Economics has the awkward distinction of being both the most influential and the most reviled social science and other news and views

Economics: the view from below - Marion Foucade in theSwiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
In the course of the twentieth century, economists have been able to establish a remarkable position for themselves, as experts in local and national governmental organizations, in independent agencies and central banks, in international institutions, in business and finance, and in the media. They supplanted lawyers in government and historians in the public sphere. As such, they have been involved with some of the most consequential decisions that societies make—decisions having to do, for instance, with the level of unemployment that might be left unattended, because it should be considered “natural”; with whether or not to authorize the purchase and sale of untested financial products or with how to organize the delivery of clean water, vaccines or electricity. This involvement has come at a cost. As Robert Chernomas and Ian Hudson put it, “economics has the awkward distinction of being both the most influential and the most reviled social science”. We might add: economics may be the most reviled social science precisely because it is the most influential. ...
One Nation voters’ changed habits prompt Newspoll rethink - The Australian
A reassessment of One Nation preference flows prompted a change by Newspoll late last year to the way it calculates the two-party-preferred vote in its regular poll of Australian voting intentions, published exclusively by The Australian. ... YouGov Galaxy managing director David Briggs said the new methodology had been in place since before Christmas.
Jacinda Ardern: ‘we should not expect women to be superwomen’ - Financial Times, London
New Zealand’s PM on Trump, being pregnant in office and whether she’s too nice to lead 
The politics of pill testing: even the ACT Chief Minister is over it - The Mandarin
Australia’s first trial of pill testing at a music festival came and went over the weekend, but one can’t say the same for the political argument that it somehow means the government is endorsing or encouraging recreational drug use.
Despite So Much Winning, The Right Feels Like It's Losing - NPR
At the core of the problem for many American conservatives is a feeling that the culture war has been irrevocably lost to their ideological opponents.

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