- The UK's drinking guidelines aren't particularly evidence-based.
- Ann Brower's reflections on earthquakes, dangerous buildings, and policy at the Herald is very good.
- John Kay's defence of Beveridge-style targeted social insurance over universal transfers covers the bases well. Maybe I just like it because it's about what I say on the same topic.
- You might like my piece over at NBR on this year's economics Nobel.
- Making sure schools are effective is important. But they aren't miracle workers. The arguments there tie into broader debate around meritocracy and heredity, the subject of a great BBC radio 4 programme earlier this year but that I only just caught.
- Ex National Party comms guy Gwynn Compton is skeptical that Labour will be able to square its coalition promises and its election promises with fiscal realities. It'll be interesting.
Monday 30 October 2017
Afternoon roundup
A few worthies from some accumulated closing of the browser tabs:
Labels:
alcohol,
earthquake,
education,
heritability,
IQ,
nobels,
welfare
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