There is no evidence for Ldy B’s claim. Medora’s DOB is a bare 9 months after Augusta and B met as adults. Only “co..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…Mz
jannekebudding @MadBadDangerous Lady Mary (who introduced smallpox inoculation to Western medicine after witnessing it during her..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…ZT
“The TPP was a very bad deal for the United States, it would have cost us a tremendous amount of jobs… there is a..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…if
byron_society The enduring power and accessibility of #Byron - he is everywhere, even the menu of a random restaurant in Italy… pic.twitter.com/g3iSLR1yPe
Over time imports ADD to GDP growth b/c they are a key source of ideas & technology for dom. business. twitter.com/Noahpinion/sta…
Hmm… that dress, again. Mostly enclosing Lady Mary Wortley Montaguepic.twitter.com/yDcAYTEpI8I8
Catching-up with the story (and “the real story”) of Byron’s DonJuan. Plus, plans to celebrate the 200th anniversar..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…mD
Catching up… and an announcemenmadbaddangerous.com/2018/02/catchi…apic.twitter.com/qN3OEp0NDZDZ
byron_society Calling all Byron enthusiasts!
What do you think are the best #ByronQuotes?
We’re updating our website, & there are..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…m9
@byron_society “… I wish men to be free,
As much from Mobs as Kings, from you as me.”
Don Juan, IX (199-200)
byron_society Who wouldn’t want to wake up and listen to the tale of Juan’s arrival at the Russian Court and seduction by Catheri..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…hv
Finally… the full recording of Canto IX of Don Juan for lisenting or download. Please enjoy!::twitter.com/i/web/status/9…DmeC
Good for CA! The same effect (especially the advantage in JPN) will probably boost modelled estimates for AU gains…twitter.com/i/web/status/9…GY
Worse and worse… Yesterday was certainly one of those days. Where I said “Canto VIII”, I should have said Canto IX. Ugh! … (and bugger!).
Correction: The two MP3s of Don Juan Canto VIII can be found at (1) dropbox.com/s/928kvm4nve86… and at (2) dropbox.com/s/u12zpidj2imm… Apologies.
In Canto 8, Juan, hero of Russia’s conquest of Ismail, brings news of victory to Empress Catherine the Great, who s..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…ZR
A Sunday diversion: in memory of Il miglior maestro, @CoherentCrap & in honour (if permitted) of @EJBrand’s birthda..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…sm
“The Catoline Conspiracy Unmasked” or “Albion exsoluta est” (a little drama is sort of welcome…) twitter.com/dikenson/statu…
Though ever-squeamish, Murray did not let morals stand in the way of making money (god bless him!). He, who would h..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…8I
Always a pleasure to discover an essay by the most Byronic scholar of Byron, @CoherentCrap. His astonishing knowled..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…s3
insteconomics CPTPP may mark the end, rather than the beginning, of freer trade in the Pacific — United States Studies Centrelnkd.in/eKXb7nRY
Trade Map and Market Access Map (from @ITC_MktAnalysis) are great resources, mature data systems. Recommended. twitter.com/TradeDiversion…
Reciprocity makes good agreements. Game theory and polity agree: reciprocate cooperation, punish defection. Today,..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…6I
KDbyProxy @pwgallagher @sdonnan As for the “VERs”, I was there as a Senate staffer for USTR & DoC actions re semi-conductors..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…mS
In 1981 Sen Danforth (R, MO & staffer Susan Schwab) pushed unilateral S301 action for “non-reciprocity”. Comm. Sec’..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…fF
“His conclusion, unsupported by evidence?…It’s bad for us to be free” @DeirdreMcClosk on Thaler (& Kahneman, Krug..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…Qf
DanielGriswold In his new book on “China’s Great Migration,” @bradleygardner documents how the internal movement of 260 million pe..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…xn
sdonnan It’s back to the future day.. CC Suharto and the “Timor”… Or Mahathir and the Proton… twitter.com/FinancialTimes…
Had NZ joined the AU Federation as proposed in 1900, the economic case for a CU might have been stronger because of..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…Js
AU & NZ have from time to time considered a CU. Case was never convincing. Free (99%) trade and own currency leaves..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…Lr
Huh? A CU isn’t naturally advantageous. Can be a big disadvantage for econs. outside monetary union especially wher..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…VD
I first met Gary in 1982 when I was Counsellor at AU embassy in D.C. He had recently moved (fm Tsy?) to Brookings…twitter.com/i/web/status/9…DO
Great thing about @ATabarrok et al.’s counter-intuitive null-result on the burden of regulation is, it’s so provoca..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…a7
(Thinks… I wish I could do research like that, and be quoted in The Economist and be famous…) twitter.com/TheEconomist/s…
The ‘map’ of Byron’s “Don Juan” from my audio-iBook of Canto I — free on the iBookstore atitunes.apple.com/au/book/don-ju…Fpic.twitter.com/h1xUp0a16KK
@CharlotteFMay @NewsteadByron It’s true… On Rogers (and Moore, for that matter) B allowed friendship to color his (better) poetic judgement.
@CharlotteFMay @NewsteadByron If you read the whole note, I’d say he’s on the money. B is talking about over-boiled..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…T5
“Probably ‘placebo effects’ rode on the coattails of a more important issue, regression to the mean. That is, most..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…U8
D_A_Irwin A fitting tribute to one of Washington’s trade policy greats: Gary Hufbauer piie.com/newsroom/short… via @PIIE
Tempting to compare claims about China’s treatment of USA/EU tech-IP & USA treatment of (all) EU IP in 19th C. Stil..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…fD
AndrewDMitch Australia’s #FTAs with #China, Asia and Beyond - joint launch of books by me @lizsheargold @taniavoon @ColinPicker..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…fA
This long essay by @stephen_wolfram on computation & the limits of reductionism; language, time-capsules, AI & comm..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…xc