Mike Norman Economics

Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science“The Role of Nature versus Nurture in Wealth and Other Economic Outcomes and Behaviors” Andrew Gelman | Professor of Statistics and Political Science and Director of the Applied Statistics Center, Columbia UniversityProject SyndicateThe Open Secret of Development Economics Yao Yang is a professor at the National School of Development and China Center for Economic Research at Peking UniversityProject SyndicateWhy Rich Cities Rebel...

Must-read backgrounder on Syria."You can't tell the players without the scorecard."Dances with BearsOil And Water Don’t Mix – The Solution To The War In Syria Gary Busch Originally published at Lima Charlie News

Zombies selling on the news, as usual.

Putin is said to suppport the far-right parties in Europe - although he doesn't like the ones in the Ukraine very much. But Putin's Russia also funds the high quality liberal, left-leaning RT English. Well, you have to confuse your enemy, right, and Putin is the 'grand, devilish mastermind', they tell us.So the liberal, anti-war Tulsi Gabbard gets associated with the neo-nazi far-right. C.J. Hopkins says the media will destroy her. So much for democracy, hey! The Times piece goes on to list...

Continued strong growth, which is also reflected in home loans.Calculated RiskComments on September Existing Home SalesBill McBride

The signals of unrest in Chile mounted for years amid corruption scandals, rising inequality, and new monopolies. The tax increase on public transport that sparked the protests was only the final straw. ProMarket — The blog of the Stigler Center at the University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessHow Economic Concentration and Crony Capitalism Led to the Chaos in ChileDaniel Matamala | Host of 360 and CNN Prime at CNN Chile

It is rumoured that Julian Assange is being treated with harsh psychiatric drugs to melt his brain. Who knows, but he has become almost incoherent. But his physical appearance was not as shocking as his mental deterioration. When asked to give his name and date of birth, he struggled visibly over several seconds to recall both. I will come to the important content of his statement at the end of proceedings in due course, but his difficulty in making it was very evident; it was a real...

We know the intelligence agencies are embedded in the whole of the Western corporate media. In fact, they even infiltrated Britain's very left-wing Morning Star once by corrupting one of its journalists.Today, the Independent does a hit job on Tulsi Gabbard. They argue she will hand the election over to Trump in the she way Jill Stein did.Tulsi Gabbard has become much more Liberal over time, where she says her very conservative father influenced when she was younger, and yet the Independent...

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio has announced that he will donate $ 15.6 million - more than $ 62 million - to environmental protection and conservation programs aimed at combating climate change. Physics-Astronomy  Leonardo DiCaprio Donates $ 15 Million to Protect Animals and the Planet

Rolling Stone Everyone Is a Russian Asset Matt Taibbi CounterpunchChinese Revolution at 70: Twists and Turns, to What?Horace G. CampbellOilpriceThe U.S. Will Not Give Up Control Of Syrian Oil & GasTsvetana Paraskova Oil Price Russia Replacing Oil Workers With Robots Irina Slav RTTrump ‘fully prepared’ for military action against Turkey – Pompeo SouthFrontUS Troops Will Remain In Syria To ‘Protect’ Oil Fields From ISIS Sic Semper Tyrannis US foreign policy is now based on...