on america-s-atomic-bomb-legacy-past-present
• the conversable economist on the-us-infant-formula-shortage-of-2022-looking-back
• Nick Timirous and Tom Fairless on why-the-drivers-of-lower-inflation-matter Thanks Brad
• Kruggers on Afraid of a debt crisis try doing the math Thanks Brad
• Ian Millhiser on supreme-court-ghost-guns-garland-vanderstok-amy-coney-barrett-shadow-docket
• Fed Kaplan on oppenheimer-manhattan-project-radiation-atomic-bomb-declassified
• Geoffrey Skelley on mississippi-governor-lieutenant-governor-primary-election-2023-preview
• Tyler Cowen on the-impact-of-vaccines-and-behavior-on-u-s-cumulative-deaths-from-covid-19
• Rachel Murray on issue-1-ohio-special-election-2023-results-abortion-rights
• Nicole Narea on trump-2020-election-charges-legal-defense
• Fintan O'Toole on invasion-of-the-democracy-snatchers-trump-indictment
• skeptical science on how-fast-clean-energy-usa
• new deal democrat on coronavirus-special-update-the-annual-summer-wave-has-arrived
• Nathaniel Rakich on a-special-election-in-ohio-shows-voters-still-care-about-abortion
• Tyler Cowen on should-we-now-expect-a-recession
• Calculated Risk on cleveland-fed-median-cpi-increased-02
• Benji Jones on maui-fire-2023-lahaina-hawaii-cause
• Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Stern on supreme-court-clarence-thomas-billionaire-friends
• the conversable economist on america-not-so-much-on-the-move
• Chris Patten on confronting-the-legacy-of-the-iraq-war Thanks Brad

Europe

• stumbling and mumbling on the-labour-shortage-problem
• Mainly Macro on what-united-states-might-tell-us-about-falling-US-inflation
• Jen Kirby on ukraine-war-counteroffensive-russia-mines-tanks
• renew economy on german-wind-industry-decries-sabotage-as-turbines-blocked-by-autobahns-told-to-use-barges

Asia

• Adam Posen on end-china-economic-miracle-beijing-washington Thanks Brad
• Menzie Chinn on first-thing-we-do-lets-gag-all-the-economists, chinese-growth, chinese-inflation-in-june, chinese-growth-in-question-again-updated, uncertainty-in-china
• Nicholas Farrelly and Adam Simpson on myanmar-junta-reducing-aung-san-suu-kyis-sentence-is-an-empty-gesture-from-a-failing-state
• Marissa Cooray and Roland Rajah on sri-lanka-s-deep-debt-bind
• Marina Zhang on iran-s-lithium-lode-potential-strategic-game-changer
• Vrinda Narain on the-talibans-war-on-women-in-afghanistan-must-be-formally-recognized-as-gender-apartheid
• Andrew Seith on are-western-intelligence-agencies-fuelling-armed-rebellion-myanmar
• Avani Dias and Naomi Selvaratnam on bollywood-the-politics-behind-the-scenes

Wonk

• second best on three-motivations-for-state-capacity Thanks Brad
• Menzie Chinn on guest-contribution-how-political-tensions-and-geopolitical-risks-impact-oil-prices
• Katherine Livingstone on is-red-meat-bad-for-you-and-does-it-make-a-difference-if-its-a-processed-burger-or-a-lean-steak
• Tim Harford on the-eternal-google-search-for-truth
• John Holbo on how-to-argue-with-hanania-now-with-more-nietzsche
• the conversable economist on fast-payments-and-central-bank-digital-currencies-some-key-distinctions
• Brad De Long on stocks-bonds-weighing-risk-return-in-theory-and-practice, viewing-sparta-and-ancient-society
• Munira Mustaffa on shadows-state-how-wagner-group-extends-russian-reach-africa
• Dan Slater et al on the-origins-of-military-supremacy-in-dictatorships Thanks Brad
• Angus Deaton on how-misreading-adam-smith-helped-spawn-deaths-of-despair Thanks Brad
• Allan Bollard on from-oppenheimer-to-milton-friedman-how-the-cold-war-battle-of-economic-ideas-shaped-our-world
• the studies show on what-studies-say-about-ufo-conspiracies Thanks Tyler
• Catherine Bennett and Stuart Turville on the-who-has-declared-eris-a-variant-of-interest-how-is-it-different-from-other-omicron-variants
• Alexander Larcombe on whats-in-vapes-toxins-heavy-metals-maybe-radioactive-polonium
• Mark Pierce on fake-news-propaganda-withering-commitment-truth
• the grumpy economist on interest-rates-and-inflation-part-2
• renew economy on global-wind-turbine-industry-is-a-mess-and-scared-of-solar-but-it-will-get-better
• Clark William-Derry on declining-supermajors-profits-reveal-flaws-oil-and-gas-business-model

General

• Chris Bertram on whats-the-best-year-to-be-born
• Howard Manns and Kate Burridge on how-witch-hunts-and-stockholm-syndrome-became-part-of-political-language-and-what-it-has-to-do-with-wrestling

Climate

• Moyhu on july-global-surface-templs-up-0093-from-june, graphs-showing-leadup-to-record-hot-year
• Donna Lu on fears-over-antarctic-sea-ice-as-yearly-ozone-layer-hole-forms-very-early
• ocean acidification on the-response-of-coral-skeletal-nano-structure-and-hardness-to-ocean-acidification-conditions
• Paul Hardisty and Line Bay on accelerated-evolution-and-automated-aquaculture-could-help-coral-weather-the-heat
• AGW Observer on papers-on-how-longwave-radiation-warms-oceans

Andrew Gelman ( mainly stats)

• what-is-a-standard-error
  
• unifying-design-based-and-model-based-sampling-inference-my-talk-at-the-joint-statistical-meetings-in-toronto
  
• the-connection-between-junk-science-and-sloppy-data-handling-why-do-they-go-together
  
• freakonomics-and-global-warming-what-happens-to-a-team-of-rogues-when-there-is-no-longer-a-stable-center-to-push-against
  
• from-2017-but-still-relevant-what-has-the-internet-done-to-media
  
• causal-inference-with-ranking-data
  
• claims-of-election-manipulation-in-the-2019-indian-election
  
• Eran Raviv on statistical-shrinkage-2
• Kaiser Fung on sloppy-language-misleads , a-sports-analogy-for-data-processing-rules

Dianne Coyle ( quirky + book reviews)

• nuttin

Vox Wonk

• carbon-trade-offs-how-firms-respond-emissions-controls
  
• womens-colleges-and-economics-major-choice-evidence-wellesley-college-applicants
  
• new-technologies-automation-and-productivity-across-us-firms
  
• price-setting-high-inflation-environment
  
• sparse-warcasting
  
• minimum-wages-times-high-inflation
  
• eu-must-stop-carbon-leakage-border-become-climate-neutral
  
• certification-and-recertification-welfare-programmes-what-happens-when-automation
  
• political-economy-assisted-immigration
  
• firms-required-returns-capital-and-missing-investment-puzzle
  
• electoral-surprises-and-business-cycles
  
• why-digital-euro-might-be-dead-arrival