BRIEFLY NOTED: 2021-10-30 Sa, by @delong braddelong.substack.com/p/briefly-note…
First: Science fiction. But the science is history. That is, as Paul Krugman observes, what made Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series so striking and thought-provoking: Paul Krugman: Introduction to... 1/
First: Science fiction. But the science is history. That is, as Paul Krugman observes, what made Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series so striking and thought-provoking: Paul Krugman: Introduction to... 1/
... “Foundation”: ‘how do the ‘Foundation’ novels lok to me now that I have, as my immigrant grandmother used to say, grown to mature adultery? Better than ever…<web.archive.org/web/2019091808…> 2/
...One Video: Michelle Holder & Lisa Cook: Child Care & the Economy: ‘A clip from… In Conversation at Equitable Growth 2021: Evidence for a Stronger Economic Future… <> 3/
...Very Briefly Noted: Erik Anderson: California Condors Reproduce Without a Male. A First: ‘Routine genetic testing revealed that two unrelated condors only had one parent. Their eggs were not fertilized by male sperm…. The females did not need a... <kpbs.org/news/local/202…> 4/
...Graham Greene: The Quiet American <archive.org/details/quieta…>
The Economist: How Did India Beat Covid–19?: ‘The virus exhausted itself after tearing through the vast population… <economist.com/the-economist-…> 5/
The Economist: How Did India Beat Covid–19?: ‘The virus exhausted itself after tearing through the vast population… <economist.com/the-economist-…> 5/
...Paragraphs: Bobby Jindal & Alex Castellanos: Immigration Without Assimilation Is Just Invasion... We must require a commitment to... individual autonomy, not an unlimited government…
LINK: <thefederalist.com/2021/06/04/imm…> 6/
LINK: <thefederalist.com/2021/06/04/imm…> 6/
...Samuel Hammond: The Free-Market Welfare State: Preserving Dynamism in a Volatile World: ’I argue that the contemporary rise of anti-market populism in America should be taken as an indictment of our inadequate social-insurance system... <niskanencenter.org/wp-content/upl…> 7/
...Davis Kedrosky: Peat’s Cradle: ‘It’s hard to imagine an Industrial Revolution without coal…. But as late as 1650, Britain was neither the world’s richest nor most energy-intensive economy... 8/
...Jeet Heer: The Federalist Society’s Silent Brush Off: ‘The Federalist Society has a longstanding relationship with Eastman.... They haven’t quite severed ties with Eastman but clearly don’t want him to be their public face... show signs of embarrassment but not of shame 9/END
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