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My Conversation with Elijah Millgram
divpelijah is one of my favorite contemporary philosophers here is a relnoopener hrefhttpsconversationswithtylercomepisodeselijahmillgram target_blankthe audio video and transcripta  here is part of the summaryp blockquotepelijah joined tyler to discuss newcombs paradox the reason he doesnt have an opinion about everything the philosophy of dave barry style and simulation theory why philosophers arent often consulted about current events his best stories from taing for robert nozick the sociological correlates of knowing formal logic the question of whether people are more interested in truth or being interesting philosophical cycles what makes nietzsche important today the role that meaning can play in a persons personality and life mill on bentham the idea of true philosophy as dialogue the extent to which modern philosophers are truly philosophical why he views aesthetics as critical to philosophy and morepblockquote phere is one excerptp blockquote pstrongcowenstrong a relnoopener hrefhttpsplatostanfordeduentriesdecisioncausalnewcprob target_blank datahrefhttpsplatostanfordeduentriesdecisioncausalnewcprobnewcombs paradoxa are you a oneboxer or twoboxer and whyp pstrongmillgramstrong ive never been able to take a stand on that mostly because theres this moment in robert nozicks a relnoopener hrefhttpslinkspringercomchapter1010072f9789401714662_7 target_blank datahrefhttpslinkspringercomchapter1010072f9789401714662_7discussion of the newcomb paradoxa should we pause to tell the audience   p pstrongcowenstrong no no this is not for them this is for us they can google p pstrongmillgramstrong oh this is for us ok nozick said look heres what happens when you get a class or not even a class people talk about newcombs paradox some people end up having one view and some people end up having the other view each side has the argument for their own view but they dont have the explanation of whats wrong with the other argument then nozick says  and i think this is absolutely on target  it doesnt help to just repeat your own argument more slowly and more loudlyp psince i dont know whats wrong with the  whichever other argument it is i dont have a viewp pstrongcowenstrong if you dont have a view doesnt that by default put you close to the onebox position it means you dont consider the dominance principle selfevident because youre not sure that in fact youre getting more by opting for the two boxes quantum mechanics is weird aliens may be weirder yet you dont know what to do why not just take the slightly smaller prize and opt for one box not with extreme conviction but you would be a default mildly agnostic oneboxerp pstrongmillgramstrong who knows what i would do if somebody turned up and gave me the   p pbut let me say something a little bit to the meta level and then ill speak to the view that i would be a oneboxer i live in a world where i feel disqualified from a privilege that almost everybody around me has people are supposed to have opinions about all kinds of things they have opinions about politics and they have opinions about sports teams and they have opinions about who knows whatp pim in the very peculiar position of being in a job where im paid to have opinions i feel that i cant have opinions unless ive worked for them and i can back them up and that means that unless ive done my homework unless i have an argument for the opinion i dont have it  so i dontp pnow going back from the meta level kind of one level down lets stop and think about whats built into the   p pwhen you a relnoopener hrefhttpscorporatefinanceinstitutecomresourcesknowledgeotherdominantstrategy target_blank datahrefhttpscorporatefinanceinstitutecomresourcesknowledgeotherdominantstrategyexplain dominancea to a classroom you say look here are the different options you have and i guess the options are used to the column and here are the different states of the world and you can see that for each state of the world this option does better than that option so you should take   p ptheres a lot built into that already for example that the world is carved up into these different  the state space is carved up and your option space is carved up and you dont get to rethink recharacterize  the characterization of the things that you do is already given to you and its fixed its an idealizationp puntil the situation arrived and i had a chance to face it and think about it i wouldnt know whether to accept that idealization i know that sounds really coy but the principled view is that since i dont have an argument i dont have an opinionp blockquote precommended  and here is a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwelijahmillgramnet target_blankelijahs home page and researchap divpthe post a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202106myconversationwithelijahmillgramhtmlmy conversation with elijah millgrama appeared first on a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap img width1 alt 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divpelijah favorite contemporary philosophers relnoopener hrefhttpsconversationswithtylercomepisodeselijahmillgram target_blankthe audio video transcripta summaryp blockquotepelijah joined tyler discuss newcombs paradox reason doesnt opinion philosophy dave barry style simulation theory philosophers arent consulted current events best stories taing robert nozick sociological correlates knowing formal logic question people interested truth interesting philosophical cycles makes nietzsche important today role meaning play persons personality life mill bentham idea true philosophy dialogue extent modern philosophers truly philosophical views aesthetics critical philosophy morepblockquote phere excerptp blockquote pstrongcowenstronga relnoopener hrefhttpsplatostanfordeduentriesdecisioncausalnewcprob target_blank datahrefhttpsplatostanfordeduentriesdecisioncausalnewcprobnewcombs paradoxa oneboxer twoboxer whyp pstrongmillgramstrongive able stand theres moment robert nozicksa relnoopener hrefhttpslinkspringercomchapter1010072f9789401714662_7 target_blank datahrefhttpslinkspringercomchapter1010072f9789401714662_7discussion newcomb paradoxa pause tell audiencep pstrongcowenstrongno googlep pstrongmillgramstrongoh ok nozick said look heres happens class class people talk newcombs paradox people end having view people end having view argument view dont explanation whats wrong argument nozick saysand think absolutely targetit doesnt help repeat argument slowly loudlyp psince dont know whats wrong thewhichever argument dont viewp pstrongcowenstrongif dont view doesnt default close onebox position means dont consider dominance principle selfevident youre sure fact youre getting opting boxes quantum mechanics weird aliens weirder dont know slightly smaller prize opt box extreme conviction default mildly agnostic oneboxerp pstrongmillgramstrongwho knows somebody turned gave thep pbut let little bit meta level ill speak view oneboxer live world feel disqualified privilege everybody people supposed opinions kinds things opinions politics opinions sports teams opinions knows whatp pim peculiar position job im paid opinions feel cant opinions ive worked means ive homework argument opinion dont itso dontp pnow going meta level kind level lets stop think whats built thep pwhen youa relnoopener hrefhttpscorporatefinanceinstitutecomresourcesknowledgeotherdominantstrategy target_blank datahrefhttpscorporatefinanceinstitutecomresourcesknowledgeotherdominantstrategyexplain dominanceato classroom look different options guess options column different states world state world option better option takep ptheres lot built example world carved differentthe state space carved option space carved dont rethink recharacterizethe characterization things given fixed idealizationp puntil situation arrived chance face think wouldnt know accept idealization know sounds coy principled view dont argument dont opinionp blockquote precommended relnoopener hrefhttpswwwelijahmillgramnet target_blankelijahs home page researchap divpthe post relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202106myconversationwithelijahmillgramhtmlmy conversation elijah millgrama appeared relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap img width1 alt srchttpfeedsfeedburnercomrmarginalrevolutionfeed4tscpcqrw8kq height1
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My Conversation with the very very smart David Deutsch
