Crikey: now is the time …
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="778"] Exactly why George Pell's face should come up on Googling "Crikey" is anyone's guess, but I for one would like people...
Testament of youth: the book
Regular readers may know of my fondness for the recent film of Vera Brittain's Testament of Youth, so I was intrigued to come upon this fantastic book...
Social systems, economics and the thing itself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMLt7bSX3iE I In writing a series of essays last year I came to an obvious conclusion. It's perhaps one that others had come to years ago,...
Information and arts marketing
On completing a consumer survey for the Melbourne Theatre Company. I was intrigued to come upon this table. Which of the following would encourage you...
Elections and development #NeverLetAGoodDeedGoUnpunished
Do anti-poverty programs sway voters? Experimental evidence from Uganda By: Blattman, Christopher ; Emeriau, Mathilde ; Fiala, Nathan A Ugandan government program allowed groups of...
Coal pollution and health before WWI
Research Design Meets Market Design: Using Centralized Assignment for Impact Evaluation Date: 2016-12 By: Abdulkadiroğlu, Atila (Duke University) ; Angrist, Joshua (MIT) ; Narita, Yusuke...
From healthy youth to senescent decay: a list of examples and thoughts
An incomplete series of thoughts beginning with a couple of paragraphs suggesting something with grander aspirations - which of course may be realised some day...