Economy
Seasonality and the Invention of Agriculture
Forthcoming from the QJE, here is a new paper by Andrea Matanga: The Neolithic revolution saw the in ...View More
Deregulate our universities
Take a look at how the number of federal regulations and policies governing research at universitie ...View More
Tying the Knot
Dobbs, of course, was the Supreme Court decision saying that the constitution does not provide a ri ...View More
Arguments that (almost) everyone hates
These are usually worth pondering, as at the very least you will learn something. Here is a ha ...View More
Guinea pig questions
If someone demographically normal and not especially at-risk wants to serve as a guinea pig, what is ...View More
The game theory of the final round of the Candidates
The amazing Gukesh (17 years old!) is half a point ahead with one round remaining today. ...View More
What should I ask Alan Taylor?
He is one of the greatest of living American historians, here is from Wikipedia: Alan Shaw Taylor&nb ...View More
“The Simple Macroeconomics of AI”
That is the new Daron Acemoglu paper, and he is skeptical about its overall economic effects. ...View More
South Africa fact of the day
Two economists from the Harvard Growth Lab (Shah and Sturzenegger) estimate that the average transpo ...View More
Decoupling from China?
Maybe, but maybe not: Amid the current U.S.-China technological race, the U.S. has imposed export co ...View More
