The Neoliberal Tribe: An Epistle

A big happy friendly tent, with optimism and memes

A rant about “discrimination.”

One of the early long pieces I wrote on Tumblr. Holds up so-so-ish, I guess.

Carrick, Revisited

An old favourite from when I used to write words about football.

My Twelve Ideas for Living

Jumping on the hot new blogging trend of 2018

What the Great Fama-Shiller Debate Has Taught Us

Some summary thoughts, piggybacking on smarter people’s takes on the 2013 Economics Nobel announcement.

Podcasts I’ve enjoyed recently

Carnival-inflected jazz, Netflix, optimism, Facebook

The Ginger Ninja: an appreciation

My favourite football player? Easy: Paul Scholes.

“You can prove anything with statistics.”

No, you can’t. This is one of the most dangerous fallacies currently in the common imagination. As with words, you can say almost anything you want with data, and similarly, it is very difficult to say things that are both true and useful with them. As with…

Hey, white people! Wanna help the poor? Then stop crying and buy a f*****g t-shirt.

Ugh, if you would like to read douchebag 23-year-old me blather on about sweatshops and stuff, feel free.