Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
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in economics of crime, law and economics Tags: law and order
The Japanese are surprisingly worried and New Zealanders too. I lived in both countries. People go about at night without many fears except when it comes to answering Gallup surveys. I use the reliable test that a mugging will get on the front page because they are so unusual.
Source: Gallup.com Women Feel Less Safe Than Men in Many Developed Countries.
18 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in economics, television Tags: British politics, In The Thick of It, pop culture
There is an hilarious skit in The Thick of It where the minister discovers that an actor was the member of the focus group he was relying on for the best views of normal voters. He knew she was an actor because the minister saw her on East Enders. He saw her in the 40 minutes video he gets every week summarising developments in the soapies. He gets that video so he can have conversations with normal people. The actor was bought into the focus group to make up the numbers. I cannot find the actual clip.
17 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in economics, economics of media and culture Tags: Darwin awards
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“The only way to get our society to truly change is to
frighten people with the possibility of a catastrophe.”
– emeritus professor Daniel Botkin
“We’ve got to ride this global warming issue.
Even if the theory of global warming is wrong,
we will be doing the right thing in terms of
economic and environmental policy.“
– Timothy Wirth,
President of the UN Foundation
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Pic source : JoanneNova.com.au
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is the federal government agency for scientific research in Australia. It was founded in 1926 originally as the Advisory Council of Science and Industry.
In the field of climate science, the CSIRO has historically leant towards the alarmist side of the climate debate. One example shows the CSIRO using sea level rise figures far in excess of even the IPCC.
In its 2012 report…
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25 years ago this week the Conservative Party were in the process of electing a new leader after Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister for over 11 years, stood down. The story of Thatcher’s resignation has long been a controversial one within the Conservative Party, seen by some as an ‘assassination’ and by many as high political drama. This is reflected in many of our oral history project interviews with former MPs. Thatcher’s premiership is mentioned by almost all of those who were MPs at the time, but in this post we’ll concentrate on some of the reactions to the downfall of Britain’s only female Prime Minister to date.
Thatcher remains a controversial figure in British politics, and this is no less true in our interviews with former Conservative MPs. Whilst many were great admirers, a number remember that by 1990 they had become alienated by her policies (in particular the attempts…
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This summer, following the internal wrangling that occurred in most parties following the Brexit referendum, we’ve been taking a look at historic cases of party division. In today’s blog, Dr Philip Salmon, Editor of the Victorian Commons, discusses the impact of two major splits within the Tory and Conservative parties during the 19th century…
In modern Britain we are not used to political parties splitting apart. There are always ongoing rifts and schisms, but the idea of our parties completely breaking up is alien to most of us. This has not always been the case. In the 19th century, the division of parties and the wholesale realignment of politicians were regular and essential parts of political life. Indeed without them, many of the developments associated with the emergence of Britain’s modern parliamentary system would simply not have taken place.
Take the 1832 Reform Act. Long regarded as…
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17 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in economics, economics of information, economics of media and culture, television Tags: opinion polls, voter demographics, Yes Prime Minister
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in economics of media and culture, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - Australia Tags: climate alarmism, Scepticism
https://twitter.com/SteveSGoddard/status/765409693275566080
The television appearance the other night of Senator elect Roberts shows that any publicity is good publicity especially if no one has ever heard of you before.
Through breathless journalism, the media career of climate sceptic Malcolm Roberts has been launched. He is self-confident, vaguely articulate so it was reasonable television viewing.
The appeals to authority such as by Brian Cox when debating Roberts is not science.
Unlike Pauline Hanson, who is a ill-educated buffoon, Roberts is educated and presumably has the ability to learn and acquire media skills. After the television appearance the other night, he is guaranteed many other media outings that givens him publicity he could never have imagined. This is all courtesy of people who do not want to hear from him who made him famous.
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I always find it unwise for people to talk about how hot it is this year. Kevin Rudd was criticised by climate alarmists when he used to do that.
Short periods of time can have anomalous ups and downs so any argument should be based on century long trends and predicted trends into the next century. If being hot this year is evidence then 20 years have not been particularly hotter is also evidence. You cannot say that small sample is a reliable and a somewhat larger small sample is unreliable.
The complete UAH v6.0 data for July were released on Friday. I present all the graphs for various regions, and as well summaries for easier comparison. The Pause still refuses to go away, despite all expectations.
These graphs show the furthest back one can go to show a zero or negative trend (less than 0.1 +/-0.1C per 100 years) in lower tropospheric temperatures. I calculate 12 month running means to remove the small possibility of seasonal autocorrelation in the monthly anomalies. Note: The satellite record commences in December 1978- now 37 years and 8 months long- 452 months. 12 month running means commence in November 1979. The y-axes in the graphs below are at December 1978, so the vertical gridlines denote Decembers. The final plotted points are July 2016.
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Globe:
The Pause is 3 months shorter.
And, for the special benefit of those who think that…
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A nice story of the world’s biggest Mutual Fund – Vanguard’s Total Stock Market Index Fund – and its low profile fund manager – Gerry O’Reilly. He manages the $450 billion fund!
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