Sunday, May 29, 2022

Leisure and abundance




Keynes promised shorter working hours and greater prosperity by now. As remote as it sounds, that vision is still possible.

Why haven’t working hours in rich industrialized countries declined more sharply or even increased at times since the early 1980s? And why do average working hours vary so much across rich economies? These are the questions addressed in our paper Varieties of the rat race. Working hours in the age of abundance.


Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Gun violence in the USA



and much more

Why published research is probably wrong



Time to revisit 
Ionnadis’ paper on why published research is not necessarily trustworthy 

Saturday, May 14, 2022

Summary of mask / filtration re COVID