The greenist energy #globalwarming #climateemergency @Greenpeace @Greens @NZGreens
25 May 2020 Leave a comment
Cole and Ohanian on leaving the gold standard during the Great Contraction
20 May 2020 Leave a comment
The Treaty, beautifully explained by a wise and honest Maori leader
19 May 2020 Leave a comment
Sir Apirana Ngata, MA, LLB, D. Lit — the man on our $50 note. (Put there by Reserve Bank Governor, one Donald T. Brash.) If only today’s Maori leaders shared Ngata’s high regard for truth. THE TREATY OF WAITANGI
AN EXPLANATION
by The Hon. Sir Apirana Ngata
M.A., LL.B., Lit.D.
Published for the Maori Purposes Fund Board
First published in 1922
Translated into English by M. R. Jones
Spaced out a bit for easy reading by J. L. Ansell
The words that follow are those of history’s greatest Maori statesman…
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Male/female disparity in starting pay
18 May 2020 Leave a comment
From Becker E, Lindsay CM. Male/female disparity in starting pay. Southern Economic Journal. 1995;61(3):628
Media Turn Math Dopes into Dupes
16 May 2020 Leave a comment
Those who have investigated global warming/climate change discovered that the numbers don’t add up. But if you don’t do the math you wouldn’t know that, because in the details is found the truth (the devilish contradictions to sweeping claims). Those without numerical literacy (including apparently most journalists) are at the mercy of the loudest advocates. Social policy then becomes a matter of going along with herd popularity. Shout out to AOC!
Now we get the additional revelation regarding pandemic math and the refusal to correct over-the-top predictions. It’s the same dynamic but accelerated by the more immediate failure of models to forecast contagious reality. Sean Trende writes at Real Clear Politics The Costly Failure to Update Sky-Is-Falling Predictions. Excerpts in italics with my bolds.
On March 6, Liz Specht, Ph.D., posted a thread on Twitter that immediately went viral. As of this writing, it has received over 100,000…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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