divpi think this episode came off as weird and testy as i described it to one friend but i like weird and testy  here is a relnoopener hrefhttpsconversationswithtylercomepisodesdaviddeutsch target_blankthe audio video and transcripta  here is one excerptp blockquote pstrongcowen stronghow do you think the manyworlds interpretation of quantum mechanics relates to the view that just in terms of space the size of our current universe is infinite and therefore everything possible is happening in itp pstrongdeutsch strongit complicates the discussion of probability but theres no overlap between that notion of infinity and the everettian notion of infinity if we are infinite there because the emdifferentiationem as i prefer to call what used to be called splitting  when i perform an experiment which can go one of two ways the influence of that spreads out first i see it i may write it down i may write a scientific paper when i write a paper about it and report the results that will cause the journal to split or to differentiate into two journals and so on this influence cannot spread out faster than the speed of lightp pso an everett universe is really a misnomer because what we see in real life is an everett bubble within the universe everything outside the bubble is as it was its undifferentiated or to be exact its exactly as differentiated as it was before then as the bubble spreads out the universe becomes or the multiverse becomes more differentiated but the bubble is always finitep pstrongcowen stronghow do your views relate to the philosophical modal realism of a relnoopener hrefhttpsplatostanfordeduentriesdavidlewis target_blank datahrefhttpsplatostanfordeduentriesdavidlewisdavid lewisap pstrongdeutsch strongthere are interesting parallels as a physicist im interested in what the laws of physics tell us is so rather than in philosophical reasoning about things unless they impinge on a problem that i have so yes im interested in for example the continuity of the self  whether if theres another version of me a very large number of lightyears away in an infinite universe and its identical is that really me are there two of me one of me i dont entirely know the answer to that its why i dont entirely know the answer to whether i would go in a emstar trekem transporterp pthe modal realism certainly involves a lot of things that i dont think exist  at least not physically im open to the idea that nonphysical things do exist like the natural numbers i think exist theres a difference between the second even prime which doesnt exist and the infinite number of prime numbers which i think do exist i think that there is more than one mode of existence but the theory that all modes of existence are equally real  i see no point in that the overlap between everett and david lewis is i think more coincidental than illuminatingp pstrongcowen strongif the universe is infinite and if david lewis is correct should i feel closer to the david lewis copies of me the copies or near copies of me in this universe or the near copies of me in the multiverse it seems very crowded all of a sudden something whose purpose was to be economical doesnt feel that way to me by the end of the metaphysicsp pstrongdeutsch strongit doesnt emfeelem like that to you    well a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwjstororgstable40885126seq1 target_blank datahrefhttpswwwjstororgstable40885126seq1as wittgenstein is supposed to have saida i dont know whether he really did if it were true what emwouldem it feel like it would feel just like thisp blockquote pmuch more at the link  andp blockquote pstrongcowen strongare we living in a simulationp pstrongdeutsch strongno because living in a simulation is precisely a case of there being a barrier beyond which we cannot understand if were living in a simulation thats running on some computer we cant tell whether that computer is made of silicon or iron or whether it obeys the same laws of computation like a relnoopener hrefhttpsplatostanfordeduentriesturingmachine target_blank datahrefhttpsplatostanfordeduentriesturingmachineturing computabilitya and a relnoopener hrefhttpsyoutubemckubqc6gkut362 target_blank datahrefhttpsyoutubemckubqc6gkut362quantum computabilitya and so on as ours we cant know anything about the physics therep pwell we can know that it is at least a superset of our physics but thats not saying very much its not telling us very much its a typical example of a theory that can be rejected out of hand for the same reason that the supernatural ones  if somebody says zeus did it then im going to say how should i respond if i take that on board how should i respond to the next person that comes along and tells me that odin did itp pstrongcowenstrong but it seems youre rejecting an empirical claim on methodological grounds and i get very suspicious philosophers typically reject transcendental arguments like oh we must be able to perceive reality because if we couldnt how could we know that we couldnt perceive reality it doesnt prove you can perceive reality rightp blockquote pand thisp blockquote pstrongcowen stronga few very practical questions to close given the way british elections seem to have been running that the tories win every time does that mean the errorcorrection mechanism of the british system of government now is weakerp pstrongdeutsch strongno unfortunately the  so as you probably know i favor the a relnoopener hrefhttpsdictionarycambridgeorgusdictionaryenglishfirstpastthepost target_blank datahrefhttpsdictionarycambridgeorgusdictionaryenglishfirstpastthepostfirstpastthepost systema in the purest possible form as it is implemented in britain i think that is the most errorcorrecting possible electoral system although i must add that the electoral system is only a tiny facet of the institutions of criticism and consent in general its just a tiny thing but it is the best onep pits not perfect it has some of the defects of for example proportional representation proportional representation has the defect that it causes coalitions all the time coalitions are badp pstrongcowen strongyou have a delegated monitor with the coalition right with a coalition say in the netherlands which is richer than the united kingdom you typically have coalition governments some parties in the coalition are delegated monitors of the other parties parties are better informed than voters isnt that a better popperian mechanism for error correctionp blockquote pi also tried to sum up what i think he is all about and he reacted with scorn  that was an excellent part of the conversation  and here is a relnoopener hrefhttpstwittercommichael_nielsenstatus1400097799971115013 target_blanka good twitter thread from michael nielsena about the conversationp divpthe post a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202106myconversationwiththeveryverysmartdaviddeutschhtmlmy conversation with the very very smart david deutscha appeared first on a 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divpi think episode came weird testy described friend like weird testy relnoopener hrefhttpsconversationswithtylercomepisodesdaviddeutsch target_blankthe audio video transcripta excerptp blockquote pstrongcowenstronghow think manyworlds interpretation quantum mechanics relates view terms space size current universe infinite possible happening itp pstrongdeutschstrongit complicates discussion probability theres overlap notion infinity everettian notion infinity infinite theemdifferentiationemas prefer called splittingwhen perform experiment ways influence spreads write write scientific paper write paper report results cause journal split differentiate journals influence spread faster speed lightp pso everett universe misnomer real life everett bubble universe outside bubble undifferentiated exact exactly differentiated bubble spreads universe multiverse differentiated bubble finitep pstrongcowenstronghow views relate philosophical modal realism ofa relnoopener hrefhttpsplatostanfordeduentriesdavidlewis target_blank datahrefhttpsplatostanfordeduentriesdavidlewisdavid lewisap pstrongdeutschstrongthere interesting parallels physicist im interested laws physics tell philosophical reasoning things impinge problem yes im interested example continuity selfwhether theres version large number lightyears away infinite universe identical dont entirely know answer dont entirely know answer aemstar trekemtransporterp pthe modal realism certainly involves lot things dont think existat physically im open idea nonphysical things exist like natural numbers think exist theres difference second prime doesnt exist infinite number prime numbers think exist think mode existence theory modes existence equally reali point overlap everett david lewis think coincidental illuminatingp pstrongcowenstrongif universe infinite david lewis correct feel closer david lewis copies copies near copies universe near copies multiverse crowded sudden purpose economical doesnt feel way end metaphysicsp pstrongdeutschstrongit doesntemfeelemlike wella relnoopener hrefhttpswwwjstororgstable40885126seq1 target_blank datahrefhttpswwwjstororgstable40885126seq1as wittgenstein supposed saidai dont know true whatemwouldemit feel like feel like thisp blockquote pmuch link andp blockquote pstrongcowenstrongare living simulationp pstrongdeutschstrongno living simulation precisely case barrier understand living simulation thats running computer cant tell computer silicon iron obeys laws computation likea relnoopener hrefhttpsplatostanfordeduentriesturingmachine target_blank datahrefhttpsplatostanfordeduentriesturingmachineturing computabilityaanda relnoopener hrefhttpsyoutubemckubqc6gkut362 target_blank datahrefhttpsyoutubemckubqc6gkut362quantum computabilityaand cant know physics therep pwell know superset physics thats saying telling typical example theory rejected hand reason supernatural onesif somebody says zeus im going respond board respond person comes tells odin itp pstrongcowenstrongbut youre rejecting empirical claim methodological grounds suspicious philosophers typically reject transcendental arguments like oh able perceive reality couldnt know couldnt perceive reality doesnt prove perceive reality rightp blockquote pand thisp blockquote pstrongcowenstronga practical questions close given way british elections running tories win time mean errorcorrection mechanism british system government weakerp pstrongdeutschstrongno unfortunately theso probably know favor thea relnoopener hrefhttpsdictionarycambridgeorgusdictionaryenglishfirstpastthepost target_blank datahrefhttpsdictionarycambridgeorgusdictionaryenglishfirstpastthepostfirstpastthepost systemain purest possible form implemented britain think errorcorrecting possible electoral system add electoral system tiny facet institutions criticism consent general tiny thing best onep pits perfect defects example proportional representation proportional representation defect causes coalitions time coalitions badp pstrongcowenstrongyou delegated monitor coalition right coalition netherlands richer united kingdom typically coalition governments parties coalition delegated monitors parties parties better informed voters isnt better popperian mechanism error correctionp blockquote pi tried sum think reacted scorn excellent conversation relnoopener hrefhttpstwittercommichael_nielsenstatus1400097799971115013 target_blanka good twitter thread michael nielsena conversationp divpthe post relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202106myconversationwiththeveryverysmartdaviddeutschhtmlmy conversation smart david deutscha appeared relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap img width1 alt srchttpfeedsfeedburnercomrmarginalrevolutionfeed4y1ja4qx9k8 height1
