…is the Great Wall was nothing more than an ambitious project contrived by a vain and glory seeking emperor. The Great Wall was supposed to show the world China’s superiority,…

…gentrification. Activists have fought it on multiple fronts: zoning, development subsidies, permitting, rent control—every lever housing policies afford. But what if they’re mistaking cause for effect, hacking away at the…

…long fake news crusade against Trump by the media. Parsing the special counsel’s statement, it seems to refer to the “description of specific statements to the special counsel’s office, and…

…an even per capita basis to be the best and most efficient plan for dealing with global warming. This group continues to encourage more professional economists to sign this petition….

…trick is an infinite series of good outcomes. goodoutcome(i) for i a natural number. goodoutcome(i) occurs with probability epsilon/2 and gives us happiness 2/epsilon. Goodoutcome occurs with probability 2^(-i)epsilon and…

…especially unfortunate now given recent US conduct. (these are the simpler versions for children): Article 5: You have the right to be given guidance by your parents and family. Article…

  Econospeak (Barkley Rosser, pgl, Peter Dorman, Tom Walker) is in the financial section along with Bonddad blog (New Deal democrat) and Capital Ebbs and Flows (Joseph Joyce), and I…

…goats scarcer, “the dogs being incapable of pursuing them among the fastnesses where they live, these animals leaping from one rock to another with surprising agility” according to Juan and…

…far come close to helping those who are losing out. America is very good, in the final analysis, at spreading the costs of a society but very poor at spreading…

…by changing how people think in a deeper way – for example, by getting people to see that gay marriage is a just and fair institution, that trans people should…