Noted for the Morning of November 13, 2015
- : Labor in the Second Machine Age: “People, unlike horses, can choose to prevent themselves from becoming economically irrelevant…” :: B&M see human sociability, extraordinary human brain reach, and the fact that we humans control our politics as forces that will prevent any robotic dystopia
- : The False Discovery Rate (FDR) and the Positive Predictive Value (PPV): “The False Discovery Rate (FDR) and the Positive Predictive Value (PPV): Together with Michael Zehetleitner I developed an interactive app that computes and visualizes these numbers…” :: Everybody reading (or writing) statistical work should use this tool–it is the best quick way to understand how to assess any study given its ex-ante plausibility and its statistical power.
- : Daniel Hamermesh… and Elena Stancanelli… [on] the tendency to work what the authors call ‘strange hours’… nights and weekends…” :: part-time, flex-time, unusual-time, and on-call work make Americans’ labor significantly more laborious than work schedules in other countries (except, I believe, Britain)
- : TensorFlow and Monetizing Intellectual Property: “Monetizing infinitely reproducible intellectual property [is] akin to selling ice to an Eskimo: it can be done, but it better be some really darn incredible ice…” :: how Alphabet’s (Google’s) strategy may suggest that our current intellectual property system and defaults may not even be to the advantage of those who hold the rights to the crown jewels of technology
- Via Richard Mayhew: : “37 Premera members enrolled in individual health insurance plans generated $17.5 million in medical bills…. ‘Less than 1 percent of the pool generating a quarter of medical claims,’ Coon said. She described the marketplace in Alaska as ‘unsustainable.’ Coon said Premera lost millions of dollars last year in Alaska…”
- : “It would be better to try to tweak the [Cadillac] tax rather than repeal it…. The most important thing it has going for it is that it’s on the books. Those who think they can join ranks with O’care haters for repeal and break ranks with them to replace, in this Congress, are kidding themselves…”
- : Inflation and Activity: Two Explorations and Their Monetary Policy Implications
- (1983): The Long-term Impact of Technology on Employment and Unemployment: National Perspectives: The Definition of Problems and Opportunities
- : Globalisation Fraying: The Pre-Great War Version
- (1999): Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Health The Added Effects of Racism and Discrimination
- : The Blinkered Economics of the 2016 GOP Presidential Candidates
- : Labour Mobility in the European Union
- : Rising Income Inequality Causes Republicans to Shift Rhetoric–But Not Policy