tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.comments2024-03-07T19:07:01.980+11:00 Freedom and FlourishingWinton Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07383561940886657594noreply@blogger.comBlogger1104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-89399639081112512992024-02-06T13:57:19.561+11:002024-02-06T13:57:19.561+11:00Absolutely! The internet provides a vast support s...Absolutely! The internet provides a vast support system for young men battling 'the blues.' From online communities to mental health resources, it offers a lifeline. Thank you for shedding light on this crucial topic. <a href="https://www.Myinnerhealingtherapy.com" rel="nofollow">Inner Healing Therapy, A Licensed Clinical Social Worker P.C.</a>Inner Healing Therapy, A Licensed Clinical Social Worker P.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04756910078285008048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-83372197118464331752023-12-25T04:14:37.873+11:002023-12-25T04:14:37.873+11:00Hmmm.. I wonder.... given Yeats' fascination w...Hmmm.. I wonder.... given Yeats' fascination with the spirals of time I have always been drawn to Revelations: "And i looked and beheld a pale horse...JohnAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00960877020647131243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-82077209337601973632023-12-09T15:43:10.153+11:002023-12-09T15:43:10.153+11:00Yes, that is disappointing.
It is also disappointi...Yes, that is disappointing.<br />It is also disappointing that there is no mention of philosophy in their list. If I remember correctly, some of the better recruits in NZ Treasury 30 years ago had honours in philosophy. They knew how to think and didn’t need to unlearn bad economics.Winton Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07383561940886657594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-44866747236707402212023-12-09T08:33:31.563+11:002023-12-09T08:33:31.563+11:00"Help us to shape the future and make a diffe...<br /><br />"Help us to shape the future and make a difference for all Australians<br /><br />At Treasury we offer opportunities to exceptional graduates from a range of disciplines, including law, accounting, data, economics, statistics and mathematics, political science and many more."<br /><br />Winton, it looks like Treasury is at least still willing to hire economists. Thats a good sign. But it really looks like they dont think an eco degree is much of a positive attribute. Perhaps this reflects what is taught in the courses? Perhaps eco grads have no interest in the public sector?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-9954741396274763992023-12-03T22:54:34.040+11:002023-12-03T22:54:34.040+11:00Hi Anon,
During the 1970s it was difficult to see ...Hi Anon,<br />During the 1970s it was difficult to see how we could get a government that would be prepared to implement substantial economic reform in Australia. There were economists writing reports about what needed to be done and one or two politicians trying to make the case.i don’t think anyone would have predicted in the 1970s that Hawke and Keating would implement substantial economic reforms during the 1980s.<br />I see the situation to be similar now.The PC recently wrote a major report suggesting what needs to be done, but the current government is no more interested in reform than was Malcolm Fraser in the 1970s. Yet, within a decade, the federal government had initiated substantial reforms in recognition of the need to lift productivity growth.<br /><br />You make a good point about the need for people with policy analysis skills.Perhaps I should be more concerned about what economics is being taught in unis at present. I wonder if Treasury and PC are still recruiting people with an understanding of economics required for public policy analysis.Winton Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07383561940886657594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-24309672023553744672023-12-01T19:12:59.774+11:002023-12-01T19:12:59.774+11:00It's fascinating to see how subjective well-be...It's fascinating to see how subjective well-being (SWB) in Victoria reflects the unique dynamics between rural and urban areas. The strong positive correlation between SWB and community factors in rural LGAs highlights the importance of social connections for overall life satisfaction. Interestingly, the negative relationship with certain variables like household income emphasizes the nuanced nature of well-being, suggesting that high SWB can be achieved in rural settings without the need for a big-city income. This aligns with the idea that an ideal lifestyle might involve earning a metropolitan income while enjoying the tranquility of rural life. Exploring such regional variations in well-being could provide valuable insights for education consultancy, especially in tailoring academic and career guidance to match diverse lifestyle preferences and community dynamics.best education consultants in pakistanhttps://globalstudyadvisor.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-38723848624825106672023-12-01T08:53:54.638+11:002023-12-01T08:53:54.638+11:00"Unfortunately, major economic crises will pr..."Unfortunately, major economic crises will probably need to be endured before political leaders inspired by classical liberalism emerge once again"<br />I just dont see where a change will come from, even in the face of major eco crises. The policy environment looks very different to the 1970s where some uni departments and the PC and BAE were advocating change. Of course all turning points are hard to pick but the direction now looks so set. I doubt many unis would teach welfare economics in a way that would inform these debates. Could you imagine the Green Paper coming out of ABARES now? Could you see the PC advocating unilateral free trade? How many people teaching eco at unis have any knowledge of Australian public policy history? Now its a battle to even get decision makers to acknowledge that costs are relevant, or that costs even exist. Tomorrows political leaders are now all political advisors in the "Ministers Office". Its hard to see how or why any of them would be inspired by classical liberalism. Of course I could be totally wrong. I suppose in the 1960s no one thought the Tariff Board could change to the PC. But think about what was being taught in unis then compared to now. I hope I am wrong. I do hear that some of the current Ministers in lesser portfolios are interested in understanding issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-86496523036026874592023-10-01T14:54:56.037+11:002023-10-01T14:54:56.037+11:00Hi Daniel.
