Articles published in November, 2007

Author video: The Logic of Life

Here’s a (less than) one-minute video of me talking about the new book.

More or Less

In today’s programme (4.30pm GMT on BBC Radio 4, and podcast thereafter) we’ll be looking at silly “scientific” results commissioned by public relations companies, at the row over immigration statistics, and an international dispute over how heavy a kilogram should be. Check it out.

Moment of Inertia

Dear Economist,
I am in doubt whether it is worth changing school for my last year of A-levels. I would be living in a much better place (Cambridge, whereas I am now in Dover) and getting more tuition. I am likely to have better accommodation, more freedom and will meet people with diverse interests. But is it worth the risk of not getting into university or getting lower grades on my A-levels?
Please help me to solve this dilemma.
GP, Dover

Answer at ft.com, subscription free.

Smell the discrimination

I’m a real cappuccino lover myself, but many of my female colleagues don’t seem to go for the stuff. I’d never thought too much about that until recently. I suppose I carelessly assumed that men and women have different tastes, probably as a result of different social influences. Now I know better: my female colleagues don’t go to coffee shops because they’re shabbily treated when they get there. Learn More

New website

You can’t have missed the fact that this is a new website design! Many thanks to the brilliant Wolfango Chiappella and please bear with us while we iron out technical hitches. This site’s RSS feed is different from the old one, but don’t delete your old subscriptions just yet. We’re trying to plug the new feed into the old one. Please do email with any comments or concerns.

Update: I think subscribers to the old feed are now getting updates. Posting this update is my way of finding out!