Around the Traps 21/11/25

 It is time for Around the Traps again.

Aussie,Aussie,Aussie,Oy,Oy,Oy

• Brian Oliver on asbestos-has-been-found-in-childrens-coloured-sand-whats-the-risk-to-kids
• Peter Breadon and Elizabeth Baldwin on hospitals-are-under-pressure-these-changes-could-save-1-2-billion-a-year-and-fund-160-000-extra-hospital-visits
• Aude Bernard et al on yes-migration-to-australia-is-up-but-new-figures-show-most-migrants-do-not-become-citizens
• Jenny Buchan on franchise-businesses-have-long-been-plagued-by-scandals-dominos-is-just-the-latest
• John Hawkins on years-in-the-making-the-first-complete-monthly-inflation-report-is-almost-here
• Roger Dargaville on which-policies-would-face-the-chopping-block-under-the-coalitions-retreat-from-net-zero
• croaking cassandra on an-mpc-speaking , the-new-governor-and-those-responsible-for-her
• Greg Jericho on wages-are-now-barely-growing-faster-than-inflation
• Janine Dixon on real-wages-have-grown-just-over-the-past-year-but-theyre-still-down-near-2011-levels

OZ climate

• Mark the Graph on labors-announcables-vs-architecture , electoral-calculus-coalitions-net-zero
• Adam Morton on coalition-net-zero-emissions-claims-factcheck-electricity-price-power-bill-cost
• Patrick Commins on are-australians-really-paying-more-for-electricity-than-other-countries
• Alison Reeve on yes-your-energy-bills-have-gone-up-turning-net-zero-into-a-culture-war-will-send-them-higher
• Lisa Cox on artificial-intelligence-data-centre-australia-solar-farm-possibly-unparalleled
• a-culture-of-fear-bushfire-survivor-tells-senate-inquiry-how-climate-misinformation-fuels-trauma-and-silences-voices
  
• australias-most-renewable-grid-sets-spectacular-new-wind-record-as-it-awaits-word-on-cop-hosting-bid
  
• local-networks-say-they-can-save-billions-slash-gas-use-and-create-breathing-room-in-dash-to-replace-coal
  
• over-my-dead-body-planning-minister-rejects-any-chance-of-approval-for-cancelled-wind-project
  
• a-perfect-failure-transmission-tower-collapses-in-the-name-of-stronger-renewable-grids
  
• every-component-of-my-life-was-attacked-how-wind-farm-misinformation-tore-community-apart
  
• are-renewable-zones-solving-solar-and-wind-grid-connection-problems-or-making-them-worse
  
• big-battery-told-not-to-charge-as-rooftop-solar-repeatedly-pushes-grid-demand-below-zero
  
• four-hour-big-battery-to-be-built-next-to-australias-biggest-wind-farm
  
• aemo-wants-five-years-warning-on-coal-plant-closures-to-fix-fundamental-mismatch-in-pace-of-energy-transition
  

Northern America

• institutional economics on gap-filling-us-inflation-and-employment
• Felix Martin on us-stablecoin-power-play-could-epically-backfire Thanks Nick
• Kruggers on vibecessions-part-i , the-plutocrats-who-cried-commie , reminder-crypto-is-a-trump-trade , the-vibecession-deepens 
• Tyler Cowen on why-are-us-clinical-trials-so-expensive , john-cochrane-understands-the-elasticity-of-supply
• Christian Paz on republican-latino-immigration-economy-support-trump-politics-deportation
• Alex Tabarrok on illegal-immigrants-didnt-break-the-housing-market-bad-policy-did
• Jordan Rubin on james-comey-grand-jury-disclosure-judge-trump
• Joshua Keating on gaza-hamas-fighters-tunnels-underground-ceasefire
• Andrew Prokop on jeffrey-epstein-files-scandal-explained-trump-giuffre
• noahpinion on housing-is-at-the-heart-of-americas-problem , the-economics-theory-that-could-have-saved-trump
• the conversable economist on us-tariff-revenues-in-perspective , do-exclusionary-preferences-explain-why-some-americans-happy-about-paying-for-tariffs
• Brad De long on just-what-do-trumps-trade-deals-consist-of? nothing , more-lies-about-trade-tariffs-from-the-chaos-monkeys
• Jeet Heer on trump-marjorie-taylor-greene-epstein
• Andrew Warren on lindsey-halligan-james-comey-prosecution-grand-jury
• Mark Stern on texas-gerrymander-judge-soros-trump-crazy

Europe

• Graham Quillette on a-journalism-of-deception-bbc-deborah-turness-tim-davie Thanks Nick
• Nicholas Bloom  et al on economic-impact-brexit Thanks Nick
• noahpinion on eurocope
• the conversable economist on the-eu-and-the-hard-lessons-of-neglecting-growth
• Tyler Cowen on was-brexit-worse-than-we-had-thought
• Alexander Korolev on by-delaying-a-decision-on-using-russias-frozen-assets-for-ukraine-europe-is-quietly-hedging-its-bets
• Rob Manwaring and Emily Foley on is-the-uk-headed-for-a-new-prime-minister
• Stefan Wolf and Tetyana Malyarenko on ukraine-and-europes-weakness-exposed-as-us-and-russia-again-negotiate-behind-kyivs-back
• Ferdinand Mount on flipping-britains-postwar-script-blue-jerusalem-kit-kowol
• Chris Bertram on core-protection
• Joshua Keating on trump-ukraine-peace-plan-zelenskyy
• Fred Kaplan on trump-28-point-ukraine-peace-plan-russia-putin

