- Republican Administration Fires Head of BLS After ‘Bad’ Jobs Report
- Long-Dormant Russian Volcano Erupts for the First Time in Centuries (NYT)
- Trump Fired America’s Economic Data Collector. History Shows the Perils. (NYT)
- What Can India Do to Industrialize?
- How Cuts to the Insurance Marketplaces Will Harm Entrepreneurs
- Trump advisor defends labor official’s firing, deflects on how data was ‘rigged’ (WP)
- Ride-sharing apps are good, actually
- China Is Choking Supply of Critical Minerals to Western Defense Companies (WSJ)
- Is It Still Disney Magic if It’s AI?
- Trump Seeks Bigger Overhaul at Labor Statistics Bureau, Adviser Says (WSJ)
- Paul Krugman believes Trump is getting desperate
- The Dollar-Based International Financial System, Tariff Barriers, and U.S. Global Hegemony
- Silicon Valley Is in Its ‘Hard Tech’ Era (NYT)
- Does Soda Made Without High-Fructose Corn Syrup Actually Taste Better? We Did a Taste Test (NYT)
- Common Experiences
- The Work of Raj Chetty
- Brad DeLong on SubStack
- Keeping AI agents under control doesn’t seem very hard
Mostly Dross
Ramblings From Benson
Mostly Dross
Ramblings From Benson