ECONOMY

Helsinki, Turku, and Tampere — what please are your recommendations?  I thank you in advance for your sage counsel. The post Finland bleg appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Source link...

From Ken Opalo: A common misperception economic policies in African states tend to be statist, far-Left, or anti-market. This is not supported by the data (see examples of Kenya, Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, and South Africa below). In actual fact, most...

With the release of the Philadelphia Fed early benchmark, we have the following 12 month changes in employment (000’s) from different sources: From May 2023 to April 2024, according to the Philadelphia Fed early benchmark nonfarm payroll employment grew only...

By John Strausbaugh, an excellent book.  Here is one good passage of many: Putting dogs on top of rockets was nothing new.  Since so little was known about the effects that blasting off in a rocket might have on th...

1. Iran to give awards to religious leaders who convince their congregants to have more babies. 2. A critique of travel. 3. How much of life on earth is “dormant”? 4. Akira Endo, RIP.  He discovered statins. 5. ““Walking” Tree...

Yves here. Emmanuel Macron’s impetuous, even petulant, calling of snap elections in France, presumably intended to wrong-foot a resurgent right wing, to instead sink Macron’s centrist coalition. Based on the EU Parliament vote totals, they would have to choose between...

In Praise of the Paranormal Curiosity of Charles Fort, Patron Saint of Cranks Literary Hub (Anthony L) The danger of decadence is also its value. We need more of it aeon (Anthony L) Are you a precrastinator? The opposite of...

Yves here. While Hudson outlines a telling proposal by the super neoliberal American Enterprise Institute, it’s important to describe it is bases on major misperceptions. The first is that the US needs to sell bonds to fund its operations. No...

Three fiery flavours of the Samyang instant ramen line are being withdrawn: Buldak 3x Spicy & Hot Chicken, 2x Spicy & Hot Chicken and Hot Chicken Stew. Denmark’s food agency issued the recall and warning on Tuesday, urging consumers to...

Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Fr´ed´eric Chopin are household names, but few will recognize Francesca Caccini, Elisabeth Lutyens or Amy M. Beach, who are among the top-10 female composers of all time. Why are female composers overshadowed by...