Monthly Archives: July 2011

Population

Whilst this little graphic represents Europe it could be any Western nation. Of particular note is the dramatic shrinkage in the working age population. While the problems of population aging for Europe’s generation-contract-based pension systems are now slowly becoming public knowledge, the consequences for overall economic growth and technical innovation are still widely ignored. With…

Gold And Silver….Again

WTF Moment Of The Week

I have nothing to say……. Male Organ and Economic Growth: Does Size Matter*? Abstract This paper explores the link between economic development and penile length between 1960 and 1985. It estimates an augmented Solow model utilizing the Mankiw-Romer-Weil 121 country dataset. The size of male organ is found to have an inverse U-shaped relationship with the level of…

WTF Moment Of The Week

I have nothing to say……. Male Organ and Economic Growth: Does Size Matter*? Abstract This paper explores the link between economic development and penile length between 1960 and 1985. It estimates an augmented Solow model utilizing the Mankiw-Romer-Weil 121 country dataset. The size of male organ is found to have an inverse U-shaped relationship with the level of…

Tim Harford On Error And The God Complex

I have referenced the work of Tim Harford particularly his wonderful series of podcasts This is an excellent video of the fallibilities of humans and the errors we make.

Lost Decades

Whilst looking through one of my folders for an example for the current mentor group I found this chart from 2 years ago. Off the top of my head I would guess that things hav not improved much in two years.

Lost Decades

Whilst looking through one of my folders for an example for the current mentor group I found this chart from 2 years ago. Off the top of my head I would guess that things hav not improved much in two years.