Dog found zip tied rescued in Malibu YouTube :-( The Yellowstone supervolcano destroyed an ecosystem but saved it for us ars technica (Kevin W) How to guard against the aggressive lone star tick species Washington Post (Dr. Kevin) British Boarding...
Kholodilin offers a comprehensive review of the literature on rent control, some 206 papers, published and unpublished from 1967-2013. The results are summarized in the figure below where (-) indicates papers finding a negative effect, (0) no effect and (+)...
Whatever one thinks of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s politics it’s tough not to acknowledge his talent for getting under the skin of the Davos crowd that runs the EU. He certainly wasted no time in putting Hungary’s six-month turn...
Yves here. While the AMA did have a big role in stopping the implementation of some version of public health care, they were far from the only bad actor. It would be unfortunate if this description of the AMA’s successful...
A new fee for Venice day trippers. A looming ban on vacation rentals in Barcelona. Restrictions on the sale of alcohol in Majorca. At a time when overwhelmed European destinations are slapping tourists with restrictions and fees, Copenhagen is trying a different...
That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, here is one excerpt, starting with the reality of Brazilian hyperinflation in the early 1990s: Fortunately, economists and other reformers came to the rescue and designed an effective plan for currency...
…although incomplete data for 2022. Figure 1: Geometric average of reserve holdings (expressed in USD) for reporting central banks. Very incomplete data for 2022. Source: Ito calculations on unpublished version of Ito-McCauley dataset. Note these numbers, even if they were...
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Great Horned Owl, East Loma Alta Drive, Altadena. ”The first bird in the recording was perched atop a utility pole about 10 meters from me. While recording it, a female...
Abhay Aneja and colleagues reveal that daughters of civil servants who were more exposed to female co-workers during WWI were significantly more likely to work. For each standard deviation increase in exposure to female co-workers, the gender gap in labor force participation for...
1. Religious membership aided post-hurricane recovery growth. 2. Anna Gát Hope Axis podcast with Noah Smith. 3. Peter Gray on social media and depression. 4. Intellectual courage as the scarcest resource. 5. Richard Ngo on counterproductive activism. 6. Is the...