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My Conversation with Richard Prum
divpprum is an ornithologist at yale here is a relnoopener hrefhttpsconversationswithtylercomepisodesrichardprum target_blankthe audio video and transcripta here is part of the summaryp blockquoteprichard joined tyler to discuss the infidelity of australian birds the debate on the origins of avian flight how the lack of a penis explains why birds are so beautiful why albatrosses can afford to take so many years to develop before mating the game theory of ornithology how flowers advertise themselves like a can of coke how modern technology is revolutionizing bird watching why hes probird feeders yet anti outdoor cats how scarcity predicts territoriality in birds his favorite bird artist how oilbirds got their name how falcons and cormorants hunt and fish with humans whether birds exhibit a g factor why birds have regional accents whether puffins will perish why hes not excited about the idea of trying to bring back passenger pigeons the dumb question that marks a talented perspective ornithologist and morepblockquote phere is one excerptp blockquote pstrongcowen strongputting path dependence aside if you were trying to give us the most fundamental explanation of why sexual dimorphism is different in birds compared to mammals what would that bep pstrongprum strongwell thats actually a emreallyem big question [laughs]p pstrongcowen strongof course but the most fundamental factor  what is itp pstrongprum strongthe most fundamental factor is that most birds dont have a penisp pstrongcowen strongtalk me through the equilibrium therep pstrongprum strong[laughs] theres a lot thats where we start most birds dont have a penis which means that one of the things that happens in avian evolution thats distinct from mammals is that the kids require a lot of care theyre growing up in the nest theyre hatching out of an egg but theyre very very vulnerable until they can flyp pbirds have a very rapid period of rapid development that means that they grow up and leave the nest and you need two parents to do that efficiently in most diets or most kinds of ecologies that means the dads got to be at the nestp pwe usually thought that you have social monogamy at least two birds helping raise the young because the young are so needy and they have to grow up quickly but theres another possibility which is that they could evolve to be so needy and grow up quickly embecauseem they managed to get males at the nestp pone of the things that happened in the a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwnaturecomarticlesnature15697 target_blank datahrefhttpswwwnaturecomarticlesnature15697phylogeny of birdsa  youve got ostriches and their relatives and youve got chickens and ducks and then youve got the rest of birds and thats a bunch thats the vast majority of them and in that lineage leading to the rest of birds the penis evolved away and the question is why my own theory is that female birds preferred mates that did not have a penisp pone of the ancillary benefits of that one of the correlated benefits of that is that they were no longer subject to sexual coercion or sexual violence they could be coerced behaviorally but they couldnt be forcibly fertilized that means that they have freedom of choice and what do they do with their freedom of choice a relnoopener hrefhttpsroyalsocietypublishingorgdoi101098rstb20110285 target_blank datahrefhttpsroyalsocietypublishingorgdoi101098rstb20110285they choose beautya one of the reasons why birds are so beautiful is that males dont have a penis they have to be subject to choice in order to effect reproduction and also they have to invest if females require itp pstrongcowen strongnow sometimes albatrosses dont breed until theyre 20 years old or even on average maybe its what  10 years old what are they doing in the meantime thats so importantp pstrongprum strongwell that is a deep questionp blockquote precommended this was one of my favorite cwt episodesp divpthe post a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202106myconversationwithrichardprumhtmlmy conversation with richard pruma appeared first on a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap img width1 alt srchttpfeedsfeedburnercomrmarginalrevolutionfeed4rymgrlemd2a height1
divpprum ornithologist yale relnoopener hrefhttpsconversationswithtylercomepisodesrichardprum target_blankthe audio video transcripta summaryp blockquoteprichard joined tyler discuss infidelity australian birds debate origins avian flight lack penis explains birds beautiful albatrosses afford years develop mating game theory ornithology flowers advertise like coke modern technology revolutionizing bird watching hes probird feeders anti outdoor cats scarcity predicts territoriality birds favorite bird artist oilbirds got falcons cormorants hunt fish humans birds exhibit g factor birds regional accents puffins perish hes excited idea trying bring passenger pigeons dumb question marks talented perspective ornithologist morepblockquote phere excerptp blockquote pstrongcowenstrongputting path dependence aside trying fundamental explanation sexual dimorphism different birds compared mammals bep pstrongprumstrongwell thats actually aemreallyembig question [laughs]p pstrongcowenstrongof course fundamental factorwhat itp pstrongprumstrongthe fundamental factor birds dont penisp pstrongcowenstrongtalk equilibrium therep pstrongprumstrong[laughs] theres lot thats start birds dont penis means things happens avian evolution thats distinct mammals kids require lot care theyre growing nest theyre hatching egg theyre vulnerable flyp pbirds rapid period rapid development means grow leave nest need parents efficiently diets kinds ecologies means dads got nestp pwe usually thought social monogamy birds helping raise young young needy grow quickly theres possibility evolve needy grow quicklyembecauseemthey managed males nestp pone things happened thea relnoopener hrefhttpswwwnaturecomarticlesnature15697 target_blank datahrefhttpswwwnaturecomarticlesnature15697phylogeny birdsayouve got ostriches relatives youve got chickens ducks youve got rest birds thats bunch thats vast majority lineage leading rest birds penis evolved away question theory female birds preferred mates penisp pone ancillary benefits correlated benefits longer subject sexual coercion sexual violence coerced behaviorally couldnt forcibly fertilized means freedom choice freedom choicea relnoopener hrefhttpsroyalsocietypublishingorgdoi101098rstb20110285 target_blank datahrefhttpsroyalsocietypublishingorgdoi101098rstb20110285they choose beautya reasons birds beautiful males dont penis subject choice order effect reproduction invest females require itp pstrongcowenstrongnow albatrosses dont breed theyre 20 years old average maybe what10 years old meantime thats importantp pstrongprumstrongwell deep questionp blockquote precommended favorite cwt episodesp divpthe post relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202106myconversationwithrichardprumhtmlmy conversation richard pruma appeared relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap img width1 alt srchttpfeedsfeedburnercomrmarginalrevolutionfeed4rymgrlemd2a height1
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My Conversation with Alexander the Grate
phere is a relnoopener hrefhttpsconversationswithtylercomepisodesalexanderthegrate target_blankthe audio video and transcripta recorded outside in sw washington dc  and no that is not a typo he does call himself alexander the grate his real name shall remain a secret  here is the event summaryp blockquote palexander the grate has spent 40 years  more than half of his life  living on the streets and heating grates of washington dc he prefers the label nfa no fixed address rather than homeless since in his view were all a little bit homeless even millionaires are just one catastrophe away from losing their mansions its a life that certainly comes with many challenges but that hasnt stopped him from enjoying the immense cultural riches of the capital he and his friends have probably attended more lectures foreign films concerts talks and tours at local museums than many of its wealthiest denizens the result is a perspective as unique as the city itselfp palexander joined tyler to discuss the littlerecognized issue of toilet insecurity how covid19 affected his lifestyle the hierarchy of local shelters the origins of the cootie game the difference between being nfa in dc versus other cities how networking helped him navigate life as a new nfa how the capitol hill freebie finders fellowship got started why he loves school field trip season his most memorable freebie food experience the reason he isnt enthusiastic about a universal basic income the economic sword of damocles he sees hanging over america how local development is changing dc his design for a better community shelter and morep blockquote pandp blockquote p dataselectableparagraphstrongcowen strongwhats the best food you end up with where is it from whats an a for a food dayp p dataselectableparagraphstrongalexander the grate strongyou want my classification systemp p dataselectableparagraphstrongcowen stronglets hear it absolutely im a foodie toop p dataselectableparagraphstrongalexander the grate strongokay youre jumping around toop p dataselectableparagraphstrongcowen strongyes this is the point of the