Via Owen Williams on Twitter came this gem: Life in New Zealand 🙁 pic.twitter.com/Fnt30ZCKR0 — Owen Williams (@ow) July 22, 2014 This is true, shipping is a pretty big deal. However, Aaron Schiff pointed out another common cost of being in NZ: @ow @tanya hey, at least this item is available in your country … […]
First let me cover off the two reasons you have probably clicked on this post: The question mark is on purpose – even though it sounds like a statement. In the end, these are issues of balance rather than black and white rights and wrongs. Then again, maybe I’m biased as I see myself as […]
Here is a good one, straight from twitter: Without a theory the facts are silent. – Friedrich Hayek — Dr. Tom Stevens (@DrTomStevens) July 21, 2014
Everywhere we turn nowadays people are talking about Ginis. And sadly, they are not misspelling Genie, they are talking about Gini coefficients. The reason for this interest in Gini coefficient stems from the fact they are used to measure “inequality” in an income distribution – with books such as the Spirit Level made hay discussing […]
Another video, same artist and all There are few songs that illustrate the give an example of status good behaviour than “Mercedes Benz”
Over at Dim Post I see Danyl is discussing the latest (2014) Household Income Report and Piketty’s book Capital in the 21st Century. Excellent – there are lots of important and interesting issues to discussing look at these sources. However, in this instance the data he is using and his interpretation is sadly a bit […]