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 (8.3 page read hours).
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 20 February
Below is the spreadsheet ranking table for titles with authors with the final column being the number of page-read-hours for that article. If you click on a link to view an article, hit ‘back arrow‘ to return to this page.
| 1 | No Recovery For The Bottom Half | UPFINA | 32.00 |
| 2 | 14 February 2021 Coronavirus Charts and News: WHO Wuhan Mission – Original 2019 COVID Outbreak Was Wider Than Previously Thought. Do Only 13% Of People Who Get COVID Develop Symptoms? | Steven Hansen | 23.82 |
| 3 | 16 February 2021 Coronavirus Charts and News: Another U.K. COVID Variant Discovered With South African And Brazil Mutation. Now A Concern About A U.S. Fourth Wave. | Steven Hansen | 10.93 |
| 4 | What is America, Anyway? (V4) | Frank Li | 10.89 |
| 5 | Capitalist Systems And Income Inequality | Marco Ranaldi and Branko Milanovic | 10.33 |
| 6 | 12 February 2021 Coronavirus Charts and News: CDC Has Issued New Guidelines For Reopening Schools. And A New COVID Variant Has Emerged In Southern California. | Steven Hansen | 9.36 |
| 7 | 15 February 2021 Coronavirus Charts and News: Seven New More Contagious Home-Grown COVID Variants Found In The U.S.; Doctors Have Seen Swollen Lymph Nodes On Screening Mammograms For Women Recently Vaccinated. | Steven Hansen | 9.22 |
| 8 | LIVE: Current Weather And Forecasts Up To 7 Days – Friday February 19, 2021 – Updated | Sig Silber | 9.18 |
| 9 | Living The Good Life In A Non-Growth World: Investigating The Role Of Hierarchy, Part 1 | Blair Fix | 8.83 |
| 10 | February 18, 2021: Part I, NOAA Four-Season Forecast – Updated | Sig Silber | 8.81 |
| 11 | Three New Kingdoms (V2) | Frank Li | 8.80 |
| 12 | Proof Of How QE Works | Lee Adler | 8.12 |
| 13 | LIVE: Current Weather And Forecasts Up To 7 Days – Thursday February 18, 2021 – Updated | Sig Silber | 7.57 |
| 14 | 20 February 2021 Coronavirus Charts and News: Japan Discovers New Coronavirus Variant Which Has A Mutation On The Spike Protein That Could Lower The Efficacy Of Vaccines. | Steven Hansen | 7.05 |
| 15 | John Brown Was A Violent Crusader, But He Blazed A Moral Path That The Cautious Lincoln Followed To End Slavery | Adam Seagrave | 7.03 |
| 16 | 17 February 2021 Coronavirus Charts and News: White House Stepping Up COVID Testing, Manufacturing, And Virus Sequencing. New CDC Reports Warn Variants Could Lead To Rapid Rise In Covid | Steven Hansen | 6.05 |
| 17 | Documentary Of The Week: China’s COVID Secrets | John Lounsbury | 5.70 |
| 18 | The Economic Impact of Whaling | Matthew Lundgren | 5.44 |
| 19 | 18 February 2021 Coronavirus Charts and News: Pfizer Says It Is Not Clear That Their Shot Is Effective Against The South African Variant. This Applies To The Moderna Vaccine Too According To NEJM Study. | Steven Hansen | 5.24 |
| T20 | The Future Of Macroeconomics | Lars P. Syll | 4.97 |
| T20 | February 20, 2021 Weather Impacts On Economic Activity – Major Storm And New Insights | Sig Silber | 4.97 |
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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