Greenland Ice Sheet Melting No Faster Than Last Century

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by Jim Rose in applied price theory

Paul Homewood's avatarNOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

By Paul Homewood

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The climate doomsday machine makes much more noise about warming-induced melting of Greenland’s ice sheet than Antarctica’s, even though the Greenland sheet holds only about 10% as much ice. That’s because the smaller Greenland ice sheet is melting at a faster rate and contributes more to sea level rise. But the melt rate is no faster today than it was 90 years ago and appears to have slowed over the last few years.

Full story here.

Below is the key graph, with Ralph’s comments:

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Hyman Roth’s birthday cake cutting and the deal at Havana | Godfather 2

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The Wire – Rawls is playing politics

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Monkey Gets It Done

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The Incredible Story of British Airways Flight 9

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Dean Martin Foster Brooks

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Bruce Springsteen – Thunder road

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Why you don’t hear about the ozone layer anymore

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Not really up to the job

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Michael Reddell's avatarcroaking cassandra

I was tempted to head-up this belated MPS post “Je ne regrette rien”, as that – I regret nothing (about last year’s monetary policy) – was what Orr told yesterday’s press conference as he was getting rattled towards the end. He should regret quite a bit – notably the $5.7 billion of taxpayer losses on the LSAP, and the ongoing huge risks (neither were points he was willing to engage on, whether in the MPS, in the press conference, or at FEC this morning – indeed he actively played distraction). But that isn’t really where I want to focus my thoughts on the Monetary Policy Statement.

I thought the MPC should have raised the OCR by 50 points. The MPC disagreed, and moved by only 25 points. That is their choice of course, but – once again – I was struck by just how lacking and inadequate the supporting…

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What happens when similar #COVID19 lockdowns are applied?

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Re-Absorbing East Germany After the Fall of the Berlin Wall

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by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economic law, international economics, International law, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, survivor principle, war and peace Tags: , , , ,

The Wire – The name’s Freamon, Lester Freamon

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The Religious Discrimination Bill arrives

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neilfoster's avatarLaw and Religion Australia

After a long wait, the Federal government has released the text of the Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 which is about to be introduced into the Parliament. There has been no general Federal law dealing with detrimental treatment of Australians on the basis of their religious faith and activities, and this is a welcome development, implementing a recommendation of the Ruddock Review which reported in 2018.

The government previously released two “Exposure Drafts” of the Bill (see some comments on those in previous posts, here, and here.) Having promised prior to the last election that he would advance this law, Prime Minister Morrison will now introduce it into the House of Representatives. If passed by the House, the Bill will then need to approved by the Senate, where it seems likely to be referred to (yet another) committee before being voted on there, probably sometime in the New Year.

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To Minister Shaw: Please explain

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The State of Africa: A History of the Continent Since Independence by Martin Meredith (2005)

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Simon's avatarBooks & Boots

Meredith’s big book (770 pages) does what it says on the tin and tells the history of every African country from the run-up to independence, i.e. starting in the mid-1950s, to the time of writing, i.e. about 2004, covering half a century of tumultuous history. It’s a vast subject but Meredith’s book is an easy and pleasurable read. He writes a wonderfully clear, expressive prose which effortlessly conveys a huge amount of information and profiles countries, leaders and events with deceptive ease.

The narrative is chock-a-block with facts and dates, central figures and key events, but a handful of general principles emerge all too clearly.

Imperialism’s mistakenly long-term view

The colonial powers thought they were in it for the very long haul. As the Second World War ended, most thought the colonies they ruled wouldn’t be ready for independence for centuries, certainly not till the end of the twentieth century…

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