David Chivers
@dave_chivers
Associate Professor of Economics at Durham University. Buy my book here https://www.howtoreadnumbers.com/
Going to start a thread consisting of things that need improving... 1. Kitchen extractor fans. Noisey and don't work very well. The relief I get whenever I switch it off is the only thing good about it.
Some exquisite sinking of pints here back in 1971 as Reece Elliot from Birtley in Co. Durham - 52 years a pitman - sings the satirical miners' ballad 'The Celebrated Working Man'.
The first slur was toasters.
Can’t believe I’ve lived far enough into the future to learn the first slur for robots
Can’t believe I’ve lived far enough into the future to learn the first slur for robots
when u call customer support and a clanker picks up
How can the UK solve its productivity problem? ⚖️ Legalise Polyagmous Marriage ⚖️ ✅️ Larger households can take advantage of economies of scale ✅️ More people = more specialisation in household tasks ✅️ Greater insurance against negative shocks via varied income sources
How to measure negative aspects of 16 to 17 year old votes? I guess it would be change in probability to vote and change in voting intentions over these 2 years. Must be incredibly miniscule.
Idea to improve peer review no. 354: have all peer reviewed peer reviewed. R&R reports need to have referees to look at accuracy, marginal benefit of revisions and how much is simply referees personal preference.
Pensioners need a Summer Cool Payment newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…
Data is probably a bit wrong but currently I think 1.44m 16 & 17 year olds in UK and 53.5m over 18s. So that means 16 & 17 year olds would make up 2.6% of voting population...