podcast this is the jumparound podcastp p dataselectableparagraphstrongalexander the grate strongyeah but lets consummate one thought at a time theres some cool stuff here fun stuff alright thats the beginning of the bums banquet for those that are not fully acclimatized we had astrong strongclassification system this is a class a it hasnt even been taken out of its wrapper class b maybe theres one bite tyo trim your own we found some of it still in its wrapper double a would be from the hand of the person donating to us triple a would still be hotp p dataselectableparagraphstrongcowen strongwhats a d cp p dataselectableparagraphstrongalexander the grate strongonly the rats know that a lot of forks here but well keep it to the general stuff first anyway after hours at the picnic tables of the [library of congress] madison building thats where this happened eightfoot diameter tables so we could fit 10 people around there that was a continuation of the freebie finders and the bums banquet and all thatp p dataselectableparagraphbut one more thing about the lunches were an overfed population the affluent society are you really hungry three times a day its a luxury to have that many when people have to hesitate what am i going to eat now truth to tell i dont really need it but its become a tradition a tradition of the affluent we dont need to eat as much as we do its more habit than anythingp p dataselectableparagraphbut the kids the juniorhigh kids throwing their lunch away they didnt know that at the bottom of the bag their mamma left a napkin with a stick figure on it saying hi hope youre having a good time in dc love mom mothers love comes along with a peanut butter sandwich but under the napkin is up to 2 in change or bills for drink money [laughs] so theres cash left behind there toop p dataselectableparagraphalright lets back up a few tangents here man you have a lot of things out on the floor herep p dataselectableparagraphstrongcowen stronga lot of things going balls being juggledp blockquote p dataselectableparagraphandp blockquote p dataselectableparagraphstrongcowen strongsome economists i know have promoted the idea its called universal basic income and its something like every person would get 10000 including nfas is this a good ideap p dataselectableparagraphstrongalexander the grate strongyes finland okay save that for that because im going to ask you p p dataselectableparagraphstrongcowen strongyou can ask me your question now but also just indicate if you think thats a good idea bad idea in between and then you ask me yoursp p dataselectableparagraphstrongalexander the grate strongalright i want to ask you just the answer national debt this was before the multitrilliondollar relief bills had been signed into law by the presidentp p dataselectableparagraphstrongcowen strongcorrectp p dataselectableparagraphstrongalexander the grate stronga progressive algorithm no doubt but i dont know if theyll factor in if its the fiveyear plan for the 5 trillion and theyll add 1 trillion automatically to this amount but its pushing 30 trillion which is what you can scan this quick 84000 for every man woman and child in americap p dataselectableparagraphstrongcowen strongso youre a fiscal conservativep p dataselectableparagraphstrongalexander the grate strongim just an observer at this point the point is i see this number and i see a sword of damocles hanging over the economic head of america i know a lot of its built in but theoretically if all this came due catastrophically overnight do we have a planp blockquote p dataselectableparagraphrecommended you wont find many podcast episodes like this one  it is noteworthy that alexander has a better and bigger vocabulary than the median cwt guest  also this is one episode where listening and reading are especially different due to the ambient sounds alexanders comments on the passing trains and so on parts are beckettesquep pthe post a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202107myconversationwithalexanderthegratehtmlmy conversation with alexander the gratea appeared first on a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
phere relnoopener hrefhttpsconversationswithtylercomepisodesalexanderthegrate target_blankthe audio video transcripta recorded outside sw washington dc typo alexander grate real shall remain secret event summaryp blockquote palexander grate spent 40 yearsmore half lifeliving streets heating grates washington dc prefers label nfa fixed address homeless view little bit homeless millionaires catastrophe away losing mansions life certainly comes challenges hasnt stopped enjoying immense cultural riches capital friends probably attended lectures foreign films concerts talks tours local museums wealthiest denizens result perspective unique city itselfp palexander joined tyler discuss littlerecognized issue toilet insecurity covid19 affected lifestyle hierarchy local shelters origins cootie game difference nfa dc versus cities networking helped navigate life new nfa capitol hill freebie finders fellowship got started loves school field trip season memorable freebie food experience reason isnt enthusiastic universal basic income economic sword damocles sees hanging america local development changing dc design better community shelter morep blockquote pandp blockquote p dataselectableparagraphstrongcowenstrongwhats best food end whats food dayp p dataselectableparagraphstrongalexander gratestrongyou want classification systemp p dataselectableparagraphstrongcowenstronglets hear absolutely im foodie toop p dataselectableparagraphstrongalexander gratestrongokay youre jumping toop p dataselectableparagraphstrongcowenstrongyes point podcast jumparound podcastp p dataselectableparagraphstrongalexander gratestrongyeah lets consummate thought time theres cool stuff fun stuff alright thats beginning bums banquet fully acclimatized astrongstrongclassification system class hasnt taken wrapper class b maybe theres bite tyo trim found wrapper double hand person donating triple hotp p dataselectableparagraphstrongcowenstrongwhats d cp p dataselectableparagraphstrongalexander gratestrongonly rats know lot forks general stuff hours picnic tables [library congress] madison building thats happened eightfoot diameter tables fit 10 people continuation freebie finders bums banquet thatp p dataselectableparagraphbut thing lunches overfed population affluent society hungry times day luxury people hesitate going eat truth tell dont need tradition tradition affluent dont need eat habit anythingp p dataselectableparagraphbut kids juniorhigh kids throwing lunch away didnt know bag mamma left napkin stick figure saying hi hope youre having good time dc love mom mothers love comes peanut butter sandwich napkin 2 change bills drink money [laughs] theres cash left toop p dataselectableparagraphalright lets tangents man lot things floor herep p dataselectableparagraphstrongcowenstronga lot things going balls juggledp blockquote p dataselectableparagraphandp blockquote p dataselectableparagraphstrongcowenstrongsome economists know promoted idea called universal basic income like person 10000 including nfas good ideap p dataselectableparagraphstrongalexander gratestrongyes finland okay save im going ask p p dataselectableparagraphstrongcowenstrongyou ask question indicate think thats good idea bad idea ask yoursp p dataselectableparagraphstrongalexander gratestrongalright want ask answer national debt multitrilliondollar relief bills signed law presidentp p dataselectableparagraphstrongcowenstrongcorrectp p dataselectableparagraphstrongalexander gratestronga progressive algorithm doubt dont know theyll factor fiveyear plan 5 trillion theyll add 1 trillion automatically pushing 30 trillion scan quick 84000 man woman child americap p dataselectableparagraphstrongcowenstrongso youre fiscal conservativep p dataselectableparagraphstrongalexander gratestrongim observer point point number sword damocles hanging economic head america know lot built theoretically came catastrophically overnight planp blockquote p dataselectableparagraphrecommended wont find podcast episodes like noteworthy alexander better bigger vocabulary median cwt guest episode listening reading especially different ambient sounds alexanders comments passing trains parts beckettesquep pthe post relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202107myconversationwithalexanderthegratehtmlmy conversation alexander gratea appeared relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
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My Conversation with Andrew Sullivan
