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The science of economics has lost its way

25th April 2022 Emile Woolf 2020 Comments

In 1798 Thomas Malthus postulated his gloomy theory that the growth in population must always outstrip the means of subsistence needed to support it: “Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio. Subsistence increases only [more…]

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“Caught & bowled!”

6th September 2021 Going Postal 3315 Comments

Ah Cricket – the wonderful sound of leather on willow followed by a cucumber sandwich and cup of tea.    Rather coldly defined on Wikipedia as “a bat and ball game played between two teams of [more…]

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It’s all about the half time oranges!

11th August 2021 Going Postal 3424 Comments

I’ve often wondered whether there is a time in a football match that is the most likely point at which a goal might be scored.   Perhaps in the first few minutes when the goalie is [more…]

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Nutritional Surveys, how believable are they?

13th July 2021 Going Postal 2576 Comments

First though, I hope this was anonymous. (Wikimedia Commons) UN Phone Survey Last month, a world-wide telephone survey was conducted by the UN. The only question asked was: “Would you please give your honest opinion [more…]

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A Brief Face To Face With Death

25th January 2021 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 3465 Comments

I was bored the other day and decided to download the Office of National Statistics Weekly Death data for England and Wales for the last 5 years (as you do).  It can be found here [more…]

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Lives, damned lives and statistics

14th January 2021 Going Postal 4701 Comments

On January 11th, the BBC and Sky each made great play of ‘the worst excess deaths since the second world war’ announced for 2020. This clearly conveyed a message that the corona virus was indeed [more…]

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Mathematics

Fake Data Qui Bono

6th August 2020 Godfrey Bloom 2068 Comments

My final article in my wee trilogy on data interpretation I examine who benefits from the manipulation of state data. It is usually sound policy when investigating the often bizarre antics of the state to [more…]

Mathematics

Some More Head Scratching Data

30th July 2020 Godfrey Bloom 3371 Comments

Apologies for returning to Covid-19 for examples of data oddities. But the situation coughs up, pardon the phrase, more anomalies every day. If Boris had read statistics not classics he would have spotted them. I [more…]

Mathematics

Data Interpretation, How the State & MSM Mislead You

23rd July 2020 Godfrey Bloom 3050 Comments

Many years ago part of my professional exams included data interpretation, I studied further as my research role expanded to include pension fund management & mortality statistics. I particularly enjoyed distance learning with Austin University, [more…]

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