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Comparing the Census to alternative data or information: What is the right counterfactual?

Nicholas Gruen
June 21, 2019
[caption id="attachment_32902" align="alignright" width="381"] You might think that on a post about counterfactuals, we'd have a picture of sliding doors together with two contrasting pictures...
Economics and public policy

If your problem is darkness, it’s better to light one quarter of a candle than to light any more of a candle (apparently)

Nicholas Gruen
June 20, 2019
Here's Phil Lowe reporting on the RBA's failure to meet its performance targets and refusal to do anything about it: This decision [to cut rates...
Economics and public policy IT and Internet Metablogging Public and Private Goods Web and Government 2.0

Blogging another inquiry: Valuing the Australian Census

Nicholas Gruen
June 12, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7tvauOJMHo Lateral Economics has been commissioned by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to estimate the value of the Australian Census to the Australian community. As part...
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The Last Days of Nigel (the Darwin Shooter’s second victim)

Ken Parish
June 6, 2019June 6, 2019
Yesterday I was chatting online about Wednesday evening's dreadful shooting massacre in Darwin (like many shocked people here). I posted a comment listing the various...
Democracy Media

Guest Post by Simon Molloy: Reducing political bias at the national broadcaster

Nicholas Gruen
June 5, 2019
[caption id="attachment_32881" align="alignright" width="300"] An interesting graphic which the SMH thought was better presented in a form in which you can't read whatever was near...

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