phere is a relnoopener hrefhttpsconversationswithtylercomepisodesandrewsullivan target_blankthe audio video and transcripta  here is part of the overviewp blockquotepandrew joined tyler to discuss the role of the aids epidemic in achieving marriage equality the difficulty of devoutness in everyday life why public intellectuals often lack courage how being a gay man helps him access perspectives he otherwise wouldnt how drugs influence his ideas the reasons why hes a passionate defender of sats and iq tests what niall ferguson and boris johnson were like as fellow undergraduates what americans get wrong about british politics why so few people share his admiration for margaret thatcher why bowie was so special why emairplaneem is his favorite movie what oakeshottian conservatism offers us today whether wokeism has a positive influence globally why he someday hopes to glower at the sea from in the west of ireland and morepblockquote pand here is one excerptp blockquote pstrongsullivan strongwell and so you get used to real conversations about people and you dont mistake credentials for intelligence you realize that people outside of the system may be more perceptive about whats going wrong with it than people buried within it i honestly find life more interesting the more variety of people you get to know and meet and that means from all sorts of different ways of lifep pthe good thing about being gay i will tell you is that that happens more often than if youre straight  because its a great equalizer you are more likely to come across someone who really is from a totally different socioeconomic group than you are through sexual and romantic attraction and indeed the existence of this subterranean world that is taken from every other particular class and structure than you would if you just grew up in a straight world where you didnt have to question these things and where your social life was bound up with your work or with your professional peersp pthe idea for me of dating someone in my office would be absolutely bizarre for example i cant believe all these straight people that just look around them and say oh lets get married whereas gay people have this immense social system that can throw up anybody from any way of life into your social circlep blockquote pinteresting throughout  and again here is andrews new book a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwamazoncomoutlimbselectedwriting19892021dp150115589xrefsr_1_1dchild1keywordsandrewsullivanqid1628685510sr81 target_blankout on a limb selected writing 19892021ap pthe post a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108myconversationwithandrewsullivanhtmlmy conversation with andrew sullivana appeared first on a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
phere relnoopener hrefhttpsconversationswithtylercomepisodesandrewsullivan target_blankthe audio video transcripta overviewp blockquotepandrew joined tyler discuss role aids epidemic achieving marriage equality difficulty devoutness everyday life public intellectuals lack courage gay man helps access perspectives wouldnt drugs influence ideas reasons hes passionate defender sats iq tests niall ferguson boris johnson like fellow undergraduates americans wrong british politics people share admiration margaret thatcher bowie special whyemairplaneemis favorite movie oakeshottian conservatism offers today wokeism positive influence globally someday hopes glower sea west ireland morepblockquote pand excerptp blockquote pstrongsullivanstrongwell real conversations people dont mistake credentials intelligence realize people outside system perceptive whats going wrong people buried honestly find life interesting variety people know meet means sorts different ways lifep pthe good thing gay tell happens youre straightbecause great equalizer likely come totally different socioeconomic group sexual romantic attraction existence subterranean world taken particular class structure grew straight world didnt question things social life bound work professional peersp pthe idea dating office absolutely bizarre example cant believe straight people look oh lets married gay people immense social system throw anybody way life social circlep blockquote pinteresting andrews new book relnoopener hrefhttpswwwamazoncomoutlimbselectedwriting19892021dp150115589xrefsr_1_1dchild1keywordsandrewsullivanqid1628685510sr81 target_blankout limb selected writing 19892021ap pthe post relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108myconversationwithandrewsullivanhtmlmy conversation andrew sullivana appeared relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
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That was then, this is now, climate change edition the median voter theorem remains underrated
blockquotephigher gasoline costs if left unchecked risk harming the ongoing global recovery the price of crude oil has been higher than it was at the end of 2019 before the onset of the pandemic while opec recently agreed to production increases these increases will not fully offset previous production cuts that opec imposed during the pandemic until well into 2022 at a critical moment in the global recovery this is simply not enough president biden has made clear that he wants americans to have access to affordable and reliable energy including at the pump although we are not a party to a datalinknamein body link hrefhttpswwwtheguardiancombusinessopec datacomponentautolinkedtagopeca the united states will always speak to international partners regarding issues of significance that affect our national economic and security affairs in public and privatepblockquote pthat is uma relnoopener hrefhttpswwwtheguardiancomcommentisfree2021aug12pushingoilproductionusjoebidenkillingclimatepledges target_blanknot from the trump administrationa ratherp ppigou club getting smallerp pthe post a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108thatwasthenthisisnowclimatechangeeditionthemedianvotertheoremremainsunderratedhtmlthat was then this is now climate change edition the median voter theorem remains underrateda appeared first on a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
blockquotephigher gasoline costs left unchecked risk harming ongoing global recovery price crude oil higher end 2019 onset pandemic opec recently agreed production increases increases fully offset previous production cuts opec imposed pandemic 2022 critical moment global recovery simply president biden clear wants americans access affordable reliable energy including pump party toa datalinknamein body link hrefhttpswwwtheguardiancombusinessopec datacomponentautolinkedtagopeca united states speak international partners issues significance affect national economic security affairs public privatepblockquote pthat uma relnoopener hrefhttpswwwtheguardiancomcommentisfree2021aug12pushingoilproductionusjoebidenkillingclimatepledges target_blanknot trump administrationa ratherp ppigou club getting smallerp pthe post relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108thatwasthenthisisnowclimatechangeeditionthemedianvotertheoremremainsunderratedhtmlthat climate change edition median voter theorem remains underrateda appeared relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
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Fluvoxamine seems to work against Covid-19
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The TGA is Worse than the FDA, and the Australian Lockdown
pi have been highly critical of the fda but in australia the fda is almost a model to be emulated steven hamilton and richard holden a hrefhttpswwwafrcompolicyhealthandeducationoncovid19themedicalregulatorycomplexhasfailedus20210809p58hawdo not mince wordsap blockquotepat the end of 2020 as vaccines were rolling out en masse in the northern hemisphere the tga [therapeutic goods administration at] flatly refused to issue the emergency authorisations other regulators did as a result the tga didnt approve the pfizer vaccine until january 25 more than six weeks after the us food and drug administration fda itself not exactly the poster child of expeditiousnessp psimilarly the tga didnt approve the astrazeneca vaccine until february 16 almost seven weeks after the ukp pin case youre wondering what difference does six weeks make think again were our rollout six weeks faster the current sydney outbreak would likely never have exploded saving many lives and livelihoods in the face of an exponentially spreading virus that has become twice as infectious six weeks is an eternity and indeed nothing has changed the tga approved the moderna vaccine this week eight months after the fdap pit approved looser cold storage requirements for the pfizer vaccine which would allow the vaccine to be more widely distributed and reduce wastage on april 8 six weeks after the fda and it approved the pfizer vaccine for use by 12 to 15yearolds on july 23 more than 10 weeks after the fdap pand then theres the tgas staggering decision not to approve inhome rapid tests over reliability concerns despite their widespread approval and use overseasp pwheres the approval of the mixandmatch vaccine regimen used to great effect in canada where astrazeneca is combined with pfizer to expand supply and increase efficacy wheres the guidance for those whove received two doses of astrazeneca that theyll be able to receive a pfizer booster laterp pin the aftermath of the pandemic when almost all of us should be fully vaccinatedthere will be ample opportunity to figure out exactly who is to blame for whatp pbut the slow insular and excessively cautious advice of our medical regulatory complex which comprehensively failed to grasp the massive consequences of delay and inaction must be right at the top of that listpblockquote pyou might be tempted to argued that the tga can afford to take its time since covid hasnt been as bad in australia as in the united states but that would be to ignore the costs of the australian lockdownp particle 13 of the a hrefhttpswwwunorgenaboutusuniversaldeclarationofhumanrightsuniversal declaration of human rightsa states thatp blockquote ol lieveryone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each stateli lieveryone has the right to leave any country including his own and to return to his countryli ol blockquote pa hrefhttpscovid19homeaffairsgovauleavingaustraliaaustralia has now violated each and every clause of this universal human righta and seemingly without much debate or objection it is deeply troubling to see people prevented from leaving or entering their own country and a hrefhttpswwwbbccomnewsworldaustralia58021718soldiers in the streeta making sure people do not travel beyond a perimeter surrounding their homes the costs of lockdown are very high and thus so is any delay in ending these unprecedented infringements on libertyp pthe post a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108thetgaisworsethanthefdaandtheaustralianlockdownhtmlthe tga is worse than the fda and the australian lockdowna appeared first on a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
