The Adventures of Shylock Holmes

One pound of inference, no more, no less. No humbug, no cant, but only inference. This task done, and he would go free.

Monday, August 7, 2017

No True Communism

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As the estimable Mr Moldbug famously put it , America is a communist country. This is one of those statements that, on first glance, strik...
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Monday, July 17, 2017

The fastest way in

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"Nature," as Mr Emerson once noted , "has made up her mind that what cannot defend itself shall not be defended." A ...
Sunday, July 2, 2017

On the time-series, the cross-section, and epistemic humility

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One of the advantages of the economist's training is just the ability to instinctively think in terms of empirical tests. There's a ...
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Friday, June 9, 2017

The End of Empire

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As I mentioned last time, I’ve been listening to Patrick Wyman’s excellent podcast series “ The Fall of Rome ”. One of the things that’s m...
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Friday, May 26, 2017

The economist's case for at least agnosticism about Bitcoin

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As far as I can tell, the primary problem with Bitcoin is that after you've bought it, you become medically incapable of shutting the @#...
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Saturday, May 20, 2017

The metres lost, the metres gained

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What is gone, but still remembered, is quite vivid and easy to see. What is yet to come is often only perceived dimly, if at all. For a r...
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Monday, May 1, 2017

On the Pathology of Low Birthrates

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One of the important axioms of organisational development is that if you want an organisation to be successful and sustainable, you should m...
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Sunday, April 23, 2017

The Puritan Hypothesis Personified

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We live in a period where Whig history is the only history that most people know. The west conquered the evils of Nazism and racism, and is...
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