Asia

• noahpinion on chinas-people-are-on-a-treadmill
• Abhijnan Rej on terrorism-returns-delhi-troubling-new-profile
• Karryl Trajano on can-asean-secure-quantum-future
• Shahzad Uddin on bangladesh-signals-that-no-leader-is-above-the-law-by-sentencing-sheikh-hasina-to-death

Wonk

• Ian Montgomery on forget-davos-try-kilkenny Thanks Nick
• Nathan Pinkowski on postliberalisms-reluctant-godfather Thanks Nick
• cracks in post-modernity on the-rights-co-opting-of-post-liberalism Thanks Nick
• Tim Harford on the-silver-bullet-fallacy
• Daniel Byman on left-wing-terrorism-returning
• the conversable economist on dishwashers-and-the-24-7-time-constraint
• Shanie D'Souza on reality-check-brics-lofty-dedollarisation-agenda
• Henry Yep on delay-weapon-fighting-winning-clock
• noahpinion on the-future-of-war-is-the-future-of-society

General

• Danielle Le Lagadec and Catherine Hungerford on 5-health-benefits-of-line-dancing-according-to-science

Climate

• David Appell on jma-october25-was-3rd-warmest-oct
• Asma Aziz on this-widely-used-chart-makes-the-clean-energy-switch-seem-much-harder-than-it-actually-is
• ocean acidification on pathways-to-a-safer-planet
• skeptical science on ClimateAdam-why-the-climate-crisis-is-a-health-crisis , new_research
• Christian Downie on brazil-is-trying-to-stop-fossil-fuel-interests-derailing-cop30-with-one-simple-measure
• Andrew King and Aditya Sengupta on what-do-we-know-about-climate-change-how-do-we-know-it-and-where-are-we-headed
• Ryan Neelam on climate-change-compromise-progress-heart-amazon
• ocean acidification on carbon-rich-waters-are-becoming-even-more-acidic-as-atmospheric-co2-levels-rise

Andrew Gelman ( mainly stats)

• the-density-of-fraud
  
• sociology-of-science-what-does-it-take-for-erroneous-or-fraudulent-claims-to-take-hold
  
• a-borgesian-blog-idea-and-nothing-to-do-with-forking-paths
  
• the-aristocrats
  
• under-what-sort-of-systematic-reporting-errors-will-science-be-self-correcting-or-not-and-do-gardening-programs-reduce-obesity
  
• survey-statistics-sampling-the-sample
  
• this-guys-mad-about-fake-research-and-he-should-be-research-incompetence-research-fraud-and-the-promotion-of-fraudulent-or-incompetent-work-these-are-not-victimless-crimes
  
• three-meta-principles-of-statistics-the-information-principle-the-methodological-attribution-problem-and-different-applications-demand-different-philosophies
  
• what-do-you-think-is-the-ideal-number-of-children-for-a-family-to-have-two-different-statistical-measurement-challenges-arise-from-this-one-question-on-the-general-social-survey
  
• freakometric on the three pillars of fairness in pricing , decomposing direct and indirect biases in linear models under demographic parity constraint, insuring to achieve emancipation
• Kaiser Fung on avinashs-scoring-rubric-for-data-visualization , more-than-a-penny

Dianne Coyle (quirky + book reviews)

• reshuffle-or-how-productivity-happens
  
• Tyler Cowen on the-science-of-second-chances , best-fiction-of-2025
• Ingrid Robeyns on online-discussion-on-lisa-herzogs-the-democratic-marketplace
• Amy Sorkin on if-the-legal-campaigns-against-donald-trump-had-ended-differently

Vox Wonk

• european-unions-new-fiscal-rules-fine-line-between-brilliant-masterpiece-and-another
  
•  monetary-policy-transmission-through-cross-selling-banks 
• rewiring-trade-warming-world-how-cop30-can-turn-climate-goals-trade-rules 
  
• elvis-ghost-jordans-airness-and-new-economics-publicity-rights
  
• assessing-commissions-multiannual-financial-framework-proposal-first-order-principles 
  
• credit-and-product-innovation-emerging-markets-evidence-india
  
• public-money-private-innovation-how-government-funding-built-and-sustains-americas
  
• ai-financial-sector-supervision-new-evidence-emerging-market-and-developing-economies
  
• unbearable-lightness-sovereign-greenium
  
• beyond-military-sales-market-premium-dual-use-research-and-development
  
• european-defence-governance-and-financing 
  
• conflict-dismissals-evidence-separations-mutual-agreement-france
  
• continued-growth-despite-challenging-environment-commissions-autumn-2025-forecast 
  
• innovation-digital-economy-architecture-ensuring-regulatory-simplification-drives 
  
• tariff-avoidance-and-import-measurement-lessons-first-us-china-trade-war 
  
• pension-design-and-general-public-finances-beyond-baseline-actuarial-neutrality