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The election

Procedurally it seems to have gone just fine, and the people predicting “the end of democracy in America” now look foolish.  They have been suffering under fundamental misunderstandings of how…

The economics of tips

Tipping is large and growing, but we know little about its consequences for workers and firms. We link point-of-sale and payroll records at 20,000 U.S. firms, which lets us observe…

Monday assorted links

1. Why is it now so common to be asked about your food allergies? (GPT Pro answer) 2. Training for alignment, applies principal-agent theory. 3. Do people offload empathy when…