Sunday, September 11, 2005

No matter who you vote for...

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...the government always gets in. Nowhere is this truer than Japan, where we have a general election today. Koizumi's Liberal Democatic ...
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Saturday, September 10, 2005

Skill of futures markets

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Steve Bloom asked some time ago: "Also, how good are futures markets generally at accurately forecasting future prices, and especially ...
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Bush: One of the worst disasters to hit the US

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Found on Snopes
Thursday, September 08, 2005

Japanese response to Katrina, and media coverage

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The Japanese offer of $0.5 million in aid to the USA following Katrina seems surprisingly small (eg Australia has offered $8 million , the ...

Tall grasses set to power Europe

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Some encouraging news from the BAAS meeting in Dublin this week: Tall grasses set to power Europe . Apparently, some very high yields of mis...
Monday, September 05, 2005

Katrina vs Kobe

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It is interesting (to me, at least) to compare the recent disaster in New Orleans to that caused by the earthquake in Kobe 10 years ago. For...
Friday, September 02, 2005

Hurricane Katrina

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There's been plenty said elsewhere. But here are a few of my thoughts. Firstly, it's not got much to do with global warming, and it...
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Thursday, August 25, 2005

How not to bet on the future

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In an interesting coincidence, this article appeared in the New York Times a day or two after my bet was announced. The article, entitled ...
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Bet number 2

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I'm delighted to announce that a second bet has been arranged, on essentially the same terms as my one . It's for 500UKP, between Ch...
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Animal testing in medical research

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I'm not a huge fan of animal testing. On the other hand, I can appreciate that it has its uses. So, although I'm all in favour of pe...
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