Seva Gunitsky explains why the US continually encourages foreign uprisings and then… doesn’t back them in any meaningful sense.
Nan Ransohoff argues there should be more general managers for world problems.
The US should have fewer bus stops.
Owl Posting writes about the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference.
Violent crime is down. Petty crime is up.
We have another Michael Clemens v. George Borjas immigration argument.
Innovation needs to be matched to the particular context for it to be effective (evidence from agriculture).
This week’s amazing historical story: in 1892, Emma Goldman decided to fund an assassination attempt by becoming a prostitute. Her first client “took her into a saloon, bought her a beer, gave her ten dollars, informed her she did not have ‘the knack,’ and told her to quit the business”.
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