Finance

I often hear people on the right suggest that the New York Times is a bad newspaper. This is not true, as they confuse quality […]

Abhay Aneja and colleagues show that daughters of civil servants who were exposed to female co-workers during World War II were more likely to work. […]

1. Religious membership helped grow after the storm. 2. Anna Gát Hope Axis podcast with Noah Smith. 3. Peter Gray on social media and depression. […]

It is a common misconception that competitive markets produce efficient results. Although competition may cause more effort, that effort should not be directed toward anything […]

Yves here. Tom Neuburger’s latest on “What to do about Biden” raises many interesting discussion points, even if yours truly disagrees with them. What bothers […]

Good and patient students, Got some extra links today because Lambert wasn’t at work at the Water Cooler yesterday and Biden’s playing status is a […]

After the lack of elevators in the country where the skyscraper was born there are eye-watering costs. A basic four-stop elevator costs about $158,000 in […]

We calculate the contribution of the largest firms to the performance of the South Korean economy in the period 1972-2011. Using historical firm-level data, we […]

By Lambert Strether of Corrente Dear readers, today is a departure day for me, so this is an open thread. I notice that my schedule […]

1. Executive compensation is increasingly consolidated. 2. More on the Alice Munro saga (NYT). And more here. 3. Attending a highly selective college reduces obesity. […]