Paul Collier talk on “The Plundered Planet”
I went to a talk last night by Paul Collier. For those of you who don't know, Collier is a big cheese in the development studies world, probably best known f...
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The APS and others respond to the Harold Lewis resignation letter
As reported last week, a physicist by the name of Hal Lewis resigned from the American Physical Society, citing his belief that the APS has been irrevocably ...
Maths and Economics - The Interlude
Those of you paying attention may have noticed that I yet to deliver on my promise to provide a second economic-maths example. Apologies for the delay, but ...
Passage of the day - Of Columbus, Conquistadors and Cruelty
So I'm a few days late, but Monday was Columbus Day for our friends over States' side. I know this because Aguanomics mentioned it at the time, offering the ...
Climate Change - Two steps forward, two steps back
Sigh. After the "No Pressure" video debacle[*], you would think that this week had run out of shite hands to deal the proponents of the AGW theory.&nbs...