Evolution explained
04 May 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture Tags: conjecture and refutation, DNA evolution, evolution
Creative destruction in advertising revenue
04 May 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, environmental economics, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: creative destruction, economics of advertising, entrepreneurial alertness, Google, legacy media, markets selection, The meaning of competition
The University of the Internet summed up
03 May 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, environmental economics Tags: conjecture and refutation, information overload, infotopia
The science news cycle
02 May 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture Tags: conjecture and refutation, conspiracy theories, infotainment, infotopia, media buyers
The role of entrepreneurial alertness in sifting out quackery
30 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, health economics Tags: charlatans, creative destruction, entrepreneurial alertness, market selection, quackery
Most accurate attack ad ever from 1933
29 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
Prescient 1932 Hindenburg campaign poster showing Commies as Moscow stooges & Nazis as aspiring mass murderers. Yup. http://t.co/5IIYsaYwDy—
Mark Tooley (@markdtooley) April 28, 2015
Persuasive power of quoting a number
29 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, behavioural economics, econometerics, economic history, economics of information Tags: cognitive biases, cognitive psychology, data mining, economics of persuasion, evidence-based policy
Politicians & statistics. My proposal in today's @FT : ft.com/cms/s/0/dcf46a… http://t.co/HYbV4V2ps2—
Jonathan Portes (@jdportes) January 26, 2015
Another pointless warning sign
27 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of information Tags: warning signs
Further evidence of the Anti-Science Left
27 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, environmentalism Tags: advocacy bias, Anti-Science left, anti-vaccination movement, expressive voting, motivated reasoning, rational ignorance, rational irrationality
The right of the political spectrum is less likely to accept scientific conclusions if they involve excessive regulation of the economy. The anti-vaccination infestation of left-wing thinking shows that they are not immune to magical thinking and therefore should not be so smug.
A fantastic redeeming feature of homeopathy
26 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of information, health economics Tags: brand names, fisheries economics, homeopathy, organic agriculture, organic farming, product certification, quackery, Quacks
Organic certification is currently an issue in New Zealand at the behest of the Green Party:
Green Party spokesman for agriculture Steffan Browning has called on the Government to safeguard the value of the term "organic". For him, waiting until 2017 to look at the issue was "simply unacceptable".
Companies can become "certified organic", and by doing this it means they meet an agreed international standard during production, processing, and selling their products.
A certified organic company’s food is free of additives, and has not relied on chemicals during growth.
But certification isn’t compulsory – and there is no legal requirement for claims of uncertified organic produce to be genuine, Browning said.
via EU’s crazy homeopathy cure for Norway fish – The Local.
The one and the same Green Party spokesman Steffan Browning last year called for homeopathic remedies to be used against Ebola!
I wonder which manifestation of quackery will win out: Organic farming or homeopathy? It’ll be fun to watch with glee.
The share market rose 2 points today because of…
23 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of information, entrepreneurship, financial economics Tags: active investing, efficient markets hypothesis, entrepreneurial alertness, passive investing
American English mapped
22 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture Tags: American English, economics of languages
The FDA is holding a public hearing today on regulating homeopathic remedies
21 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of regulation, health economics Tags: homoeopathy, quackery
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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