Well, the NZ Association of Economists conference is done for 2011. It’s a chance for all economists to get together and talk nerdy without fear of social reprisals, although the food is another popular topic of conversation — it was pretty good this year, if you’re wondering. There were plenty of great presentations and star …
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Nov
16
2010
Seeing the future and determinism
As an economic forecaster, the idea of “seeing the future” is no doubt of interest to me. Combined with the fact that I have compared economic forecasting to tarot card reading, it would seem that I have a prior belief that the ability to see the future exists – but in fact, I very much …
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Nov
08
2010
Neuroscience, determinism, and free will
The title sounds serious, but I am (sadly) not capable of steering into too much detail in this subject matter. However, given that I have a rising interest in neuroeconomics I felt I should type something out about this quote (ht Andrew Sullivan): Dualists about the mind and brain – those who hold that there …
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Jul
27
2010
Testing my economic knowledge
Not PC has a quiz up on economics stuff – I thought it would be fun to do. So here goes. 1) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measures a country’s total economic activity. Answer: False. As it excludes activities where the market isn’t explicit. 2) Consumer spending represents around two-thirds of the economy. Answer: Depends how …
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Jun
21
2010
All Whites
Sorry I haven’t been posting – been extremely busy, and although I have some ideas I won’t have time to write until next week. On that note though – New Zealand has managed draws against Slovakia and Italy. We beat Paraguay we are, regardless of other results, through to the last 16. Wow – good …
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May
28
2010
Football Friday: Fifa World Cup 2010
Some of the writers from TVHE have grouped together with other football fans to write a football blog. The current focus of this blog is on the 2010 Fifa World Cup. It can be found here: http://vuvuzelaventing.wordpress.com/ On the blog they go through their views on the different World Cup groups, and who they think …
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