China looks to me more like an example of the Lewis model of development growth with perfectly elastic labour supply as huge numbers migrate from rural agriculture to urban manufacturing. It is not a… (View Post)

What did the Romans ever do for the Romans, eh? (View Post)

Variations in countries' dispersions of IQ scores are probably as meaningful and consequential as variations in averages. (View Post)

Someone cleaned out nearly all the Victoria plums off the tree I was given for my 70th b'day 9 years ago. The other day I counted forty, now there are just four. Mightily pissed off. Good mornin… (View Post)

Looking forward to the audiovisuals on this thread. (View Post)