The sins of the fathers …
Hold the presses - Coal may not be good for humanity. OK that was a cheap ideological shot - the kind you might see on...
Ratings: the downside
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="336"] This is the framework all Troppo authors use in their online reputation management (ORM). KPIs are reported monthly. If you notice...
The generative commons of generalised social capital
Paul Krugman has an interesting blog post on the extent to which there might be contagion from one area of social capital (or lack thereof)...
The best films of the German Film Festival
Festival Website | Films | Melbourne Schedule Top Picks Who Am I-No System is Safe Benjamin is a socially inept nobody. Max is handsome and...
Politics in the Courtroom: Political Ideology and Jury Decision Making
by Shamena Anwar, Patrick Bayer, Randi Hjalmarsson. Publication is available here. This paper uses data from the Gothenburg District Court in Sweden and a research design that...
Showdown at the Supreme Court corral
Queensland's judicial system looks to be in quite a bit of strife at present. The former Newman LNP government's ill-advised appointment of an utterly unsuitable...
Irreducibility: the micro-foundations
I've written about what I call irreducibility at least twice before. Then along comes this nice article in the excellent new publication The Mandarin on the "19 reasons...