Contributions to my medium page.
Australia voted. And, boy, did it ever. May 4, 2025.
Tallying the fallout of the A. Islam — GDRI — Monash saga (so far) and questions prompted by it … Apr 27, 2025.
The Asad Islam — GDRI saga. Mar 2, 2025.
Germany before the national election. Feb 22, 2025.
Shifts in LLMs’ “moral stance”. Jan 26, 2025
While visiting Vietnam. A travelogue … Jan 8, 2025.
So 2024 is done and dusted, too. It was quite the year. Looking back: Jan 1, 2025.
Lemonade and the question of (laboratory) evidence. Jun 26, 2024.
The Current Australian Debate over Nuclear Energy. The facts (about nuclear energy and the debate …) Jun 23, 2024.
“pardon the ignorance, Why is it essential to substantiate statements for investors?” Jun 16, 2024.
Elections to the European Parliament — a quick post mortem. Jun 10, 2024.
Are AI chatbots behaviorally similar to humans? May 22, 2024.
On AI agents and their limitations in experimental work. May 18, 2024.
Humans are Large Language Models, only better. Reflecting on a couple of recent blog posts on the topic … May 13, 2024.
In memoriam Seth Roberts (1953–2014). Apr 26, 2024.
On that recent Publishing Economics study: How Slow? Why Slow? Is Slow Productive? How to Fix Slow? Mar 13, 2024.
About that new mega-study on the effectiveness of honesty oaths. Mar 10, 2024.
Is an extended life worth more than what many people would consider a more expansive one? Feb 18, 2024.
What are pre-registrations good for? (Absolutely nothing!?) A quick review of some relevant references and results. Jan 15, 2024.
Dating Games, Part 10. Dec 30, 2023.
Reflections on the Ariely-Gino saga, the M-CaP, and the swamp that is the Poets&Quants ecology of (wannabe) sellebrities … Nov 14, 2023.
Wherein we learn, completely to our surprise, that attempts to be helpful are appreciated … Nov 2, 2023.
Ariely, Gino, & Trump — how to deal with post-truthers (2.0). Oct 15, 2023.
The 19 best mash-ups and (re-)mixes … Oct 7, 2023.
Adam Smith: Annotated bibliography (in progress). Sep 24, 2023.
Books you ought to read about the Adam and smith of modern economics and for that matter modern social sciences … Aug 29, 2023.
Ariely, Gino, & Trump — how to deal with post-truthers. Aug 17, 2023.
Dating Games, Part 9. Aug 4, 2023.
Cafés and coffeehouses in Prague 1. July 13, 2023.
On RATIONALITY (the book). May 8, 2023.
Dating Games, Part 8. May 7, 2023.
Dating Games, Part 7. April 30, 2023.
Dating Games, Part 6 (post-Easter edition). April 23, 2023.
A review of a review of our book on the Adam and smith of modern economics. April 20, 2023.
Dating Games, Part 5 (Easter edition). April 9, 2023.
Dating Games, Part 4. March 25, 2023.
Dating Games, Part 3. March 18, 2023.
Dating Games, Part 2. March 11, 2023.
Dating Games, Part 1. March 5, 2023.
Is peer review on its way out? January 27, 2023.
Revisiting the USA, part 5 (wrap-up). December 10, 2022.
Revisiting the USA, part 4. December 4, 2022.
Revisiting the USA, part 3. November 28, 2022.
Revisiting the USA, part 2. November 21, 2022.
Revisiting the USA, part 1. November 15, 2022.
The Lucky Country can count itself, well, lucky … May 25, 2022.
Why another Morrison-Joyce term would be (even more) disastrous. May 21, 2022.
Oz for Dummies: Week 7, 2022. February 20, 2022.
Oz for Dummies: Week 6, 2022. February 13, 2022.
Oz for Dummies: Week 5, 2022. February 6, 2022.
Oz for Dummies: Week 4, 2022. January 30, 2022.
Oz for Dummies: Week 3, 2022. January 23, 2022.
Oz for Dummies: Week 2, 2022. January 16, 2022.
Oz for Dummies: Week 1, 2022. January 9, 2022.
Oz for Dummies: Week 52, 2021. January 2, 2022.
Oz for Dummies: Week 51, 2021. December 26, 2021.
Oz for Dummies: Week 50, 2021. December 19, 2021.
Oz for Dummies: Week 49, 2021. December 12, 2021.
Oz for Dummies: Week 48, 2021. December 5, 2021.
Oz for Dummies: Week 47, 2021. November 28, 2021.
Oz for Dummies: Week 46, 2021. November 21, 2021.
Oz for Dummies: Week 45, 2021. November 14, 2021.
Oz for Dummies: Week 44, 2021. November 7, 2021.
Oz for Dummies: Week 43, 2021. October 31, 2021.
Oz for Dummies: Week 42, 2021. October 24, 2021.
Oz for Dummies: Week 41, 2021. October 17, 2021.
Oz for Dummies: Week 40, 2021. October 10, 2021.
Oz for Dummies: Week 39, 2021. October 3, 2021.
Oz for Dummies: Week 38, 2021. September 26, 2021.
Oz for Dummies: Week 37, 2021. September 19, 2021.
Oz for Dummies: Week 36, 2021. September 12, 2021.
Do cash incentives work? August 4, 2021.
Has NSW failed? July 18, 2021.
Managers matter. Here’s some intriguing evidence. From soccer. July 13, 2021.
Lockdowns. They work (but cost dearly). July 4, 2021.
Vaccination hesitancy — how to address it once we get to it. July 3, 2021.
Germany three months out from the federal election: A preview. June 22, 2021.
On NOISE (the book). June 13, 2021.
Book Review: Tomer’s Advanced Introduction to Behavioral Economics. June 10, 2021.
Another bloke-y budget, as was to be expected. May 14, 2021.
Did it capitulate? On Facebook de- and then re-friending Australia. February 28, 2021.
Facebook banning the sharing of Aussie news: The evil empire at work? February 21, 2021.
Psychologizing Trump. January 17, 2021.
Brexit - the deal is done! Who won? December 26, 2020.
On writing (academic manuscripts). December 8, 2020.
Face masks don’t work. Not! November 22, 2020.
Kalle and me. Schumpeter, too. November 17, 2020.
Book review: Sanjeev Sabhlok’s The Great Hysteria and the Broken State. November 17, 2020.
The benefits and costs of Facebook (and how to maximize surplus for self). November 9, 2020.
Sweden eschewed lockdowns. It’s (still) too early to be certain it was wrong. November 8, 2020.
How exemplary a covid-19 patient is Germany (now)? (Version 0.9). November 2, 2020.
Book review: Katy Barnett’s The Earth Below. October 22, 2020.