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 04 July
The number following each article is the number of ‘page read hours’ for that article.
How To Achieve A V-Shaped Recovery Amid The COVID-19 Pandemic (74.9) Yi Wen and Brian Reinbold
A Journal Of The Plague (22.1) Surly1
The Communist Party of China at Age 99 (17.7) Frank Li
03 July 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – U.S. New Cases Setting New Records. Will There Soon Be A Spike In the Death Rate? (13.2) Steven Hansen
Documentary Of The Week: Thermodynamics And Economics (12.7) John Lounsbury
Adam Smith vs. Karl Marx (12.6) Frank Li
July 2020 Economic Forecast – The Recession Is Likely Over But A Strange Recovery Is Beginning (10.2) Steven Hansen
Modern Monetary Muddle (9.9) Michael Edesess
LIVE: Current Weather And Forecasts Up To 7 Days – Wednesday July 01, 2020 (9.3) Sig Silber
02 July 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – Will the Worst Of the Coronavirus Epidemic Be Over by January? But July May Show How Bad the Pandemic Can Get. (8.6) Steven Hansen
28 June 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – Pandemic Will Slow Hurricane Recovery Response. Worst Week Ever For New Cases. (8.5) Steven Hansen
A Recession Like No Other (8.4) John Mauldin
29Jun2020 Market Close: Wall Street Closed Higher As WHO Claims That COVID Is Not Even Close To Being Over, DOW Closes Up 457 Points, WTI Settles Higher At 39.60, Gold Higher 1772 (8.3) Steven Hansen
Depression Dominoes Are Toppling (8.2) Charles Hugh Smith
What Doctors Know About Lingering Symptoms Of Coronavirus (7.4) William Petri
Bad News Bulls (7.1) Jim Welsh
01 July 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – The Economic Recovery Is Stalling As Infections Rise. U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Substantially Higher Than Official Tally. (6.9) Steven Hansen
30 June 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – Fauci Warns The U.S. Could See 100,000 New Cases Per Day. Coronavirus Mutation Has Taken Over The World. (6.4) 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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