Fancy dinner with a flashmob in Sydney – tomorrow night?
Someone who emailed me saying he was coming to my presentation at Sydney Uni tomorrow night suggested we catch up for dinner. Which I'll be doing....
Kantian Optimisation
No time to read the paper right now, but it looks great. Kantian Optimization, Social Ethos, and Pareto Efficiency Date: 2012-03 By: John E. Roemer...
Gov 2 presentation at Sydney Uni this Thursday at 3.00 pm
Last year I did a presentation on Government 2.0 to Masters Government Students at Sydney Uni and it was lots of fun. So they invited...
Steve Jobs, climate quackery and democracy
If you discovered that you had cancer would you (a) find a doctor who is an expert in treating your disease and follow their advice,...
Melbourne and the body politic
A Club Troppo Research Project (more…)
Krugman comes down as a Kuhnian
Responding to Noah Smith, Krugman says the following about the long term effects of the "Macro Wars". On the academic side: look, to a first...
Salience, Risky Choices and Gender
Risk theories typically assume individuals make risky choices using probability weights that differ from objective probabilities. Recent theories suggest that probability weights vary depending on...