Month: August 2024

1. Warren Coats’ memoir has now been published. 2. There is a Hamnet film. 3. Jon Hartley podcast with Greg Mankiw. 4. According to the […]

In 2014, less than 10,000 migrants crossed the gap. Last year there were more than 500,000. Another attack is expected because of Venezuela’s presidential election […]

Capitalism is the best. It is a free enterprise. Barter. Gimbels, if I get a clerk position, ‘Well I don’t like this’, how can I […]

A large body of literature in economics and political science examines the impact of democracy and political freedom on various outcomes using cross-country comparisons. This […]

While there are quite a few great commentators on inflation at EconLog, a recent lunch with a close friend of mine got me thinking deeply […]

From a paper by Michele Andreolli, Natalie S. Rickard, and Paolo Surico (presented at the NBER Summer Institute Monetary Economics sessions): Using newly constructed time […]

1. Eye contact only. 2. NYT in Helsinki. 3. Internal trade in other ways. 4. Geoffrey Manne on the Google decision. 5. Longlegs, with Nicholas […]

Over 4,000 Moth Species Flit Across Texas. One Scientist Captured 550 in His Backyard. Texas Monthly Girl finds dinosaur footprints on beach walk BBC Demystifying […]

Yves here. As homelessness is a growing problem across the US due to the seemingly unstoppable rise in housing prices over wage increases, this Montana […]

The results show that from 2003 to 2022, the average time spent at home among American adults increased by one hour and 39 minutes on […]