Lottery policies – places for transparent arbitrariness
As a summer exercise I've been thinking about places where more lotteries might be a good idea. By lotteries, I mean a decision maker selecting...
I couldn’t figure it out even after clicked through to the game
White to play B Kovanova vs N Pogonina 22. ? See game for solution. about our puzzles But you can look up the game, and the...
Poh’s Laundry
Being in holiday mode, my brain is deeply immersed in trivial thoughts, not least who the Australian selectors could sensibly pick to begin the process...
A suppliers’ advocate? Bleg of the day
When debating policy and strategy within firms for instance, the debate takes place as if the discourse will get us to truth or falsity. In...
Computer flips lid: Hal eat your heart out
Computers are very clever beasties - at least most of the time. Sadly their matches against each other are deadly dull. The games virtually never...
Privatising profits, socialising losses: Airlines and banks
Banks privatise the gains they make and in times of crisis initially socialise their losses (amongst the private providers - so that larger more solvent...
Selfishness and the community, Adam Smith and a couple of miraculous new modes of production
It's a pity we lost Troppoarmadillo, not the blog so much (for ClubTroppo lives on) as it's archives. Anyway, I had occasion to look up...