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It’s spring in the UK. The daffodils are out, the days are getting longer. Spring is my favourite season. But, as always, it feels like it’s been a long winter. Brits seem to talk a lot about seasonal affective disorder (surely named for its acronym. Tyler tells me this is called a backronym, which is…
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I’ve been home alone this week. I’m happy in my own company, so for the most part I really enjoyed the time to myself. I’ve puttered around, cooking what I want, tidying things as I want, and lounging in front of my favourite television shows. I don’t want this all the time (Tyler, yes I…
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Tyler recently sent me an article by Michael Suter about how economists and scientists see the world differently. This might seem obvious (particularly for anyone who’s ever met an economist. Or a scientist for that matter). And, according to Suter, it has profound implications for tackling policy issues: “you can’t agree on the route if…