A progressive, safety minded state
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in economics of religion, environmental economics, health economics, Public Choice, transport economics, urban economics Tags: cycling, road safety
George Carlin: The Universe Wanted Plastic
16 Apr 2018 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, health economics
Tippi Hedren with her pet lion, 1971 #Darwinawards best all-round attempt
16 Apr 2018 Leave a comment
And @JulieAnneGenter wants more cycling and a lower road toll!
14 Apr 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, environmental economics, health economics, politics - New Zealand, transport economics, urban economics Tags: cycling, road safety
The researchers received $800,000 in funding from the Health Research Council for this junk science
12 Apr 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of information, health economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: economics of advertising, economics of obesity, nanny state
Does cycling satisfy the precautionary principle
12 Apr 2018 1 Comment
in applied price theory, economics of information, economics of regulation, environmental economics, health economics, transport economics, urban economics, war and peace Tags: cycling, precautionary principle, road safety
China| 100 Years of Beauty
11 Apr 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, health economics Tags: economics of beauty
More reasons to register, tax and licence cyclists
11 Apr 2018 1 Comment
in economics of regulation, health economics, transport economics, urban economics Tags: cycling, road safety
Don’t ride a bike in the Netherlands; British motorists prefer to run down pedestrians rather than cyclists
10 Apr 2018 Leave a comment
in health economics, transport economics
Walked to work once in Canberra. Spring temperature rose 10C in 40 minutes to reach 25C at 9 am
10 Apr 2018 Leave a comment
in health economics, sports economics, transport economics Tags: cycling
Men are 10% faster in athletics
09 Apr 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, gender, health economics, sports economics
Across all sports, men are 10% faster or stronger than women. This is strong enough that a good boys high school athletics team can be stronger in the world’s best women athletes. The New Zealand women’s soccer team played an Australian high school soccer team and lost 7-2 as I recall.
From https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/08/we-thought-female-athletes-were-catching-up-to-men-but-theyre-not/260927/ and https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/08/the-golden-ratio-the-one-number-that-describes-how-mens-world-records-compare-with-womens/260758/
One way to determine whether there is a lot of drugs in sport is to see whether women are catching up with men in world records. Prior to 1992, men were slowly losing their edge over women.
But when better drug testing technology became available, women’s world records of 1992 stood for years rather than sometimes hours or months.
More importantly, the best female performances were showing a bigger gap with the best male performances after 1992. The collapse of communism meant that bags of drugs were no longer given to East European female competitors.
The reason the gap was closing before 1992 was drugs that male women stronger show up predominately in power sports such as athletics and weightlifting. When it was possible to test for those drugs, athletes stopped taking them.
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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