Assorted Links for Thursday, May 07, 2026
- Mortgages and the Supply of Safe Assets
- Navy to 'guide' vessels through the Hormuz Strait. Well, sort of.
- The US will suffer more from oil shock than China, Russia, or EU
- Trump's Iran blockade snatches defeat from the jaws of victory - but see Taking Stock of the US Blockade for another viewpoint.
- Before Leviathan Wakes
- Lorenzo Warby on Feminization
- American Farmers are Reaping a Bitter Harvest
- Affordability Still Dominates Americans' Financial Worries
- Trump Is Losing a Second War
- Why Your Best Ideas Aren't Original
- Africa is Doing Worse Than You Think
- Seniors aren't living on "fixed incomes"
- AI's big messaging pivot
- How much electricity does AI consume? [2025 summary
- Good Guys Abandoning Ship
- America's Majority-Minority Districts
- AI Companies Aren't Evil. But They Are Reckless
- Data Center Panic Gets Electricity Prices Wrong
Created: 2026-05-06 Wed 09:01