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Seb Krier, Ricardian?

Here is the initial post. In the comments Michael Wiebe notes: “So progress per R&D dollar fell by 63%, even while progress per year doubled.”  File under: David Ricardo, underrated.…

The Paraguayan bank story

Despite its weaknesses, Paraguay’s young democracy was still able to deliver under stress. Its free, boisterous press was the first to sound the alarm about Peña’s shenanigans. The Central Bank’s…

Sunday assorted links

1. Among the Wagner fanatics. 2. Does AI instead commodify jobs? 3. The digital world is making Islam more diverse (The Economist). 4. “An affair with an economist exposed the…