Things we read in June 2018
#1. How do we improve official statistics in a world where response rates to surveys are in decline?
Important topic as “In America, the allocation of over $600bn of federal spending is based on the Census Bureau’s estimates of the population. Undercounting even a single person can cost a government programme—in health care, say—thousands of dollars.”
#2. What makes a country good at football?
The football equivalent of nature vs nurture.
#3. China has made progress in tackling financial risks
China's financial situation is probably safer, but not risk free…
#4. ‘New car registrations, a timely indicator of the cyclical position of the economy, fell in 2017 for the first time since 2011’ – why?
Has the UK’s demand for cars run out of gas? Or is there something more worrying happening?
#5. As we move towards World Cup quarter finals
A behavioural scientist’s guide to (not) betting on the 2018 World Cup.
#6. The Chancellor announced HMT interest in better measurement of human capital at the spring statement
He's not the only one. The global race on talent is heating up.
#7. The most expensive city for expats revealed
Here.
#8. World Cup economic boost may fall short of Russian hopes