Friday, July 24, 2026

Yes, Americans Probably Are About 46 (or Maybe 65) Times Richer Than in 1776

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By Jeremy Horpedahl . "My post and chart from last week showed the phenomenal growth of average income in the US since the Founding ....
Thursday, July 23, 2026

Some farmers in rural Pennsylvania are getting rich selling land for data-centers but it is also causing some social conflict

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See  The Americans Striking It Rich in the Data-Center Buildout: One family sold its struggling farmland for $22 million, joining a new clas...
Wednesday, July 22, 2026

The AI Backlash Has Tech Executives Fearing for Their Lives (a case of modern day Luddites?)

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Violent threats against AI companies are rising and spilling over into real-world security incidents By Lindsay Ellis, Zusha Elinson and Tin...
Monday, July 20, 2026

The surprising link between science fiction and economic history

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By Sebastian Buckup . He is Head of Programming, Global Programming Group, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum. Today...
Sunday, July 19, 2026

The Economics of Friendship

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Why does loneliness seem to be on the rise? In part because we’ve made life frictionless and efficient By Roland Fryer . He is an economics ...
Saturday, July 18, 2026

Would you pay someone to make it look like you have read a book that you actually did not read?

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This post is a follow up on yesterday's post. It is another one about how people engage in fakery to get what they want. I have done man...
Friday, July 17, 2026

You can now hire experts to make your unread books look "authentically" read (creative destruction and how the economy just keeps creating new types of occupations & professions)

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See  Those new service sector jobs from Tyler Cowen. "It’s 85 years since Brian O’Nolan, better known as  Flann O’Brien  and Myles na...
Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Adam Smith on the value of self interest and the injustice of goverment trying to thwart it

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See   Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Cannan ed.), in 2 vols. [1776]   from Online Library of Li...