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I must say that until recently I have had little exposure to the writings of Andrew Bolt . A short snippet of him on telly once seemed to h...

I have been reading some great articles about poor science journalism , and gross misrepresentation of the facts. These articles got me thi...

I am shocked. Really. The amount of time and energy devoted to ridiculous ‘social issues’ like daylight saving time could be devoted to so...

My title is yet another rip off. This time from Dan Ariely et al.’s 2006 paper Tom Sawyer and the construction of value . In my opinion, t...

Although spiritual leaders would suggest that happiness comes from within, recent research is suggesting it may also come from without. Y...

If you recall a previous blog which linked to a crash course in global economics, you would remember a part about hedonic price adjustment...

Economists have tried to determine the reason some countries are wealthy while, relatively speaking, others are poor. They have eliminated a...

I see in so many black and white films young working class men strolling (perhaps even skipping) to and from work while whistling a merry tu...

In keeping with the theme of my last post I will examine elections in more detail. There are two issues that I want to raise; 1. strategic ...

One of the main functions of government is the redistribution of wealth. However, governments also have the luxury of promoting social goal...