Lars P. Syll

Svenska kulturgiganter i mitt bibliotek .

Tory trickle-down mumbo jumbo .[embedded content] Absolutely gobsmacking … This MP certainly experiences bad luck trying to think …

We must ask why economists still ignore the obvious reality that application of their standard free trade model failed to generate broad-based income gains. Why do many still turn a blind eye to the mounting evidence of the social, economic, and human costs of the globalization experiment? Some were genuinely misled by the fancy algebra. But many know their models are irrelevant. They were seduced by the surprising willingness of political leaders to believe their sophistries...

Nationalekonomer hävdar ofta — vanligtvis med hänvisning till Milton Friedman och hans metodologiska individualism — att det inte gör så mycket om de antaganden som deras modeller bygger på är realistiska eller ej. Vad som betyder något är om de prognoser som modellerna resulterar i visar sig vara riktiga eller ej. Om det verkligen är så, är den enda slutsats vi kan dra att dessa modeller och prognoser hör hemma i papperskorgen. För oj vad fel de har haft! Riksbanken har sedan...

A different way to solve quadratic equations .[embedded content] This one is for Linnea, my youngest daughter, who has now begun studying mathematics at my university 🙂

Why exam schools may reduce achievement .[embedded content]

Die Linke Zerstörer Sahra Wagenknecht .[embedded content]

.[embedded content] Courage is a capability to confront fear, as when in front of the powerful and mighty, not to step back, but to stand up for one’s rights not to be humiliated or abused in any way by the rich and powerful. Courage is to do the right thing in spite of danger and fear. To keep on even if opportunities to turn back are given. Like in the great stories. The ones where people have lots of chances of turning back — but don’t. Dignity, a better life, or justice...

Liz Truss’ trickle-down economics U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss has said she’s ready to make “unpopular decisions” such as tax cuts and boosting bonuses for wealthy bankers to grow the economy, even though they obviously benefit the wealthiest more than the poor … Truss and her conservative government are to give U.K. corporations and shareholders a gift. The only trickle-down to workers to be going on is probably best described in the picture below …...

Science — the need for causal explanation Many journal editors request authors to avoid causal language, and many observational researchers, trained in a scientific environment that frowns upon causality claims, spontaneously refrain from mentioning the C-word (“causal”) in their work … The proscription against the C-word is harmful to science because causal inference is a core task of science, regardless of whether the study is randomized or nonrandomized....