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In Bret Devereaux's Fourth of July post, he starts with a bit of history just… more
> In August 2022, three researchers at Khan Academy, a popular math practice… more
> Like most people who work with words for a living, I’ve watched the rise of… more
> PALMER: Yeah, so there's two things that protect Florence. One of them, the… more
From Ada Palmer’s guest post on John Scalzi’s blog (promoting her new book): more
> With support from a generous grant from the Atwoods, we’re aiming to send… more
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> [....[ we now estimate that GiveDirectly’s flagship cash program is 3 to 4… more
> The furthest galaxy, JADES-GS-z14-0, is seen as it was around 300 million… more
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> The monarch earned a one-time fee from the original minting of the coin. More… more
> Somalia has long played host to one of the world's strangest monetary… more
> […] when we look at history’s major censorious regimes, all of them—I want to… more
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This blog post describes how attitudes towards money affect personal… more
> Is progress inevitable? Is it natural? Is it fragile? Is it possible? Is it a… more
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> Importantly: SWIFT is not actually co-extensive with international money… more
This article is interesting if you ever wondered why people people buy and sell… more
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Yes, that's roughly what I thought before reading it too. The part that's a bit… more
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> So for now at least, academic macro models have declining policy relevance in… more
> The interesting thing is that for people who are wealthy, it is already… more