wellnessfitpro
- Brazilian
- food
- October 20, 2026
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On Brazilian food
Every now and then I will write a piece on food for Works in Progress. Here is my piece on eating in Brazil: Brazil, like most large nations, also offers…
- fiscal
- gains
- October 20, 2026
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The net fiscal impact of immigration should include gains from trade
Immigration affects natives through both labor markets and public budgets, yet these channels are usually studied separately. We combine them in a general-equilibrium model with search-and-matching frictions, skill-specific progressive labor…
- Billionaire
- California
- October 19, 2026
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The California billionaire tax is very likely a net revenue loser
This paper examines the revenue and migration impact of the 2026 California Billionaire Tax Act, a one-time 5 percent tax on the worldwide net worth of individuals exceeding $1 billion.…
- assorted
- links
- October 19, 2026
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Monday assorted links
1. More on Nigerian and African mega-cities, by the great David Pilling (FT). 2. Quantum gravity labor arbitrage. 3. New (non-AI) claims about consciousness. And more here. 4. “Stop Pink-Washing…
- CrowdingOut
- DataCenters
- October 19, 2026
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No, DataCenters are Not Crowding-Out Other Investments
Based on charts like the one at right, Paul Krugman and many others are arguing that: Massive spending on data centers is crowding out investment in everything else in the…
- Ive
- Reading
- October 19, 2026
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What I’ve been reading
David Stuart, The Four Heavens: A New History of the Ancient Maya. The best book about the ancient Maya that I know of, and also a book about how we…
- spoilers
- October 18, 2026
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*You Can See Everything* (no spoilers)
An excellent and also original movie, you all should see it. There are different interpretations, but I read it as a story between two autistic people, and the bond they…
- Beautiful
- Country
- October 18, 2026
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*This Beautiful Country*
The author is Edward Cutler and the subtitle is How Italy’s Nature Shaped its Culture and Civilisation. This is an excellent book on how “the Italy you know” has been…
- Archaeology
- émergent
- October 18, 2026
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The archaeology tranche of Emergent Ventures
Björn Öste is building Arkhub, an AI-powered platform that analyzes remote-sensing and other archaeological data to identify potential ancient sites in the Amazon and enable further investigation by citizen scientists.…
- curves
- demand
- October 18, 2026
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Our fascination with screens, demand curves slope downward installment #1637
What we find here is that the quality-adjusted screen time price index is down 39 per cent since 2000, but that change is overwhelmingly a function of improvements in quality,…