pi highly critical fda australia fda model emulated steven hamilton richard holden hrefhttpswwwafrcompolicyhealthandeducationoncovid19themedicalregulatorycomplexhasfailedus20210809p58hawdo mince wordsap blockquotepat end 2020 vaccines rolling en masse northern hemisphere tga [therapeutic goods administration at] flatly refused issue emergency authorisations regulators result tga didnt approve pfizer vaccine january 25 weeks food drug administration fda exactly poster child expeditiousnessp psimilarly tga didnt approve astrazeneca vaccine february 16 seven weeks ukp pin case youre wondering difference weeks think rollout weeks faster current sydney outbreak likely exploded saving lives livelihoods face exponentially spreading virus twice infectious weeks eternity changed tga approved moderna vaccine week months fdap pit approved looser cold storage requirements pfizer vaccine allow vaccine widely distributed reduce wastage april 8 weeks fda approved pfizer vaccine use 12 15yearolds july 23 10 weeks fdap pand theres tgas staggering decision approve inhome rapid tests reliability concerns despite widespread approval use overseasp pwheres approval mixandmatch vaccine regimen great effect canada astrazeneca combined pfizer expand supply increase efficacy wheres guidance whove received doses astrazeneca theyll able receive pfizer booster laterp pin aftermath pandemic fully vaccinatedthere ample opportunity figure exactly blame whatp pbut slow insular excessively cautious advice medical regulatory complex comprehensively failed grasp massive consequences delay inaction right listpblockquote pyou tempted argued tga afford time covid hasnt bad australia united states ignore costs australian lockdownp particle 13 hrefhttpswwwunorgenaboutusuniversaldeclarationofhumanrightsuniversal declaration human rightsa states thatp blockquote ol lieveryone right freedom movement residence borders stateli lieveryone right leave country including return countryli ol blockquote pa hrefhttpscovid19homeaffairsgovauleavingaustraliaaustralia violated clause universal human righta seemingly debate objection deeply troubling people prevented leaving entering country hrefhttpswwwbbccomnewsworldaustralia58021718soldiers streeta making sure people travel perimeter surrounding homes costs lockdown high delay ending unprecedented infringements libertyp pthe post relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108thetgaisworsethanthefdaandtheaustralianlockdownhtmlthe tga worse fda australian lockdowna appeared relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
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Biden’s most heartless betrayal
pive been clear president joe biden a hrefhttpswwwnytimescom20210816uspoliticsbidentalibanafghanistanspeechhtmltolda the american people on monday that human rights must be the centre of our foreign policy not the periphery but the way to do it is not through endless military deployments its with our diplomacy our economic tools and rallying the world to join usp pas i listened to those words i found myself admiring the political skill of bidens speechwriters and despising their utter callousness i wanted to shout at the tv but what about the a relnoopener hrefhttpsdataworldbankorgindicatorsppoptotlfeinlocationsafmost_recent_value_descfalse target_blank19 million womena now sentenced by american foreign policy to a life of darkness under the taliban surely they deserve human rights toop pdo you seriously expect anyone to believe that american diplomacy will make the taliban treat women fairly is rallying the world remotely likely to keep afghan girls in schools or allow women to walk down the streets of kabul with their faces uncovered do you take us all for foolsp divdiv pthe biden administrations cool calculated and yet incompetent abandonment of the afghan people stems from two core problemsp pthe first is a failure of imagination biden claimed to have planned for every contingency so did he not consider evacuating the afghans who qualified for special immigrant visas and their families an estimated a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwwashingtonpostcomworld20210816afghanswhohelpedwestleftlimboevacuationturnschaotic target_blank800000 individualsa before withdrawing all us special forces was the pandemonium at the airport so very hard to foreseep pon a larger scale there was a massive failure to imagine what american interests in the region are how to protect them and what the repercussions of ignoring them could be a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwnytimescom20210816uspoliticsbidentalibanafghanistanspeechhtml target_blankto bidena americas only vital national interest in afghanistan [is] preventing a terrorist attack on american homeland this is shortsightedp diva hrefhttpsunherdcom202108canthetalibanbringpeacerefinnara hrefhttpsunherdcom202108canthetalibanbringpeacerefinnarimg srchttpsunherdcomwpcontentuploads202108gettyimages1204741868scalede16290370942841024x6081300x178jpgadiva hrefhttpsunherdcom202108canthetalibanbringpeacerefinnarspansuggested readingspanaa hrefhttpsunherdcom202108canthetalibanbringpeacerefinnarh5can the taliban bring peaceh5apa hrefhttpsunherdcom202108canthetalibanbringpeacerefinnarspanbyspan aris roussinosapdivadiv pin reality this chaotic humiliating withdrawal significantly increases the risk of a terror attack on the us homeland aside from revealing a dysfunctional american foreign policy apparatus in intelligence terms afghanistan is now a black hole even if we are able to extricate some of our afghan intelligence assets the us has lost a key source of information on jihadist activityp pa little bit more imagination would also have revealed how china iran and other current adversaries will likely use the afghan fiasco to their advantage did the president not consider how his actions in afghanistan could embolden xi jinpings dream of a a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwreuterscomworldchinachinasxipledgesreunificationwithtaiwanpartysbirthday20210701 target_blankreunificationa with taiwan  is the us now in a stronger or weaker negotiating position with regard to the iranian regime did the president project enough power this week to convince his russian counterpart to crack down on the a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwnprorg202107091014512241russiancyberattackspresentseriousthreattous target_blankransomware attacks that appear to emanate from his territoryap pand what about our allies will india trust the us as the leading partner of the quad along with australia and japan designed to check the growing power of china how about our european partners and the transatlantic alliancep pthe second problem informing bidens approach concerns the moral decay of western civilisation when a fish decays the head rots first the same can be said for the west weve become so focused on microaggressions in america that we have lost sight of the emmacroaggressionsem happening to women around the worldp pin my latest book a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwharpercollinscomproductspreyayaanhirsialivariant32126595203106 target_blankempreyema i argue that the modernday feminist movement in the west does not take seriously the concerns of women in workingclass communities many of whom have immigrant backgrounds and who face a steady rise of sexual harassment and assault on the streets of their own neighbourhoodsp pin todays perverse american culture however more attention is devoted to the use of preferred gender pronouns than to the plight of women whose most basic rights to education personal autonomy the right to be present in a public space are either removed or under serious threatp pwhat weve witnessed this week in afghanistan is a watershed moment in western decline american culture today tells us not to be proud of our country not to believe in the superiority of american values not to promote the rights we are afforded by our constitution so that they can be enjoyed by people around the worldp diva hrefhttpsunherdcom202108whythewestwillcollapserefinnara hrefhttpsunherdcom202108whythewestwillcollapserefinnarimg srchttpsunherdcomwpcontentuploads202108f43fr3gr3g4e16291313319521300x154jpgadiva hrefhttpsunherdcom202108whythewestwillcollapserefinnarspansuggested readingspanaa hrefhttpsunherdcom202108whythewestwillcollapserefinnarh5the west has lost its virtueh5apa hrefhttpsunherdcom202108whythewestwillcollapserefinnarspanbyspan paul kingsnorthapdivadiv pwhen rights are promoted they tend to be progressive interpretations weve reached a point where we proudly flew the lgbt flag from our a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwlgbtqnationcom202106usembassiesflownprideflagantilgbtqcountriesearthyear target_blankembassy in kabula when the going was good but have now abandoned afghanistans gay population to the taliban meanwhile a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwnavymilcnoprofessionalreadingprogramsailors target_blankthe us navys reading lista now includes books such as emsexual minorities and politics emand emhow to be an antiracistem both of which paint a bleak picture of the united states its history and its identityp phow then can we hope to defend the basic rights of women and minorities elsewhereem emamerican selfconfidence has morphed into nihilism were all talk and no action beyond retreat that is why womens rights activists interpreters and anyone who has worked with the american people have been forced to hide in afghanistan while the taliban go a relnoopener hrefhttpstwittercomfrudbezhanstatus1427214496444162049 target_blankdoortodoor looking for themap pwhat will now happen to the women of afghanistan when asked if womens rights will be respected the taliban governor of the andar district in ghazni province mawlavey kamiil a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwyoutubecomwatchvljn7kifjqqit4s target_blanksaida we assure this to people all over