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A Case Study of Fossil-Fuel Depletion
February 10, 2022
I crunch the numbers on oil-and-gas depletion in Alberta.
The Truth About Inflation
November 24, 2021
When it comes to inflation, economists get it wrong. Inflation is always and everywhere differential.
Tips for Web Scraping in R and Python
November 05, 2021
Here are some tricks for scraping the web with R and Python.
Redistributing Income Through Hierarchy
October 24, 2021
Does hierarchy mediate the growth of top incomes?
Soft-wars
October 20, 2021
Chris Mouré has a new paper on big-tech battles. Here are the highlights.
Institution Size as a Window into Cultural Evolution
October 18, 2021
Does the deep past live with us, encoded in the structure of our institutions?
A Review of Geoffrey West's 'Scale'
October 04, 2021
Yes you should read 'Scale'. No, don't believe everything it says.
How Dominant are Big US Corporations?
September 29, 2021
I look at the state of corporate power in the United States by comparing corporate sales to government expenditures.
Di Muzio on 'Sabotage'
September 27, 2021
Tim Di Muzio explores the concept of ‘sabotage’ as it applies to capitalist power.
Tidyquant: An Open-Access Tool for Studying the Stock Market
September 18, 2021
Tidyquant is a nifty R package for get stock-price data.
The Long, Slow Death of the Free Market
September 16, 2021
Here's the blog summary of my paper 'Economic development and the death of the free market'.
How the Labor Theory of Value Emerges from Egalitarianism
September 11, 2021
Karl Marx declared that all value stems from labor. Was he right?
With Great Power Comes Great Fear
August 30, 2021
I discuss the ongoing research into the capital-as-power model of the stock market.
The Evolution of ‘Big’: How Sociality Made Life Larger
August 12, 2021
I explore how sociality underpins the evolution of big life.
Is Human Probability Intuition Actually ‘Biased’?
July 09, 2021
Human intuition for probability may not be as 'biased' as behavioral economists think.
Essentialism and Traditionalism in Academic Research
July 02, 2021
We discuss scientists’ tendency to turn hypotheses into innately true ‘essences’ passed down by tradition.
The Half Life of a Spotify Hit
June 18, 2021
I quantify the cutthroat nature of the music industry by measuring the half life of hit songs — the time they spend above 50% of their peak popularity.
The Quant Case for Open-Access COVID Vaccines
June 09, 2021
I crunch the numbers on COVID vaccines. No surprises … they're going overwhelmingly to rich countries.
The Ritual of Capitalization
June 02, 2021
I take a detailed look at the quantitative ritual that orders our social world.
RECASP Back Catalogue Now in Full-Text HTML
May 31, 2021
It has been an … interesting month. But I did manage to finish a small project.
A Brief History of the Buy-to-Build Indicator
May 13, 2021
A rapid-fire post about Nitzan and Bichler’s buy-to-build indicator.
Jesús Suaste Cherizola Wins the 2021 CASP Essay Prize
May 03, 2021
I discuss Suaste Cherizola's prize-winning essay 'From Commodities to Assets'
Energy and Economic Development: Understanding the Role of Hierarchy
April 29, 2021
My talk given to the University of Texas Energy Symposium.
The Deep History of Human Inequality
April 16, 2021
Have humans always been egalitarian? The evolutionary evidence suggests not.
Power … and the Dialect of Economics
March 30, 2021
Here's the manuscript for a new piece in The Mint Magazine about the language of economics.
Why Are Most Textbooks Still Proprietary?
March 17, 2021
Let's move all textbooks to the Creative Commons.
This Blog is Now ‘Free Culture’
March 16, 2021
Economics from the Top Down is now officially in the Creative Commons.
Energizing Exchange: Learning from Econophysics' Mistakes
March 12, 2021
I take a look at kinetic exchange models of income, and what we can learn from their mistakes.
A Review of Carey King's 'The Economic Superorganism'
March 05, 2021
I review Carey King's new book 'The Economic Superorganism'.
Radically Progressive Degrowth: Reducing Resource Use by Eliminating Inequality
February 26, 2021
I look at the degrowth that might be achieved by eliminating inequality.
Living the Good Life in a Non-Growth World — The Talk Version
February 18, 2021
The talk version of my recent paper on degrowth.
Living the Good Life in a Non-Growth World: Investigating the Role of Hierarchy (Part 2)
February 09, 2021
This is the second in a series of two essays written for and supported by the Seoul Institute SPIDERS initiative.
The Trouble With Human Capital Theory
February 01, 2021
A talk given to the SEEFAR center about the problems with human capital theory.
The Rise of Human Capital Theory
January 14, 2021
What's the most pernicious scientific idea ever? I'd give first prize to eugenics and second prize to human capital theory.
Living the good life in a non-growth world: Investigating the role of hierarchy
January 05, 2021
This is the first in a series of two essays written for (and supported by) the Seoul Platform for Initiating Discourses on an Equitable and Resilient Society.
Top 5 Posts of 2020
December 31, 2020
In case you missed them, here are the Top 5 posts of the last year.
As 2020 Ends, Let's Celebrate Science
December 28, 2020
A hellish year is over and a vaccine is rolling out. Let's be thankful for science.
Why and How I Write Scientific Documents in Plain Text
December 10, 2020
I discuss the advantages of writing technical documents in plain text. And I give you resources to learn how to do it.
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