Category Archives: Media

Joshua Gans and I have a new paper out today on media slant. Here’s the abstract (click the title to see the full paper). How Partisan is the Press? Multiple Measures of Media Slant Joshua S. Gans & Andrew Leigh … Continue reading →

I generally assume that everyone knows how to use Wikipedia, but it seems not. From today’s Age: Reports suggest that in the 19 American presidential elections between 1888 and 1960, the candidate with a height advantage won all but one. … Continue reading →

In general, I have a healthy respect for the news media. But occasionally, things spin  out of control. Somehow, my finding (with Michael Kortt) that there is no wage penalty to being overweight in the Australian labour market got spun … Continue reading →

I just took a call from an Australian political journalist whose work I’ve admired since the 1980s. The topic of this journalist’s story for tomorrow’s paper: the politics of the 2020 summit. I did something I’ve never done before, and … Continue reading →

Can anyone suggest academics who might enjoy speaking to the Australian media about macroeconomics? I tend to decline interviews on this topic, but I’d like to be able to direct journalists to other academic economists. Feel free to nominate others … Continue reading →

Much as I enjoy new media, I do find it sad when the old stuff goes. So yesterday’s passing of the Bulletin magazine – after 128 years – is sad indeed. As Laurie Oakes said on PM last night, Time … Continue reading →

The New York Times, a newspaper that some of us rather like, has just announced that it’s bringing down its paywall. As the article states: In addition to opening the entire site to all readers, The Times will also make … Continue reading →

There are many things I love about the US media. When it comes to newspapers, theirs are unquestionably the best in the world – led by the New York Times, and followed at some distance by the WSJ, WaPo, LA … Continue reading →

Hear a General, Hug a Sheik: Congress Visits Iraq

I blogged a couple of months ago on research documenting the over-exposure of financial market economists in the media. And now, from today’s SMH: A further interest rate rise is unlikely by the end of this year, Westpac’s new boss Gail … Continue reading →

I have a piece on the oped page of today’s AFR. Or at least, I think I do. In Canberra, a printer’s strike has meant that today’s the AFR hasn’t been delivered. And I’m wondering whether that also applies to … Continue reading →

I don’t normally just cut and paste from other bloggers’ posts. But sometimes you have to make an exception. TV proves academics wrong, says Devine Posted by Don Arthur on Sunday, December 10, 2006Why bother with scholarly research when you … Continue reading →

Jewish comedian Sacha Cohen, aka Borat, has a new movie out. The parts that have attracted most attention in the US are his (successful) attempts to entice Americans to say appalling things about Jews. The two worst ones – a bar scene and … Continue reading →