the world especially the people of afghanistan islam has given rights to everyone equally women have their own rights how much islam has given rights to women we will give them that much similarly a member of the talibans cultural commission enamullah samangani has a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwnewsweekcomfemaleanchorsdefytalibancontinuingpresentafghanistannewschannel1620053 target_blankpromiseda that women should be in the government structure according to sharia lawp pthis caveat is important women will only have the rights afforded to them by islam under orthodox sharia law women can inherit property but not at the same level as men generally half as much women can testify in court but their testimony is not equal to a mans word women have a right to divorce under specific circumstances but not a unilateral right as men have a male guardian is essential for a woman a woman can have one husband whereas a man can have up to four wivesp pyet the texts of sharia law do not fully capture the brutal reality of daily life for women under a regime like the talibans in the last period of taliban rule which ended with the invasion of 2001 women were forced to wear the burka when outside if they were allowed to leave the house at all they were not educated in any meaningful sense other than in some cases the most basic religious education they were forced into marriages often as young girls with men who used them as chattels brutal punishments for small transgressions made women little better than slavesp pwe must not forget a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwnprorgsectionsthetwoway20101013130527903bibiaishadisfiguredafghanwomanfeaturedontimecovervisitsus target_blankbibi aishaa who was featured on the cover of emtimeem magazine in 2010 as a young woman she attempted to escape from her abusive husband whom she had been forced to marry but when the taliban caught her they had her ears and nose chopped off or malala yousafzai who was shot in 2012 by a taliban fighter because she dared to advocate for girls educationp diva hrefhttpsunherdcom202107howtoinvadeaforeigncountryrefinnara hrefhttpsunherdcom202107howtoinvadeaforeigncountryrefinnarimg srchttpsunherdcomwpcontentuploads202107gettyimages475256249scalede16272289313921024x5601300x164jpgadiva hrefhttpsunherdcom202107howtoinvadeaforeigncountryrefinnarspansuggested readingspanaa hrefhttpsunherdcom202107howtoinvadeaforeigncountryrefinnarh5americas spiteful foreign policyh5apa hrefhttpsunherdcom202107howtoinvadeaforeigncountryrefinnarspanbyspan ayaan hirsi aliapdivadiv pnow the taliban are claiming that women and girls will be able to continue their education as long as they wear full burkas taliban spokesperson suhail shaheen a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwbbccomnewsavworldasia58223530 target_blankexplaineda that the policy is that women can have access to education and to work however the reality for afghan women seems rather different they are now for example barely to be seen on the a relnoopener hrefhttpstwittercomjohnbermanstatus1427582623845601281s12 target_blankstreets of afghan citiesap pyes the modernised taliban has done some media training but we should not be fooled the islamic emirate of afghanistan will be governed by the same draconian sharia law as the taliban regime of the past a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwhindustantimescomworldnewstalibanasksforlistofgirlswidowstobemarriedtotheirfightersreports101626413987086html target_blankreportsa are already emerging of girls being taken as child brides with the taliban ordering local religious leaders to give them a list of girls over 15 years of age and widows under 45 to marry their fightersp pwomens faces are being a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwbusinessinsidercomkabulsalonposterswomenpaintedovertalibanarrival20218 target_blankwhitewasheda from billboards throughout kabul women in kandahar a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwreuterscomworldasiapacificafghanwomenbankersforcedrolestalibantakescontrol20210813 target_blankhave been tolda not to return to their jobs at azizi bank and that instead male relatives could take their place in a small village in the faryan province the taliban a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwcnncom20210817asiaafghanistanwomentalibanintlhnkdstindexhtml target_blankknocked on doors and demanded to be feda if women protested they were beaten and even killed this is just the beginningp pover the last several days ive wept bitter tears for the women and girls whose futures are now blighted through no fault of their own i have felt an overwhelming sense of impotence even as i have personally tried to help get vulnerable people out of kabul but this sense of impotence is now giving way to a feeling of anger and of renewed purposep pwe have to do better we have to solve this disease of moral decay within our own society and improve our imaginative skills american decline is not inevitable it is a choice standing by our allies is a choice standing up for human rights is a choicep phaving blundered into this wholly predictable mess biden has no option but to fight until every american is safely out of afghanistan but he cant stop there he should throw his weight behind saving every afghan who has risked life and limb for america he needs to get womens rights activists and leaders out of the countryp pthe islamic emirate of afghanistan may be the future for afghanistan but it will cant be the future for the brave people who risked their lives to fight barbarityp a hrefhttpsunherdcom202108bidensmostheartlessbetrayalappcommentsview commentsa
pive clear president joe biden hrefhttpswwwnytimescom20210816uspoliticsbidentalibanafghanistanspeechhtmltoldathe american people monday human rights centre foreign policy periphery way endless military deployments diplomacy economic tools rallying world join usp pas listened words found admiring political skill bidens speechwriters despising utter callousness wanted shout tv thea relnoopener hrefhttpsdataworldbankorgindicatorsppoptotlfeinlocationsafmost_recent_value_descfalse target_blank19 million womenanow sentenced american foreign policy life darkness taliban surely deserve human rights toop pdo seriously expect believe american diplomacy taliban treat women fairly rallying world remotely likely afghan girls schools allow women walk streets kabul faces uncovered foolsp divdiv pthe biden administrations cool calculated incompetent abandonment afghan people stems core problemsp pthe failure imagination biden claimed planned contingency consider evacuating afghans qualified special 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hrefhttpsunherdcom202108canthetalibanbringpeacerefinnarspanbyspan aris roussinosapdivadiv pin reality chaotic humiliating withdrawal significantly increases risk terror attack homeland aside revealing dysfunctional american foreign policy apparatus intelligence terms afghanistan black hole able extricate afghan intelligence assets lost key source information jihadist activityp pa little bit imagination revealed china iran current adversaries likely use afghan fiasco advantage president consider actions afghanistan embolden xi jinpings dream aa relnoopener hrefhttpswwwreuterscomworldchinachinasxipledgesreunificationwithtaiwanpartysbirthday20210701 target_blankreunificationawith taiwan stronger weaker negotiating position regard iranian regime president project power week convince russian counterpart crack thea relnoopener hrefhttpswwwnprorg202107091014512241russiancyberattackspresentseriousthreattous target_blankransomware attacks appear emanate territoryap pand allies india trust leading partner quad australia japan designed check growing power china european partners transatlantic alliancep pthe second problem informing bidens approach concerns moral decay western civilisation fish decays head rots said west weve focused microaggressions america lost sight theemmacroaggressionsemhappening women worldp pin latest booka relnoopener hrefhttpswwwharpercollinscomproductspreyayaanhirsialivariant32126595203106 target_blankempreyema argue modernday feminist movement west seriously concerns women workingclass communities immigrant backgrounds face steady rise sexual harassment assault streets neighbourhoodsp pin todays perverse american culture attention devoted use preferred gender pronouns plight women basic rights education personal autonomy right present public space removed threatp pwhat weve witnessed week afghanistan watershed moment western decline american culture today tells proud country believe superiority american values promote rights afforded constitution enjoyed people worldp diva hrefhttpsunherdcom202108whythewestwillcollapserefinnara hrefhttpsunherdcom202108whythewestwillcollapserefinnarimg srchttpsunherdcomwpcontentuploads202108f43fr3gr3g4e16291313319521300x154jpgadiva hrefhttpsunherdcom202108whythewestwillcollapserefinnarspansuggested readingspanaa hrefhttpsunherdcom202108whythewestwillcollapserefinnarh5the west lost virtueh5apa hrefhttpsunherdcom202108whythewestwillcollapserefinnarspanbyspan paul kingsnorthapdivadiv pwhen rights promoted tend progressive interpretations weve reached point proudly flew lgbt flag oura relnoopener hrefhttpswwwlgbtqnationcom202106usembassiesflownprideflagantilgbtqcountriesearthyear target_blankembassy kabulawhen going good abandoned afghanistans gay population talibanmeanwhile relnoopener hrefhttpswwwnavymilcnoprofessionalreadingprogramsailors target_blankthe navys reading listanow includes books asemsexual minorities politicsemandemhow antiracistem paint bleak picture united states history identityp phow hope defend basic rights women minorities elsewhereememamerican selfconfidence morphed nihilism talk action retreat womens rights activists interpreters worked american