@claudiaoliver74
Awake my spirit! Think through whom
Thy life-blood tracks its parent lake,
And then strike home!
[On My 37th Birthday]
Using @tylercowen terms, we should consider #Brexit the non-complacent choice: change at the margin that spins-up global trade dynamism.
David Collins does a great job explaining how a #Brexit deal and sequels can be negotiated & why the sky will proba..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…LC
davidcollinslaw Me being optimistic about Brexit
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Secular trends? #Brexit would be the biggest result in trade agrmnts in 20 yrs: mega-regional bubble has burst (RECEP?) & WTO is sclerosing.
“This appears to be no more than a thought bubble” (PHS a net energy sink) theaustralian.com.au/opinion/snowy-… pic.twitter.com/J5NDEiLOWl
Modelling export growth with firm-level data on price & quantity trajectories, sunk costs & exporter learning.::voxeu.org/article/how-ex…
A bit glum? Here’s an inpiring story (h/t @tylercowen )::loweringthebar.net/2017/03/guy-wh…
Stories AU might choose between trade, alliance with CHN, USA: silly, baseless, desperate. wsj.com/articles/geopo… pic.twitter.com/U0wkGKGW8x
alanbeattie Not that there’s been a big surge of protectionism since (there hasn’t), but WTO/FTA commitments far more important in restraining it. 2/2
@UKIPNFKN @alanbeattie Well sure: “follow the $/€”™. But ag is off the table, Bxl prefers multilat. srvcs deal & FDI not a big issue. So… ?
One argument for considering closer ties with China is that the People’s Daily is saner than the loopy NYT::nytimes.com/2017/03/16/wor…
Data in article cited by NYT links coral death only to 3 severe El Niños. Claim of ‘global warming’ is pure fluff::nytimes.com/2017/03/15/sci…
In what mad-green dystopia wd NSW import 97% of its natural gas? This one thanks to mining bans + solar/wind targets:theaustralian.com.au/opinion/column…
Human research deregulation? Great! But even low (clinical)-risk research can abuse individuals’ privacy, autonomy::chronicle.com/article/Long-S…
A PM who publicly bullies (regulated) banks, energy companies for maximising profit seems out of ideas (and time?)::theaustralian.com.au/business/minin…
Because Southey betrayed his youthful liberalism in 1813 to accept a pension as a Tory lap-dog & Poet Laurate to th..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…jB
“… A full wind/solar system [wd be] 3 times the cost of coal plus whatever is the final price for the [Tesla] batteries@alan_john_moranan
“Returns to… publicly financed R&D are near zero”bls.gov/ore/pdf/ec0700…VV) So much for the “volumetric” (more government research $) model.
The @mattwridley (and others) model where innovation <—tech. + spillovers + scientific catch-up is more plausible:wsj.com/articles/the-m…5
The Jones et al paper Mankiw mentions (web.stanford.edu/~chadj/IdeaPF.…). Meh! What evidence for volumetric models of innovation (ideas=research $)?
Mankiw on #stagnation “Their interpretation is that big ideas are just getting harder to find”::nytimes.com/2017/03/10/ups…
Might CHN sign-up to #TPP now USA has pulled out? Or are they just [del]trolling[/del] signalling?::worldtradelaw.typepad.com/ielpblog/2017/…
bill_easterly Newly discovered review of Adam Smith’s grant proposal from 1776. pic.twitter.com/MSm63xaCjE
Fortunately, Smith had a cushy job: tutor to the Duke of Buccleuch, then as now one of The Nation’s Wealthiest::pic.twitter.com/5noRff5K1a
Perhaps, in e.g. Guangzhuo, they are happy with “forceful safeguarding of thought and public opinion” from disturbi..twitter.com/i/web/status/8…F8
Is the CPC an icon of @tylercowan’s #complacency or just deeply reactionary?::wsj.com/articles/beiji…
RIP Clayton Yeutter. A skillful diplomat and canny analyst. Across the table he was great, even when we disagreed::cato.org/blog/rip-clayt…?
… And even then, it could not last because supply chains and exch rates. The idea is bonkers, in fact.
“Reducing a trade deficit through… negotiations is a way to increase net exports”:Navarro. But negns wd be with consumers (*really* tough)
“… a sound polity has to be based on ideas other than just redistribution of wealth@tylercowenen reddit.com/r/IAmA/HP
snlester Eric Posner explains the politics of Trump’s wiretapping accusations: ericposner.com/the-fog-of-tru…
Turmoil surrounded Byron as he worked on Canto VI of Don Juan, yet the brilliance of the wit, verse is unaffected::madbaddangerous.com/2017/03/canto-…
OK! No action. Still, 60 verses of romance, feminism (hah!), sex, satiation, litigation, polygamy &…um, pheromonesmadbaddangerous.com/2017/03/a-samp…lE
Where’s the evidence this $100m (each!) committee-designed-camel (F-35A) constitutes an arms threat worth the $$?::theaustralian.com.au/news/inquirer/…
Reading #Byron is great fun. Still Juan’s brilliant epic is layered deep. My guide, il miglior fabbro @CoherentCrap::madbaddangerous.com/2017/03/a-samp…
Great to have approval from an expert like Claudia. See crinkumcrankum.wordpress.com for her book on the faithful Tita::twitter.com/claudiaoliver7…
May I offer you a sample from my recent recordings of Don Juan (from Canto VI)? Would love to know what you think::madbaddangerous.com/2017/03/a-samp…
The “pivot to Asia” was looking like a wobble well before Trump nixed #TPP. US/Pacific relations are all good. Hope JPN is top of FTA list.
Voguish Teen anxiety? AU (& probably JPN, NZ) planned to join a workable #RCEP whatever the fate of #TPP:: twitter.com/WorldTradeLaw/…