~undercover-economis | Bookmarks (16)
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The selfish guide to decarbonising
Think globally, act locally, they used to say. If it’s true, why does it matter that...
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An alternative take on Trump’s favourite word
Since nothing seems to be off the table when it comes to trade policy, I thought...
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What Elon can learn from the original Doge
As a tourist, the only reasonable response to Venice’s all-consuming beauty is to gasp in admiration...
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The case for ‘late bloomers’
Highbrow pleasure recently: the Royal Opera House, and Leoš Janáček’s Jenůfa. The opera was first performed...
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It’s February. Time for another fresh start?
On the first of January, you can’t move without bumping into an article about new year’s...
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Can economic growth still make us happy?
Richard Easterlin died in December at the age of 98. He’s been called “the father of...
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Cautionary Tales – The Thrill and the Drop: A First Date Rollercoaster
Leah Washington and her new boyfriend Joe Pugh are on their first day out together. They’re...
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Want to change? Consider your situation
Imagine that a certain person — let’s call them Robin — is walking across a college...
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Do you want the good feedback, or the bad feedback?
Rarely a day goes by that I don’t look out of my window to notice a...
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The truth about the forecasting paradox
Here’s the problem with forecasts: some of them are right, and some of them are wrong,...
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What if DogeCoin became the official US currency? Your strange economics questions, answered.
What if the total sum of wealth in the world was immediately and simultaneously redistributed equally...
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What vaccine hesitancy teaches us about politics
Robert F Kennedy Jr is a man best known for his years of tireless work undermining...
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High growth doesn't tell the story of the US economy
Bill Clinton’s election strategist James Carville wanted his 1992 presidential campaign to focus on three simple...
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Why are governments so bad at problem solving?
The democratic world is stuck in a self-destructive, self-reinforcing loop: unforced policy errors lead to desperate...
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What can we learn from fraud and folly?
The Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, for work that “makes you laugh, then makes you think”, came...
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The games I'll be playing this Christmas
There are at least two kinds of games, the religious scholar James Carse explained: “One could...