J B Shaw’s “The Perfect Wagnerite” is as clever, sardonic & lucid as you might expect. But it’s Wagnerian melodrama..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…CJ
When users demand that a machine learning model be “interpretable” what are they asking for?:: arxiv.org/pdf/1711.08037…
As so often, @tylercowen frames policies as unexamined choices: “The Trump administration seems to think that keepi..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…jk
Ross is right that multi/plurilateral negotiations take too long. Still, his idea (“We think that having some stand..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…WG
@ahmedskali @SincDavidson Thank you Ahmed. I enjoyed your paper. Best wishes.
@ahmedskali @SincDavidson Hmm…. Did you consider the Achean (Mycenean) Greeks? Homer evidences (at least 10 years..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…fy
Speculation about a clever/strategic China-trade policy in the Trump Whitehouse. My supicion is that the real drive..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…fA
“An indispensable hypothesis, even though still far from being a guarantee of success, is however the pursuit of a..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…Y7
@CatoTrade @snlester Agreed. The deal allows progressive implementation. But “signalling” names are vain, unnecessa..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…i6
Jobs and real imports (USA) 1980-2016. An r^2 of 0.96! Suggests they both track some *other* variable?::..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…L1
Pres Trump praised the growth of Asia based on enterprise & competitive trade. He has pausible complaints of injuri..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…ei
@kw_watson … and supply controls? Reports here say there is a deal that CA will sign but with parts “suspended” o..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…oS
“Nudging is simply the latest theory to provide some intellectual credibility to second guessing private decisions…twitter.com/i/web/status/9…ey
SincDavidson GST on low-value imports given all clear news.com.au/national/break…
_rebase more taxes, may as well vote Labor twitter.com/sincdavidson/s…
Looks like #WTO Members will reject an improved standard for Minimum Residue Levels — a pestilential#SPSS barrier — the Ministerial in B.A.
Seems #WTO Members planning to dilute obligations in text on fisheries subsidies so something — maybe not much — can be agreed next month
snlester US simple average MFN applied rate 3.5%, Australia 2.5%, Canada 4.2%, EU 5.1%, Japan 4.0%, NZ 2.0%..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…JL
@SincDavidson @alan_john_moran A more positive discipline for politicians would be to end compulsory (& preferential) voting.
Good grief! A meandering jeremiad, IMO #Reformation’s heritage is @DeirdreMcClosk’s “bourgeois virtues” freed from..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…GL
Rajeevbalasu How have I never seen this before? T.S. Eliot’s rejection letter to George Orwell — of Animal Farm.pic.twitter.com/FEDVzUrajSS