Browsing: Economy

How to embrace the darkness: Notes for surviving uncertainty The Marginalian Waffles: From Greek ritual to sacrament to the breakfast…

Economists praise the importance of competition in markets to lower prices and improve quality. But what is “competition” and how…

The Economist managed to sink to an incredible low with a new article about the “ChatGPT moment” for manufacturing. The…

It has gotten through to Trump that the state of the economy, and particularly consumer suffering from persistently high costs,…

Salt: More than Just a Rock We Eat — Part I The Enlightened Omnivore Climate/Environment Subsidence in the world’s river…

In mid-2025, a New York magazine article titled “Everyone Is Cheating in College” went viral. I think about that a…

Eve, here. Although depressing, climate engineering, also known as geoengineering, is inevitable. Not only are our putative improvers not doing…

Eve, here. This post documents how voting systems interact with immigration policy, or more precisely anti-immigrant policy. The report notes…

Dear Patient Readers, Our moderators and your humble bloggers are wasting their time with persistent trolls who try to post…

Eve, here. Many commentators have described the dire state of Venezuela’s oil industry and estimated what it will take to…