Te Tiriti o Waitangi cedes sovereignty to the Crown, and can be unifying rather than divisive
27 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
A dearth of science books on the “Year’s Best” list
27 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in economics of education, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA Tags: Age of Enlightenment, free speech, political correctness, regressive left
I’m not going after the NYT here, as this observation may simply reflect a dearth of science books published in 2023. However, the paper’s list of 100 best books of the year (click below), divided into 50 fiction books and 50 nonfiction books, has only a single book that I’d classify as “a science book”: […]
A dearth of science books on the “Year’s Best” list
#OTD
26 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, economic history, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags: fall of communism
Censorship of U.S. Movies in China
26 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
We introduce a structural econometric model to estimate the extent to which the Chinese government bans U.S. movies. According to our estimates, if a movie has characteristics similar to the median movie in our sample, then the probability is approximately 0.91 that the Chinese government will ban it. During our sample period, 1994-2019, U.S. movies […]
Censorship of U.S. Movies in China
Hottest In 125,000 Years?
26 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
Anybody who claims that this year is the hottest for 125,000 years is fraudulent.
Hottest In 125,000 Years?
Christmas Day 1066. William the Conqueror is crowned King of the English
26 Dec 2023 1 Comment
in economic history Tags: British history
Exactly when did Duke William II “The Conqueror” of Normandy become King of the English? Although he certainly became the De Facto King of the English when he defeated King Harold II Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in October of 1066, it was not until his coronation on Christmas Day of that year did […]
Christmas Day 1066. William the Conqueror is crowned King of the English
Claims about Japanese immigration
26 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in human capital, labour economics, labour supply, population economics Tags: Japan
Japan will become an immigration powerhouse. Before the pandemic, the country was on track to accept about 150,000 new non-Japanese employees per year. This more than doubled to almost 350,000 in the first half of 2023. There are now approximately 3.2 million non-Japanese residents of Japan, up from barely half a million 30 years ago. […]
Claims about Japanese immigration
Why was Napoleon so Successful?
26 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: Napoleonic wars
Bobby Fischer vs Mikhail Tal | Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959)
26 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
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#OTD Romania
25 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of crime, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: Romania
Learn the Caro-Kann in 15 Minutes [Chess Openings Crash Course]
25 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
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How to Sell Protest Footage to FOX AND CNN
25 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA, television Tags: free speech, law and order, political correctness, regressive left
Censorship in science: a compilation of references
25 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in economics of education Tags: Anti-Science left, conjecture and refutation, free speech, philosophy of science, political correctness, regressive left
If you’re interested in STEM subjects, it’s salubrious to follow the Heterodox STEM Substack site, where you’ll see takes on science that are sufficiently heterodox that they’d be hard to publish in regular journals. Also, there are useful summaries of the literature, including as this one on scientific censorship published today by Anna Krylov and […]
Censorship in science: a compilation of references
Invincible ignorance
25 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in economics of information Tags: cognitive psychology, conjecture and refutation, philosophy of science
“Invincible ignorance” refers to a state of ignorance that cannot be overcome because the individual has no way of accessing or understanding the necessary information. This concept is often discussed in moral and ethical contexts, particularly in philosophy and theology. In these contexts, invincible ignorance is the lack of knowledge that is literally impossible for […]
Invincible ignorance
Jon Haidt on the rise of antisemitism on campus
25 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in economics of education Tags: Age of Enlightenment, free speech, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left
On his Substack site “After Babel,” social psychologist Jon Haidt, most of you know of, explains the rapid rise of antisemitism on American campuses. The piece is long and a bit repetitious, but well worth reading of a Christmas Eve. Click to read: I’ll just summarize his thesis and give some quotes. First, the problem: […]
Jon Haidt on the rise of antisemitism on campus
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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