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Sweden's Pandemic Response
There’s a recent paper and X-thread by Johan Norberg of the Cato Instutute that evaluates Sweden’s polices during the pandemic, and argues that these…
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The Admissions Game
There’s a new paper by Raj Chetty, David Deming, and John Friedman on Ivy-Plus admissions that has been getting a lot of attention. The authors had…
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The Candidacy and Claims of RFK Jr.
I knew very little about RFK Jr. until a couple of months ago, when he announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. The reaction…
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The Jackson-Johnson Proof
About six weeks ago, Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson gave a talk at a meeting of the American Mathematical Society in which they presented a new…
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Imitation and Flattery
Back in November, I wrote down my initial impressions of Post.News and ended with this: So here’s a bold (and probably reckless) prediction: If Twitter…
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Academic Publishing and Blue Checks
There’s a scandal brewing in the rarefied field of political philosophy, and it’s reflective of trends in academic publishing more generally. Wiley, the…
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Mortgage Fees and Incentive Compatibility
In my last post I considered the new mortgage fee schedule that is due to go into effect next week, and made two points. First, despite some outlandish…
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