Economy
Why I don’t think the USG will default
Public debt ratios in Portugal and Greece have declined at an unprecedented pace from their pandemi ...View More
Culture splat (a few broad spoilers)
Challengers is a good and original movie. Imagine a 2024 rom com, except the behavior and conv ...View More
*Native Nations*
The authro is Kathleen Duval, and the subtitle is A Millennium in North America. This is an ex ...View More
Post correction and retraction
Apologies! I took down my post based on this tweet, which upon further reflection struck me as ...View More
Hassan Sayed, banned from Princeton?
Hassan Sayed, a fifth year PhD candidate in economics, it seems was banned from Princeton. Ost ...View More
The work culture that is German, something about France too
In Germany, robots must obey the sabbath pic.twitter.com/vphLpXAA0e — Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesi ...View More
Trade reform and economic growth
From the excellent Doug Irwin: Do trade reforms that significantly reduce import barriers lead to fa ...View More
What should I ask Paul Bloom?
Yes I will be doing a Conversation with him. Here is Wikipedia: Paul Bloom…is a Canadian ...View More
The Prisoner’s Dilemma of Non-Competes
I agree with Tyler, that the FTC ban on non-competes is overly broad and not tailored to fields wher ...View More
The Norwegian ban on smart phones in middle schools
Here is a new paper by Sara Abrahamsson. Perhaps there is Norwegian exceptionalism at work, bu ...View More