3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (546+ words) The Welfare-Productivity Tradeoff in US-China Trade Economist Writing Every Day Who benefits from trade between the US and China? If China subsidizes their exporting industries, should the US see this as a threat that undermines our industries, or thank China…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (353+ words) Economist Writing Every Day Two months ago I wrote about gasoline prices and tried to give the current prices some historical context. Gas prices have, of course, only continued to increase since then. Here's a chart I created to give…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago  (462+ words) All that said, the book did contain many interesting observations. One line of thought that struck me at the time was that, with increasing efficiencies in the production of basic goods and services, more and more human effort will go…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago  (174+ words) Economist Writing Every Day This is the chart that I've been thinking about today. The US government has been able to borrow on the cheap for most of it's existence, with the exception of 70s and 80s when stagflation put the clamp…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (549+ words) In the world of academic preprints, ar Xiv has long been the go-to platform for researchers to share work quickly. But with the explosion of generative AI tools, the repository is drawing a line in the sand. On May 14, 2026, ar…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (549+ words) In the world of academic preprints, ar Xiv has long been the go-to platform for researchers to share work quickly. But with the explosion of generative AI tools, the repository is drawing a line in the sand. On May 14, 2026, ar…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (549+ words) In the world of academic preprints, ar Xiv has long been the go-to platform for researchers to share work quickly. But with the explosion of generative AI tools, the repository is drawing a line in the sand. On May 14, 2026, ar…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (549+ words) In the world of academic preprints, ar Xiv has long been the go-to platform for researchers to share work quickly. But with the explosion of generative AI tools, the repository is drawing a line in the sand. On May 14, 2026, ar…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (261+ words) Economist Writing Every Day What about at the other end of the spectrum? I live in Florida. Every single Florida state school requires both Micro and Macroeconomics for business majors. These schools include everything from Florida State University to the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (584+ words) But" data centers have been around for a while. People are only now taking notice of them, for the most part. To better understand this issue, I asked " what else? " AI to explain how much data centers are used in…...