Economy
Northern Ireland fact of the day
The NHS in Northern Ireland is the worst in the UK. During the quarter April/June 2021, over 3 ...View More
The value of books on tractors
In addition, there were no textbooks to be found, except in libraries, where the numbers who ...View More
A country run by schoolteachers?
One disgruntled veteran at a FF annual meeting in 2016 was heard to complain, ‘They’re all fucking s ...View More
The polity that is Russia
Russia’s parliament, the State Duma, is working on a law that aims to ban so-called child-free ideol ...View More
Scott Alexander on Milei
Monthly inflation went from 25% to about 4%. This is obviously great, but there are two small notes ...View More
How much does hard work matter?
That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, here is one excerpt: Economists from Princeton, Van ...View More
How different are Trump judges?
Donald J. Trump’s presidency broke the mold in many ways, including how to think about judicial appo ...View More
The case why culture is not stuck
From the excellent Katherine Dee, here is just one excerpt: TikTok sketch comedy is in the same line ...View More
What should I ask Stephen Kotkin?
Kotkin’s most prominent book project is his three-volume biography of Joseph Stalin: The first ...View More
Ask ChatGPT o1-preview, fiscal theory of the price level edition
Question: An economist once said that the fiscal theory of the price level was true, or became more ...View More
