Archive for the ‘Theoretical musings’ Category
23
Dec
Posted by freethinkingeconomist in Theoretical musings. Tagged: Cato, Economics, Miserabilism, Progress, Theodore Dalrymple. 5 Comments
The long term pattern still holds: life gets better. And 2009 could have been a lot worse. Though 2010 . .. .
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20
Dec
Posted by freethinkingeconomist in Theoretical musings. Tagged: Aubrey Maturin, Doctor Who, Patrick O'Brian, Relativism, Science Fiction. 20 Comments
I find Doctor Who dismayingly bad for a couple of reasons.
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15
Dec
Posted by freethinkingeconomist in Economics, Theoretical musings. Tagged: Banking, Economics, Nef, New Economics Foundation, Quantitative Easing. 7 Comments
a list of a few of the nef mistakes in their “worst publication of the year” report, ‘A bit rich’.
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13
Dec
Posted by freethinkingeconomist in Theoretical musings. Tagged: Doncaster, Janice Turner, Miserabilism, Teenage Pregnancy, Theodore Dalrymple. 6 Comments
Janice Turner’s memory of teen pregnancy rates in her childhood clashes with statistics.But there is no denying the difficulty some places have coping with the loss of manufacturing/reliable work for the untutored bloke.
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29
Nov
Posted by freethinkingeconomist in Theoretical musings. Tagged: Bad History, Bad Science, Homeopathy, Miserabilism, Theodore Dalrymple. 1 Comment
A new column called Bad History debunks some of the classic miserabilism that fuels the illiberal Tory right.
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27
Nov
Posted by freethinkingeconomist in Theoretical musings. Tagged: Homeopathy, Pregnancy, Quackery. 10 Comments
Homeopathy exploits gullibility in a way no less dishonourable than financial mis-selling.
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27
Nov
Posted by freethinkingeconomist in Theoretical musings. Tagged: Bond, Bubbles, Default, Dubai, Jumeirah, Real Estate, Sukuk. 2 Comments
Dubai: a financial crisis and an environmentally mad model – but at least they were trying to build a sustainable, non-oil dependent future.
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24
Nov
Posted by freethinkingeconomist in Theoretical musings. Tagged: Ageism, Album of the Noughties, Bob Dylan, Gomez, Green Wing, Lists, Paul McCartney, Pop, The Killers, Times. 9 Comments
The Times take pop too seriously. It’s not high art and the stars of yesteryear do not produce great music forever. Forget them, or risk missing out on the one and a half album wonders of today.
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20
Nov
Posted by freethinkingeconomist in Theoretical musings. Tagged: Catherine Ashton, Conspiracy theories, Jewish Conspiracy, Lady Ashton, The internet bringing out the worst in people. 9 Comments
I am utterly mystified about why people search for Baronness Ashton and Jewish Conspiracy. Help me – who the hell are you?
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19
Nov
Posted by freethinkingeconomist in Politics, Theoretical musings. Tagged: Isms, Jon Cruddas, Left wing thinking, Liberalism, Pointlessness of a Politics PHD. 17 Comments
These are the ISMs that Cruddas thinks can show us that he is on the side of the Good
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