As I remember, during the 1990s Kahnem...Hi Daniel.<br />As I remember, during the 1990s Kahneman and Tversky’s findings helped me to see that the conventional rational actor assumptions of neoclassical economics should not be taken too seriously.<br />Pinker has quite a few references to Gerd Gigerenzer, all favourable. I particularly this one:<br /><br />“Gigerenzer loves to tell a true story about a conversation between two decision theorists, one of whom was agonizing over whether to take an enticing job offer at another university.38 His colleague said, “Why don’t you write down the utilities of staying where you are versus taking the job, multiply them by their probabilities, and choose the higher of the two? After all, that’s what you advise in your professional work.” The first one snapped, “Come on, this is serious!” “.Winton Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07383561940886657594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-17101318179113163322023-10-01T14:36:57.256+11:002023-10-01T14:36:57.256+11:00This comment has been removed by the author.Winton Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07383561940886657594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-3555795903298120212023-09-30T18:48:42.800+10:002023-09-30T18:48:42.800+10:00I'm not so much a fan of Kahneman and Tversky....I'm not so much a fan of Kahneman and Tversky. They went looking for irrationality, and unshockingly often imagined that they'd found it where they hadn't. Gerd Gigerenzer did a fairly good job of critiquing their work, though his own work is not without significant problems. Daniel [oeconomist.com]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763094285750736837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-32998840163295195482023-09-15T16:20:01.940+10:002023-09-15T16:20:01.940+10:00It looks as though you have updated Ricardo. As yo...It looks as though you have updated Ricardo. As you would know, used wine and cloth in his explanation of comparative advantage.<br />Thanks for the information about Marx’s use of capitalism. I read somewhere recently that he had used the word rarely later in his life, but I didn’t think to save the article so I could link to it.Winton Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07383561940886657594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-31847424556274966782023-09-15T14:06:11.190+10:002023-09-15T14:06:11.190+10:00I'm amongst those who argue against using the ...I'm amongst those who argue against using the world “capitalism”. A dozen years ago, I posted <a href="https://www.oeconomist.com/blogs/daniel/?p=4372" rel="nofollow">“A ‘Capitalist’ Manifesto”</a> about the matter, using quotation marks because I was writing about the world itself. <br /><br />Of course, I am none-the-less an extremist proponent of economic liberalism, have argued for the superiority of markets over other arrangements in larger-scale human interaction, and <a href="https://www.oeconomist.com/blogs/daniel/?p=2986" rel="nofollow">have explained the principle of comparative advantage in application to international trade (though it explains rational trade at all scales)</a>. <br /><br />For what it's worth, Marx can only be found using “Kapitalismus” once, and then in a context where just what he meant isn't clear.Daniel [oeconomist.com]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763094285750736837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-23863661695746367002023-09-14T10:09:44.888+10:002023-09-14T10:09:44.888+10:00Hi Anon, I have been waiting over 40 years for the...Hi Anon, I have been waiting over 40 years for the dawning of the age of Aquarius. Perhaps I have been living in it and just didn’t realise:<br /><br />“Harmony and understanding<br />Sympathy and trust abounding<br />No more falsehoods or derisions<br />Golden living dreams of visions<br />Mystic crystal revelation<br />And the mind's true liberation, Aquarius<br />Aquarius”<br />Winton Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07383561940886657594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-79780557808431038872023-09-14T07:31:32.775+10:002023-09-14T07:31:32.775+10:00Winton, your age is showing. We now live in a post...Winton, your age is showing. We now live in a post scarcity world. No costs and no need for free markets. Canberra is now full of all knowing Ministerial staff who can solve all allocation issues with assistance from focus groups. CBA is a thing of the past - we now just need to count jobs. On top of all this it seems economic history has been rewritten. Move on. This one is lost. