As we have long said, “If your business depends on a platform, you don’t have a business.” That principle implies “If your right to free speech depends on a platform, you don’t have free speech.” And now we are seeing...
We find that the least attractive 1/6th had a significantly Higher Hazard of mortality The least attractive 1/6th of women lived almost 2 years less than others at 20. The least attractive 1/6th of men lived almost 1 years less than others at...
Yves here. Our Nick Corbishley has often criticized Ursula von der Leyen’s corruption and willingness to boost predictably bad aggressively neoliberal/neocon policy idea. But her pending re-installation as the queen of Europe the president of the European Commission provides yet...
Here is the audio, video, and transcript. Here is the episode summary: Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz joined Tyler for a discussion that weaves through Joe’s career and key contributions, including what he learned from giving an 8-hour lecture in...
1. How can people be like this? Men who do absolutely nothing on long-haul flights. 2. Bet on me here, flying to France today btw. 3. Work for Astera on rebuilding the machinery of science. 4. Is delaying menopause going...
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Eastern Meadowlark (Eastern), Lake Wales; Lake Kissimmee State Park, Polk, Florida, United States. “Odd song type from conspicuous perch in wet meadow.” * * * In Case You Might Miss…...
That is the theme of a new NBER working paper by Jaime Arellano-Bover, Nicola Bianchi, Salvatore Lattanzio, and Matteo Paradise. Here is the abstract: This paper studies the interaction between the decrease in the gender pay gap and the stagnation...
Yves here. This post describes the two main elements of climate change danger to communities, which are flooding/sea level rises and severe storms. We are now seeing a third threat come into focus: the health effects of exposure to extreme...
As the EU continues to play a key role in the bungled peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the bloc continues to lean on Azerbaijan for more natural gas in order to make up for its shortfalls from Russia. Has...
Yves here. Robert Urie sets forth below how even those who have documented how Israel goes about lobbying have underestimated a key source of its power: serving as the poster child for yet more military spending. Urie also documents how...
