Gustav de Molinari, the first libertarian?
He was a nineteenth-century Belgian economist, well-read, and overlooked as a thinker. Here is one excerpt from Benoit Malbranque’s short open access book, now online: […]
Month: October 2024
Acemoglu interview with Times of India
Here is the AI component part: Given the potential for AI to increase inequality, how can we redirect technology? We need to advance the development […]
Schutz vor Business E-mail Compromise: 8 wichtige Punkte für Ihre BEC-Richtlinie
These Updates dien nicht nur dazu, die Threatung in Erinnerung zu rufen und zu verdeutlichen, wie ein BEC-Angriff in den verschiedenen Stadien aussieht. Sie bieten […]
Will GDP Growth Accelerate Under Biden Vs. than under Trump? Answer: Yes
I keep hearing people like House Speaker Mike Johnson say how fast growth under Trump was. Well, compared to three and a half years ago, […]
Do lottery operators have to be licensed?
I sometimes wonder why financial advisors need a license. Perhaps the government believes that these regulations protect the public from making poor financial decisions. But […]
Government Interest Payments: To the Community vs. In the Rest of the State Government
Order to the graph of EJ Antoni (apologies to Keats). The total interest payments have increased significantly, and this is reflected in the alarming picture: […]
3 Steps to Being More Productive (even when you’re feeling lazy)
You know what many productivity “experts” hope you never find? The tips they present and the apps they sell are total BS. The experts themselves […]
Sunday separate links
1. Casey Handmer in the exoplanet telescope. 2. What is England? 3. What is it like to work on a mega-yacht? 4. Income inequality and […]
What do panda rental contracts look like?
Officials cannot discuss panda illness, death, disease or “any other important matters” without first consulting their Chinese counterparts, whose views will be “fully respected.” “In […]
My Weekly Reading for October 20, 2024
by Christian Britschgi, The reasonOctober 15, 2024 Quote: In September, the city council of Kalispell, Montana, took the unusual, possibly unprecedented, step of revoking a […]