Matt Cowgill
@mattcowgill.bsky.social
economics-talking guy, R enthusiast
want to compare two numbers? Bar chart. Add more numbers? Bar chart. Want to add another category of numbers to sit alongside the first? Believe it or not: bar chart.
November 3, 2025 at 8:53 AM
want to compare two numbers? Bar chart. Add more numbers? Bar chart. Want to add another category of numbers to sit alongside the first? Believe it or not: bar chart.
Impossible to read this passage in Seeing Like a State and not picture Canberra from above
October 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Impossible to read this passage in Seeing Like a State and not picture Canberra from above
I love the FT, but who is asking for Martin Wolf on the sounds of summer
July 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I love the FT, but who is asking for Martin Wolf on the sounds of summer
I made some good PPTX slides when I was at Grattan Institute
June 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I made some good PPTX slides when I was at Grattan Institute
I love to read old conference volumes, they’re fascinating period pieces
March 13, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I love to read old conference volumes, they’re fascinating period pieces
great to introduce the kids to applied econometrics at an early age
January 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
great to introduce the kids to applied econometrics at an early age
bit of this one too
January 23, 2025 at 4:01 AM
bit of this one too
interesting item on Tyler Cowen’s list of reasons he disliked Jimmy Carter
January 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
interesting item on Tyler Cowen’s list of reasons he disliked Jimmy Carter
it must cost a lot to ship bits between the US and Australia
December 25, 2024 at 8:20 PM
it must cost a lot to ship bits between the US and Australia
We need to hang this exchange in the Louvre
November 24, 2024 at 9:20 PM
We need to hang this exchange in the Louvre
we need to ban ads like this that lure the unsuspecting into a life of depravity
October 6, 2024 at 7:31 AM
we need to ban ads like this that lure the unsuspecting into a life of depravity
WFH hasn't gone anywhere! That's what I concluded after looking at millions of job ads
www.seek.com.au/about/news/e...
www.seek.com.au/about/news/e...
November 21, 2023 at 11:17 PM
WFH hasn't gone anywhere! That's what I concluded after looking at millions of job ads
www.seek.com.au/about/news/e...
www.seek.com.au/about/news/e...
[Tyler Cowen pointing at innocuous signs in Japanese] that’s NIMBYism
October 19, 2023 at 7:30 AM
[Tyler Cowen pointing at innocuous signs in Japanese] that’s NIMBYism
this could be you
September 29, 2023 at 10:02 AM
this could be you
me with the ABS website
September 9, 2023 at 9:07 AM
me with the ABS website
data viz quality by career stage is an inverted U.
By the time you get to emeritus stage you’re presenting grainy photographs of your monitor that has an Excel sheet on it
By the time you get to emeritus stage you’re presenting grainy photographs of your monitor that has an Excel sheet on it
July 9, 2023 at 11:27 PM
data viz quality by career stage is an inverted U.
By the time you get to emeritus stage you’re presenting grainy photographs of your monitor that has an Excel sheet on it
By the time you get to emeritus stage you’re presenting grainy photographs of your monitor that has an Excel sheet on it
