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Forecasting Errors

I suppose forecasting errors is one of those phrases that needs a bit of explanation.  Are we forecasting errors?  Or are we discussing the errors in forecasting?  I think it’s both. Take the current debate going on about Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic relief package. A few notable economists, including both Larry Summers and Oliver Blanchard, are […]

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January 6th, One Month On

It’s been a month.  It seems a great deal longer. Trump has slunk off the stage and the first signs of what the post-Trump political arena might look like are emerging.  It isn’t hopeful.  Not if you’re looking for peaceful politics. As we become more able to adjust our focus and ask “what just happened?” […]

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Epistemic Revolution? The Search for Algorithmic Justice

This is a long speculation, for which I apologize, provoked by the following: “In an information civilization, societies are defined by questions of knowledge — how it is distributed, the authority that governs its distribution and the power that protects that authority. Who knows? Who decides who knows? Who decides who decides who knows? Surveillance […]

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