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Three Years of Blogging
Politics, public policy, books and miscellany.
Sep 30 • 
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Geography is not Destiny
Small countries can - but don't always - economically outperform their larger neighbours
Sep 26 • 
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Thoughts in Brief: Political lies, Internships and Memetic traps
Experimenting with a new format.
Sep 18 • 
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The Fallacy of the 'Average'
It doesn't matter to most policy debates what the return is on the 'average' graduate or immigrant. What matters is the marginal return.
Sep 14 • 
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August 2025

August Archives
Or; What I wrote when no-one was reading it
Aug 31 • 
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We too, are elves
Reflections on falling birthrates and 'the Little Golden Age'
Aug 25 • 
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Book Review: Five classics, of a sort
In which I read five books so that you don't have to
Aug 15 • 
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How to Reduce Fare Evasion
The case for a lottery for those who tap in
Aug 8 • 
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Raising taxes increases revenue but harms the economy
(In most cases)
Aug 3 • 
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July 2025

Parenting Survey: Results
Thank you to the 321 of you who completed my Parenting Survey - my highest response to a survey yet!
Jul 27 • 
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Sanctuary or Struggle?
What do BlueSky and the University of Austin have in common?
Jul 18 • 
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Summer Reading Challenge 2025
Books, books and more books...
Jul 13 • 
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