The Future of Politics: by John Burnheim
Politics is about constructing those public goods that are necessary for communities, are a minimum to deal with problems that threaten life itself. In our...
Infectious disease in the land of the free
Regional and Racial Inequality in Infectious Disease Mortality in U.S. Cities, 1900-1948 James J. Feigenbaum, Christopher Muller, and Elizabeth Wrigley-Field #25345 Abstract: In the first...
Worldly wisdom (in my dreams)
A couple of weeks ago I got this email. Dear Prof. Gruen, I’m fifteen years old, I live in Memphis, Tennessee, and I’m very interested in economics....
My presentation in London
https://youtu.be/S_SWo3Cj8Yc Herewith my presentation in London "Economic reform thinking as if we'd bothered to do it" and Martin Wolf's commentary on it beginning at around...
Evaluation: moving beyond well-meaning fads and towards a new professionalism
Cross-posted at the Mandarin. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="530"] The first image to come up in a search for 'new professionalism'. A very nice image too,...
Citizens’ chambers: towards an activism of selection by lot
[caption id="attachment_32524" align="aligncenter" width="1212"] When Ghandi was asked what he thought of Western Civilisation he said it would be a good idea. Ditto democracy.[/caption] In...
Second Brexit referendum questions.
We seem to have a Brexit deal today, which has two important components: free-movement between the UK and the EU ends (no single market) whilst...