Beware of Economic Misconceptions – Econlib
HHerbert Stein, an economist who served in the Nixon Administration, wrote a memoir looking back on his experience. He wrote that the two main lessons […]
Month: October 2024
Book Review: Music’s Mysterious Effects on Mind and Body
By Dan Falk, a science journalist based in Toronto. His books include “The Science of Shakespeare” and “In Search of Time.” Automatically pushed to Undark. […]
15 Places Where Construction Workers Struggle to Pay for Housing
ZikG / Shutterstock.com Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on Construction Cover. High housing prices and insufficient pace of housing construction make it difficult for […]
Northern Ireland is the reality of the day
The NHS in Northern Ireland is the worst in the UK. During the April/June 2021 quarter, more than 349,000 people were waiting for a first […]
Links 10/7/2024 | bare capitalism
Hooray, Hooray for Badger Day!! JStor Daily Quantum computing and the financial system: opportunities and risks Bank of International Settlements The weather …MILTON STRENGTHENS SOUTHERN […]
A malware attack on a State Data Center in India halted some services for citizens
The entire IT infrastructure of India’s Uttarakhand state came to a standstill on Friday after a malware was detected in systems in the country’s Data […]
Keynote speaker: How CISOs are developing another skill
“The days of talking about FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) are over, that immature conversation. It has to be something more complex and CISOs have to […]
Will Household Wealth Be A Consumables Situation in 2024Q3?
Here’s a snapshot of total household income, both nominal and real, with my Q3 nowcasts. Figure 1: Total home value (blue), now projected for 2024Q3 […]
What I have been reading
Fiona Maddocks, Goodbye Russia: Rachmaninoff in exile. It captures the spirit of the man and his music, and is a great addition to the growing […]
Number of books on tractors
In addition, no books were available, except in the libraries, where the numbers trying to enter were so great that students could only enter the […]