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-29042955212993002812023-08-18T09:24:40.068+10:002023-08-18T09:24:40.068+10:00Hi Anon, I am trying not to think about the Voice ...Hi Anon, I am trying not to think about the Voice - too much anguish, acrimony, and ultimately disappointment no matter which side wins. Winton Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07383561940886657594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-6665665538647257752023-08-18T08:18:15.492+10:002023-08-18T08:18:15.492+10:00Winton, Not on topic but are you going to write so...Winton, Not on topic but are you going to write something on The Voice?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-87582188843153980642023-08-17T15:29:30.846+10:002023-08-17T15:29:30.846+10:00Thanks for your comment Phillip.Thanks for your comment Phillip.Winton Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07383561940886657594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-84382068435972897632023-08-17T14:50:54.369+10:002023-08-17T14:50:54.369+10:00There are many cases where due to various pressure...There are many cases where due to various pressures, eg extended drought, warfare etc, the boundaries between sedentary ag and transhumance shifted. Today's demographic/ethnic boundaries in Niger and Mali reflect this interaction in a low technology cultural interface. Some societies have powerful social divisions between pastoralists and farmers, or between high caste and low caste where the higher status would not stoop to farm or carry a trade. I saw and see this in the MENA region. That dynamic equilibrium as a feature of pre-1788 hunting and gathering would have created a 'why bother' approach to farming or to see farming as available but not acceptable is not too surprising. Perhaps the jump in calorie production and consumption was not large enough to create a convincing "demonstration farm" before 1788.Philip Eliasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-24820539535901560912023-07-21T14:48:42.650+10:002023-07-21T14:48:42.650+10:00The brilliant historian, Giovanni Costigan, whose ...The brilliant historian, Giovanni Costigan, whose course in Irish history I took in the 1970s, told us in one of his lectures that Horseman is a synonym for Aristocrat, those that could afford horses. His admonishment was that aristocrats are welcome to pass by his grave. It paints Yeats in sort of an unflattering light, but Costigan was, as I said brilliant, so it is hard for me to discount his words.mark B bakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-2821117637260017262023-07-17T21:49:42.144+10:002023-07-17T21:49:42.144+10:00Really nice and interesting post. I was looking fo...Really nice and interesting post. I was looking for this kind of information and enjoyed reading this one. Keep posting. Thanks for sharing.<br /><a href="https://www.qedgetech.com/course/selenium-training/" rel="nofollow">Selenium Training in Hyderabad</a><br />QEdge Technologieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12474867754091027641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-50555852179492368852023-03-20T13:42:52.174+11:002023-03-20T13:42:52.174+11:00LOV.JEN, I don’t think that is fair comment. The a...LOV.JEN, I don’t think that is fair comment. The author has provided suggestions about ways to develop necessary personality traits. Winton Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07383561940886657594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-27487044092127322102023-03-19T18:35:42.108+11:002023-03-19T18:35:42.108+11:00so how do we "deal" with these people. y...so how do we "deal" with these people. you used alot of words to say nothing. lololo lov,jenLOV, JENhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02283698568740317277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-39371939336931268752022-10-23T22:42:06.304+11:002022-10-23T22:42:06.304+11:00I will read Mindspell next.I will read Mindspell next.Winton Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07383561940886657594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-55672720966885899242022-10-23T19:30:10.186+11:002022-10-23T19:30:10.186+11:00My favorite novels by Kay Nolte Smith are Mindspel...My favorite novels by Kay Nolte Smith are Mindspell and A Tale of the Wind. I've read all her novels except Venetian Song which I really should get a copy of.Marconius7https://www.blogger.com/profile/11971110321963634198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-37753809287838915232022-10-22T07:55:05.449+11:002022-10-22T07:55:05.449+11:00How interesting, so many interpretations…mine reso...How interesting, so many interpretations…mine resonates with the Chinese contributor back in 2015 : <br />Detach: lives flash by like galloping horsemen. <br />Carolynnoreply@blogger.com