Notes from Santa Marta, Colombia – A REVOLUTION On the Edge
The Santa Marta region in northern Colombia has, within ninety minutes, the Caribbean, the snow-capped peaks of the Sierra Nevada, a desert with plenty of […]
Thanks for nothing – Econlib
David Leonhardt has Part of the NYT to the “new centrism”, which he calls neopopulism. Politicians in both parties are increasingly embracing ideas like protectionism […]
Business Cycle Indicators from the end of May
Consumption, pre-personal money transfers, and (in April) production and sales in the commercial sector. Figure 1: Nonfarm Payroll (NFP) from CES (blue), employment (orange), industrial […]
The influence of economics Ph.D.s at the Fed is diminishing
Ten years ago, 12 of the 17 Fed governors and presidents had doctorates in economics, or about 70 percent. When Hammack takes over for Mester […]
Different links for Saturday
1. Coller-Dolittle prize for communication between two species. 2. The home countries of political leaders’ spouses influence where foreign aid allocations go. 3. Five ways […]
Caplan and Cowen
A fun but also informative fast-paced style debate between Bryan Caplan and Tyler on YIMBY and NIMBY. The post Caplan and Cowen appeared first on […]
Links 6/1/2024 | bare capitalism
Meet the world’s first edible robot Bangkok Post (furry) Scientists discover 50,000-year-old herpes virus – and maybe how modern humans came to rule the world […]
Where do you find the most wealth in Africa?
56 percent of Africa’s billionaires and more than 90 percent of its billionaires lived in just five countries in 2023 – South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, […]
Death and Cinema | bare capitalism
Yves here. Satyajit was sent with some brain money, as the fictional treatment of death cannot be described as “easy”. He makes one of my […]
Neuroticism and the political Left
Answer from Greg Lukianoff & Andrea: Overwhelmingly, 57% of the more relaxed students in our study reported feelings of poor mental health at least half […]