Blair Fix
@blairfix.bsky.social
Political economist. Blogger. Scientist. Editor of the Review of Capital as Power.
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And yet by plotting the BDD data, you make truth claims. A clever way to have your cake and eat it to.
October 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
And yet by plotting the BDD data, you make truth claims. A clever way to have your cake and eat it to.
Thanks! And my god yes it took a long time to unravel the whole list of errors.
October 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Thanks! And my god yes it took a long time to unravel the whole list of errors.
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Finally, an independent expert, political economist @blairfix.bsky.social, has actually taken a look under the hood, digging deep into the details of Roger's methodology, and it's not pretty. Blair's commentary speaks for itself: economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
Roger Pielke Jr.’s Appallingly Bad Analysis of Billion Dollar Disasters – Economics from the Top Down
In a recent paper called Scientific integrity and U.S. “Billion Dollar Disasters”, Roger Pielke Jr. published a chart that's so bad I've devoted a whole essay to debunking it.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Finally, an independent expert, political economist @blairfix.bsky.social, has actually taken a look under the hood, digging deep into the details of Roger's methodology, and it's not pretty. Blair's commentary speaks for itself: economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
The thought had occurred to me. I guess the main hurdle is how restrictive their response format is. Looks like NPJ has a reply format with a 1200 word limit. That's rather debilitating.
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Matters Arising | npj Natural Hazards
Matters Arising
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October 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The thought had occurred to me. I guess the main hurdle is how restrictive their response format is. Looks like NPJ has a reply format with a 1200 word limit. That's rather debilitating.
www.nature.com/npjnathazard...
www.nature.com/npjnathazard...
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