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Sabermetrics - Wikipedia
Sabermetrics - Wikipedia
Sabermetrics is the original or blanket term for sports analytics, the empirical analysis of baseball, especially the development of advanced metrics based on baseball statistics that measure in-game activity. The term is derived from the movement's progenitors, members of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), founded in 1971, and was coined by Bill James, who is one of its pioneers and considered its most prominent advocate and public face.
·en.wikipedia.org·
Sabermetrics - Wikipedia
A sabermetric primer: Understanding advanced baseball metrics
A sabermetric primer: Understanding advanced baseball metrics
We here at The Athletic Philadelphia are thrilled to have our baseball coverage firing on all cylinders with spring training under way. Our staff is dedicated to providing you with the highest quality Phillies coverage available. One thing we will not shy away from is analytic content. In the 21st...
·nytimes.com·
A sabermetric primer: Understanding advanced baseball metrics
Why Don't We Have Flying Cars? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Why Don't We Have Flying Cars? - Marginal REVOLUTION
In the 1970s the general aviation aircraft industry was selling 15,000 or more aircraft a year but that number fell by a factor of about 10 in the early 1980s. What happened? One factor was a massive increase in tort liability as discussed in my paper with Eric Helland, Product Liability and Moral Hazard: Evidence […]
·marginalrevolution.com·
Why Don't We Have Flying Cars? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Americans Are Uncomfortable with Automated Decision-Making
Americans Are Uncomfortable with Automated Decision-Making
Imagine a company you recently applied to work at used an artificial intelligence program to analyze your application to help expedite the review process. Does that creep you out? Well, you’re not alone.Consumer Reports recently released a national survey finding that Americans are uncomfortable...
·eff.org·
Americans Are Uncomfortable with Automated Decision-Making
The truth about why we stopped having babies
The truth about why we stopped having babies
The stats don’t lie: around the world, people are having fewer children. With fears looming around an increasingly ageing population, Helen Coffey takes a deep dive into why parenthood lost its appeal
·independent.co.uk·
The truth about why we stopped having babies
U.S. Battery Storage Is Booming | OilPrice.com
U.S. Battery Storage Is Booming | OilPrice.com
The Inflation Reduction Act and falling battery costs are driving a surge in battery storage installations in the United States.
·oilprice.com·
U.S. Battery Storage Is Booming | OilPrice.com
America Must Free Itself from the Tyranny of the Penny
America Must Free Itself from the Tyranny of the Penny
Few things symbolize our national dysfunction as much as this accursed coin, which we mint by the millions because it’s too worthless to spend.
·nytimes.com·
America Must Free Itself from the Tyranny of the Penny
Matt Stoller Explains Monopolies
Matt Stoller Explains Monopolies
The latest episode of my podcast Better Offline is a conversation with Matt Stoller — America’s leading voice on monopoly and antitrust matters, and a thoughtful and prolific writer. You can find Matt on Twitter here, and his newsletter here. It was a timely conversation. At the start of August,
·wheresyoured.at·
Matt Stoller Explains Monopolies
How Much Money Do You Need?
How Much Money Do You Need?
Today on TAP: The counterweight to insanely greedy capital has to be mobilized labor.
·prospect.org·
How Much Money Do You Need?
Report-Class I Prices | MMN
Report-Class I Prices | MMN
The Class I Milk Price report is announced each month and includes the Class I Milk Price, Butterfat Price, and Skim Milk Price. The report is based on all milk used to produce Class I Fluid Milk products.
·mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov·
Report-Class I Prices | MMN
Milk Marketing Order Statistics | Agricultural Marketing Service
Milk Marketing Order Statistics | Agricultural Marketing Service
Federal milk marketing orders are established under the authority of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized by this statute, under certain conditions and with producer approval, to issue milk marketing orders that require handlers to pay at least the minimum specified prices for milk purchased from producers. The complete orders are published in the U. S. Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 1000 to 1199.
·ams.usda.gov·
Milk Marketing Order Statistics | Agricultural Marketing Service
U.S. dairy subsidies equal 73 percent of producer returns, says new report
U.S. dairy subsidies equal 73 percent of producer returns, says new report
Comparing government support for Canadian versus American dairy farmers is not a simple black and white process. While Canada's dairy sector operates under a regulated supply management system, the U.S. government's support for its dairy farmers is less direct. Support, in its various forms, equaled 73 percent of U.S. dairy farmers' market returns in 2015, according to a report published by a Canadian trade consulting firm on Thursday. The 588-page study by Grey, Clark, Shih and Associates — commissioned by Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) — says the American government contributed around $22.2 billion in direct and indirect subsidies to the dairy sector in 2015. Lead author Peter Clark shared the numbers at DFC's annual policy conference in Ottawa this week. "The...
·realagriculture.com·
U.S. dairy subsidies equal 73 percent of producer returns, says new report
9 Facts on Labor Day Legacy Media Won't Mention
9 Facts on Labor Day Legacy Media Won't Mention
The USA horrifyingly ranks worse than Russia and China on economic inequality, and if we hope to prevent catastrophic economic collapse, we need change ASAP
·qasimrashid.com·
9 Facts on Labor Day Legacy Media Won't Mention