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Andrew Batson's mental models

3 claims Andrew Batson made fit 3 mental models. Most often: Incentives, Less, but better, Second-order thinking. Everything they said here.

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Incentives

Look at what people are rewarded for; it explains more behaviour than what they say, your own included.

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Competition and experimentation among local officials has been a major driver of China's economic growth.

  1. Andrew Batson China economy researcher based in Beijing who writes… China does much better in basic service delivery-and its local governments have also played a very obvious and important in driving growth, thanks to the competition and experimentation among local officials driven to develop their jurisdictions. Historical trajectories of local government in India and Chinaandrewbatson.com · 29 Aug 2025All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsChina does much better in basic service delivery-and its local governments have also played a very obvious and important in driving growth, thanks to the competition and experimentation among local officials driven to develop their jurisdictions.

    ↗Historical trajectories of local government in India and Chinaandrewbatson.com

    29 Aug 2025

Less, but better

Find the essence and cut the rest; simplicity is hard work, not the absence of effort.

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For listeners, shorter pieces are usually more enjoyable than long, unedited improvisations

  1. Andrew Batson China economy researcher based in Beijing who writes… Improvisers can be prolix and reluctant to edit themselves, but for listeners shorter is usually better. First explorations in Indian classical musicandrewbatson.com · 12 Oct 2025All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsImprovisers can be prolix and reluctant to edit themselves, but for listeners shorter is usually better.

    ↗First explorations in Indian classical musicandrewbatson.com

    12 Oct 2025

Second-order thinking

Ask "and then what?": follow a decision past its first effect to the ones that come after.

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Manufacturing subsidies that push output and capacity above natural levels can depress prices enough to shrink manufacturing's share of GDP.

  1. Andrew Batson China economy researcher based in Beijing who writes… There's even a case to be made that those policies actually depressed the manufacturing share of GDP: by boosting output and capacity above where they would have been otherwise, subsidies probably contributed to the sustained decline in prices for China's manufactured goods over the past few years, weighing on their share of nominal output. China bows to de-industrializationandrewbatson.com · 23 Nov 2025All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsThere's even a case to be made that those policies actually depressed the manufacturing share of GDP: by boosting output and capacity above where they would have been otherwise, subsidies probably contributed to the sustained decline in prices for China's manufactured goods over the past few years, weighing on their share of nominal output.

    ↗China bows to de-industrializationandrewbatson.com

    23 Nov 2025