Harry Morris

@SligoBrian1994 @DJKilmartin No it’s not? He doesn’t mention the weighting at all. Again, it’s with the data being wrong. Which it is.

@hmorris96 @DJKilmartin This is his criticism in a nutshell, his issue isn't actually with the result but the visualisation of the gap from the flat composite weighting. I'm sure he realised this when he didn't bother scatter plotting it after all his "debunking" work.

You explained three elements you believed to be wrong, here's why you don't know what you're talking about 1) Public capex being high now means we have identified existing under built infra and are trying to catch up, this reinforces Sineads point about how people feel right now

@SligoBrian1994 @DJKilmartin As I said in my original tweet, that’s fine as a criticism of her choosing that metric. I agree and think there are lots of issues with which metrics she chose. But Dan didn’t choose the metric and his point that the data is literally wrong is correct and important.

@hmorris96 @DJKilmartin His point was that public capex spending shows we're weighted higher, my point is that even adjusting for it the reason we're allocating high capex budgets is because of existing low infrastructure. He managed to pick on the only data point that didn't matter.

@SligoBrian1994 @DJKilmartin His key point was her data is wrong (including for public capex) which you’ve conceded is true. You think she used GPs dataset and got figures wrong for every country (except possibly Ireland)? I think more likely she only got it wrong for Ireland and used physicians dataset.

@hmorris96 @DJKilmartin Ehhh he's not in fact correct, for the obvious reason outlined above that he's very clearly talking about a different dataset. I ain't deleting sh!t off the instructions of a bootlicker.

@SligoBrian1994 @DJKilmartin That’s fine but given your accepting her data is wrong you should delete your original tweet or reply to it acknowledging that Dan was in fact correct in saying that her data is wrong.

@hmorris96 @DJKilmartin There are some comparison numbers that look off, I'm assuming AI didn't code them correctly, you're going to run into the exact same system classification issue for doctors as nurses tho (which the OECD have already acknowledged for "practising" previously on CBC basis.

@SligoBrian1994 @DJKilmartin Thats unlikely as then her numbers for all the other countries are completely wrong for this metric (as they are based on physicians including GPs). More likely she just said GPs when she meant physicians. Or she’s using GPs for Ireland and physicians for everyone else…

@hmorris96 @DJKilmartin No, it wasn't, she posted GPs per 1000, he posted physicians per 1000, the OECD even have a specific definition manual that from the outset codes physicians by categories one of which is GPs. That O Brien doesn't understand the difference is not Sineads problem.

@DJKilmartin @SligoBrian1994 Her data was in the table that Dan posted and as he showed it was wrong. You can have a debate over the wider issues with GPs and I don’t doubt you have a point, but that doesn’t change the fact that her data was wrong.

@hmorris96 @SligoBrian1994 Her data on Drs was specifically about GP density and access. Most GP practices are closed to new patients and near 30% are due to retire within 5 years. Single handed rural practices are collapsing as impossible to get locums. Nowhere near enough training places, Aus emigration

@nustud2007 @narraboat @TheTennisLetter But the point of the tour isn’t to make as much money for Taylor Fritz as possible.

@narraboat @TheTennisLetter You're making his point for him. Flying for a match to make guaranteed money vs not being able to because he needs to play a 250 with no attendance.

Taylor Fritz supports the idea of a premium elite tour for top players consisting of Grand Slams, Masters 1000s & ATP Finals: "It’s a really good idea, and I think that we should have separate tours. If you’re on the main, top tour, you should be set to play all the big events, and they should all be slightly bigger-draw events to get basically everybody in the top 100 in, and I think that’s honestly all we should play. You can have 14 marquee events, and it makes tennis easy to follow for fans because all you have to pay attention to is those tournaments. There’s no people getting tons of points in between events, at like 250s and 500s, and more than anything, there’s no crazy schedule for us players.” (via The Sydney Morning Herald)

@FruleinK1 @DanielBremer16 @M_C_Klein Already did for SURE and NGEU

@DanielBremer16 @M_C_Klein It is not.

Americans would be totally owned if Europeans angered by U.S. green energy subsidies responded by borrowing in size with supranational debt to subsidize their own transition (and pay for their own defense, as long as they're at it)

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@RayMinehane The globalisation paradox/ straight talk on trade by Dani Rodrik, second one more a collection of essays but a good introduction to a great economist

@IlliniBizDean @alanmanning4 Are wage demands not similarly constrained?

@alanmanning4 Because inflation expectations can feed on themselves to create hyperinflation, whereas profits are constrained by competition and demand.

This is a really important question. I think its a deep-seated ideological bias, so deep it is probably not recognized as such.

@ciaranmcasey Although it’s not ideological in sense of being reflexively pro free market or pro state intervention

@ciaranmcasey Haha yeah as far as I remember the first chapter is a bit meh but then gets going. That ideology quote is actually funny because I’d say what I liked about the book is how much ethics is at the heart of it…

'An ideology offers the seductive combination of easy moral certainties and an all-purpose analysis, providing a confident reply to any problem'

@ciaranmcasey At the same time his “pragmatism” allows him to consider a much wider range of potential policies than many ideologies

@ciaranmcasey Great book but found his insistence that he wasn’t ideological a bit annoying personally. His communitarianism surely is a (compelling) ideological perspective

@straightedge Hey Nathan, would be great if you could post the reading list for the class when you get a chance! Thanks

@straightedge Can you post reading list online at some stage?

GameStop is an interesting story, but there is a bigger and much more serious question about financial markets As someone who studies finance, I know finance has tremendous potential to benefit society But there is something serious to worry in the trend since the 80s

New book with @ojblanchard1 on what to do about inequality, with lots of great contributions from leading scholars drodrik.scholar.harvard.edu/combating-ineq…

@straightedge Thanks!