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 17 April
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 | Living The Good Life In A Non-Growth World: Investigating The Role Of Hierarchy, Part 1 | Blair Fix | 53.48 |
2 | Coronavirus Disease Weekly News 11April 2021 | rjs | 21.41 |
3 | Power And The Dialect Of Economics | Blair Fix | 20.30 |
4 | Adam Smith vs. Karl Marx | Frank Li | 16.89 |
5 | 13 April 2021 Coronavirus Charts and News: Lots and Lots of Details and Opinions On The Recommended Pause Of Johnson and Johnson COVID Vaccine. Can COVID-19 Ever Be Eradicated? | Steven Hansen | 15.64 |
6 | 13Apr2021 Market Close: Bitcoin Rallies To All-time High As Traders Eye Coinbase Listing, DOW Down 68 Points, Nasdaq Up +1.1%, Bitcoin 63200, SP 500 Books Record High | Gary | 15.53 |
7 | Correctly Assessing President Trump (V2) | Frank Li | 12.79 |
8 | 14 April 2021 Coronavirus Charts and News: People Who Get Their COVID Information From Social Media Are More Hesitant About Getting Vaccinated. Much More On Vaccine Caused Blood Clots. | Steven Hansen | 10.53 |
9 | 16 April 2021 Coronavirus Charts and News: Blood Clots As Prevalent With Pfizer And Moderna Vaccine As With AstraZeneca’s. Also Blood Clot Risk Is Six Times Higher If You Get Infected With COVID. | Steven Hansen | 10.16 |
10 | 11 April 2021 Coronavirus Charts and News: A Group Of Israeli Doctors Oppose Vaccinating Children For COVID. Will There Be A Fourth Stimulus Check? | Steven Hansen | 9.49 |
11 | What is China’s State Capitalism, Anyway? | Frank Li | 8.54 |
12 | Towards an Ideal Form of Government (Version 3) | Frank Li | 8.04 |
13 | LIVE: Current Weather And Forecasts Up To 7 Days – Monday April 12, 2021 | Sig Silber | 7.80 |
14 | LIVE: Current Weather And Forecasts Up To 7 Days – Friday April 16, 2021 | Sig Silber | 7.63 |
15 | LIVE: Current Weather And Forecasts Up To 7 Days – Wednesday April 14, 2021 | Sig Silber | 7.50 |
16 | LIVE: Current Weather And Forecasts Up To 7 Days – Thursday April 15, 2021 | Sig Silber | 6.87 |
17 | We Can’t Expect COVID-19 To Go Away – We Should Plan Accordingly | Gail Tverberg | 6.87 |
18 | April 15, 2021: Part I, NOAA Four-Season Forecast – Guessing Beyond the First Season | Sig Silber | 6.55 |
19 | 12 April 2021 Coronavirus Charts and News: Those Who Get Their COVID News From The TV and Facebook End Up Being Less Informed. | Steven Hansen | 5.93 |
20 | FIH: Emergent Property Of Complex Systems’ Macroeconomics – Part 1 | Steve Keen | 5.66 |
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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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