Written by Econintersect
We publish a report each week presenting a list of the articles Google Analytics reports as being the most read. Last week’s report is here. We think that does not necessarily reflect how much “value” readers have obtained from what we publish. So we are offering a second listing which combines the number of readers for each article with the average amount of time spent reading by each.
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Before presenting this new ranking, let us explain our thinking. If one article has 500 page reads with an average time for each of one minute we suggest that another article with 100 page reads and an average time for each of 5 minutes might have an equivalent “value”: 500 page read minutes.
This measurement does not attempt to quantify the value readers received. The 500 reading an average of 1 minute each may perceive much more personal value for their individual minutes than do the 100 who each spent 5 minutes. What this measurement of ‘page read minutes’ directly measures is the effective reader engagement by each article. Rather than “value” we might better say “engagement” or “used”.
After some consideration we have elected to try the term “usefulness” and selected the term “useful” for the title of the list.
The Most Useful Articles Week Ending 13 June
The number following each article is the number of ‘page read hours’ for that article.
Health Crisis: Different Economic Animal From Financial Crisis (40.7) Jim Welsh
The Macroeconomics Of Degrowth (37.5) Steve Keen
11 June 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – The Data Does Not Yet Suggest A Second Wave (18.7) Steven Hansen
The People’s Republic of China at Age 70 (17.7) Frank Li
The Use And Abuse Of MMT (17.5) Michael Hudson, Dirk Bezemer, Steve Keen, and T.Sabri Oncu
Global Crisis: The Convergence Of Marx, Kafka, Orwell And Huxley (16.3) Charles Hugh Smith
10 June 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – Study Shows Significant Reduction In Coronavirus Infection Rates With Face Coverings Steven Hansen (14.4)
America: Peace in Violent Land? (13.5) Frank Li
LIVE: Current Weather And Forecasts Up To 7 Days – Sunday June 7, 2020 (11.2) Sig Silber
08 June 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – U.S. Officially In A Recession (11.1) Steven Hansen
COVID-19: A Data-Driven Analysis (10.3) John Mauldin and Michael Roizen, MD
How Was the Cold War Ended, Really? (10.1) Frank Li
Bill Black: “Financial Sector Dramatically Reduces Productivity” (9.5) Econintersect
Keen And Mosler Debate MMT And Trade (9.2) John Lounsbury
The Double/Triple Doji: Have We Been Warned? (8.5) William Kurtz
Stocks Issue Rare Bearish Signal (8.2) Jim Welsh
Major League Baseball Finances: What The Numbers Tell Us (7.8) Elliott Morss
What Lies Ahead: Destabilizing Social Stratification (7.6) Charles Hugh Smith
LIVE: Current Weather And Forecasts Up To 7 Days – Tuesday June 9, 2020 (7.5) Sig Silber
12 June 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – Coronavirus Deaths Could Reach 200,000 by Early Fall, Second Lockdown Possible (7.4) Steven Hansen
The above list penalizes articles which are quickly read and include videos that are watched on YouTube. The introduction and link to YouTube may take 30 seconds or less and then our reader may stay 5, 10, 20 minutes or longer with the video – this measurement gives no credit for that video time.
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