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279 – Garbage in, garbage out?

11 March, 201515 March, 2015 by David Pannell6 Min Reading

As the developer of various decision tools, I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve heard somebody say, in a grave, authoritative tone, “a

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Economics, Social issues

278 – Global wealth inequality

9 February, 20156 February, 2015 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

The charity Oxfam recently released a remarkable report on international wealth inequality. Based on data and analysis published by the Swiss financial company Suisse Credit,

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Agriculture, Economics

277 – Perfection isn’t best

12 January, 201513 January, 2015 by David Pannell7 Min Reading

In whatever work we do, a common challenge is deciding how much effort to devote to a particular task. Additional effort will usually generate more

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Agriculture, Economics, Environment, Latest, Natural resource management

276 – MOOC

17 December, 201422 May, 2020 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

A MOOC is a “Massive Open Online Course”. They are free to enrol in, and they are very popular, often attracting thousands of participants. I’ve

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Communication

275 – Grammar tip: hyphens

27 October, 20147 September, 2022 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

Many people, perhaps most, don’t know how to use hyphens with compound adjectives. It’s worth learning because the use or non-use of hyphens can make

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Communication, Environment, Natural resource management, Policy, Politics, Water

274 – Tokenistic policies

13 October, 201414 March, 2022 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

Many government actions are tokenistic. They are too small to really make a difference, but they are pursued anyway. Why do governments do this, and

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