people forced hide afghanistan taliban relnoopener hrefhttpstwittercomfrudbezhanstatus1427214496444162049 target_blankdoortodoor looking themap pwhat happen women afghanistan asked womens rights respected taliban governor andar district ghazni province mawlavey kamiila relnoopener hrefhttpswwwyoutubecomwatchvljn7kifjqqit4s target_blanksaidawe assure people world especially people afghanistan islam given rights equally women rights islam given rights women similarly member talibans cultural commission enamullah samangani hasa relnoopener hrefhttpswwwnewsweekcomfemaleanchorsdefytalibancontinuingpresentafghanistannewschannel1620053 target_blankpromiseda women government structure according sharia lawp pthis caveat important women rights afforded islam orthodox sharia law women inherit property level men generally half women testify court testimony equal mans word women right divorce specific circumstances unilateral right men male guardian essential woman woman husband man wivesp pyet texts sharia law fully capture brutal reality daily life women regime like talibans period taliban rule ended invasion 2001 women forced wear burka outside allowed leave house educated meaningful sense cases basic religious education forced marriages young girls men chattels brutal punishments small transgressions women little better slavesp pwe forget relnoopener hrefhttpswwwnprorgsectionsthetwoway20101013130527903bibiaishadisfiguredafghanwomanfeaturedontimecovervisitsus target_blankbibi aishaa featured cover emtimeem magazine 2010 young woman attempted escape abusive husband forced marry taliban caught ears nose chopped malala yousafzai shot 2012 taliban fighter dared advocate girls educationp diva hrefhttpsunherdcom202107howtoinvadeaforeigncountryrefinnara 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giving way feeling anger renewed purposep pwe better solve disease moral decay society improve imaginative skills american decline inevitable choice standing allies choice standing human rights choicep phaving blundered wholly predictable mess biden option fight american safely afghanistan cant stop throw weight saving afghan risked life limb america needs womens rights activists leaders countryp pthe islamic emirate afghanistan future afghanistan cant future brave people risked lives fight barbarityp hrefhttpsunherdcom202108bidensmostheartlessbetrayalappcommentsview commentsa
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More reasons to use #NewRoaring20s unironically
pi hope new roaring twenties becomes a hashtag more like greatstagnation rather than infrastructureweek and by that i mean newroaring20s becomes sincere shorthand for describing something real and important rather than something that could have been important but turned into a joke well until recently that isp psome evidence for that former scenario can be found in a relnoreferrer noopener hrefhttpswwwwashingtonpostcombusiness20210818usproductivityboom target_blankthe us could be on the verge of a productivity boom a gamechanger for the economya by ace washington post reporter heather long after highlighting the recent upsurge in the productivity stats labor productivity grew 43 percent in the first quarter and 23 percent in the second versus an annual average of just 12 percent since the global financial crisis long explains why some analysts think a level of acceleration might stick around the optimism this time derives partly from congress and the white house taking steps to make significant investments in physical and digital infrastructure and partly from the coronavirus pandemic forcing rapid and widespread adoption of the digital economy robots and artificial intelligencep figure classwpblockimageimg alt srchttpslh4googleusercontentcomfqa0qzu6dqvsisicj1ulmrvvipannnwlopflmvjvjvejikaq5_xcqe2xoxb_x1rjauydjttkfu6zsy3rkqs72aencgge1ti9jrnevzzqhinptzammixfjnbwaepqv2izy6rlytfigure pone of the many interesting bits of evidence in longs richly reported piece highlights how ai machine learning is diffusing more widely into the economy she notes for example that california software company cadence design systems recently unveiled a new software dubbed cerebrus meant to make microchip engineers more productive longp blockquote classwpblockquotepon a recent call with wall street analysts cadence executives said cerebrus makes chip engineers 10 times more productive the kind of gain that could ultimately lower chip costs not to mention getting faster turnaround for new products i believe cerebrus is a fundamental breakthrough said anirudh devgan president of cadence design systems on a recent earnings callpblockquote pcerebrus is a good example of ai complementing workers and making them more productive rather than merely replacing workers i would also point out that the phenomenon being described here by long is a big reason why economist and productivity optimist erik brynjolfsson thinks productivity growth over the next decade will exceed consensus forecasts as he recently a relnoreferrer noopener hrefhttpslongbetsorg868 target_blankexplaineda in long bet with economist and productivity pessimist robert gordonp blockquote classwpblockquotepai is a generalpurpose technology that is affecting almost every industry while accelerating the pace of discovery recent breakthroughs in machine learning will boost productivity in areas as diverse as biotech and medicine energy technologies retailing finance manufacturing and professional services the productivity benefits of generalpurpose technologies typically take years to show up in the official statistics in fact productivity is initially suppressed as organizations invest time and effort creating intangible assets like new business processes new skills new goods and new services however later these investments are harvested boosting productivity the result is a productivity jcurve recent research indicates that are approaching the rising part of the productivity jcurve for the ai and related technologiespblockquote pnot surprisingly perhaps i urge policymakers to assume this is a productivity blip rather than a boom as they think about policies from immigration to environmental regulation to research investmentp p divpstronglearn more stronga hrefhttpswwwaeiorgeconomicssomereasonsforfaster2020sproductivitygrowthsome reasons for faster 2020s productivity growtha a hrefhttpswwwaeiorgeconomicsalongbetonfasterproductivitygrowthandanewroaringtwentiesa long bet on faster productivity growth and a new roaring twentiesa a hrefhttpswwwaeiorgarticlesbidensbudgetpredictstheroaringtwentieswillendin2022uhohbidens budget predicts the roaring twenties will end in 2022 uh ohapdiv br pthe post a relnofollow hrefhttpswwwaeiorgeconomicsmorereasonstousenewroaring20sunironicallymore reasons to use newroaring20s unironicallya appeared first on a relnofollow hrefhttpswwwaeiorgamerican enterprise institute aeiap
pi hope new roaring twenties hashtag like greatstagnation infrastructureweek mean newroaring20s sincere shorthand describing real important important turned joke recently isp psome evidence scenario found relnoreferrer noopener hrefhttpswwwwashingtonpostcombusiness20210818usproductivityboom target_blankthe verge productivity boom gamechanger economya ace washington post reporter heather long highlighting recent upsurge productivity stats labor productivity grew 43 percent quarter 23 percent second versus annual average 12 percent global financial crisis long explains analysts think level acceleration stick optimism time derives partly congress white house taking steps significant investments physical digital infrastructure partly coronavirus pandemic forcing rapid widespread adoption digital economy robots artificial intelligencep figure classwpblockimageimg alt srchttpslh4googleusercontentcomfqa0qzu6dqvsisicj1ulmrvvipannnwlopflmvjvjvejikaq5_xcqe2xoxb_x1rjauydjttkfu6zsy3rkqs72aencgge1ti9jrnevzzqhinptzammixfjnbwaepqv2izy6rlytfigure pone interesting bits evidence longs richly reported piece highlights ai machine learning diffusing widely economy notes example california software company cadence design systems recently unveiled new software dubbed cerebrus meant microchip engineers productive longp blockquote classwpblockquotepon recent wall street analysts cadence executives said cerebrus makes chip engineers 10 times productive kind gain ultimately lower chip costs mention getting faster turnaround new products believe cerebrus fundamental breakthrough said anirudh devgan president cadence design systems recent earnings callpblockquote pcerebrus good example ai complementing workers making productive merely replacing workers point phenomenon described long big reason economist productivity optimist erik brynjolfsson thinks productivity growth decade exceed consensus forecasts recently relnoreferrer noopener hrefhttpslongbetsorg868 target_blankexplaineda long bet economist productivity pessimist robert gordonp blockquote classwpblockquotepai generalpurpose technology affecting industry accelerating pace discovery recent breakthroughs machine learning boost productivity areas diverse biotech medicine energy technologies retailing finance manufacturing professional services productivity benefits generalpurpose technologies typically years official statistics fact productivity initially suppressed organizations invest time effort creating intangible assets like new business processes new skills new goods new services later investments harvested boosting productivity result productivity jcurve recent research indicates approaching rising productivity jcurve ai related technologiespblockquote pnot surprisingly urge policymakers assume productivity blip boom think policies immigration environmental regulation research investmentp p divpstronglearn stronga hrefhttpswwwaeiorgeconomicssomereasonsforfaster2020sproductivitygrowthsome reasons faster 2020s productivity growtha hrefhttpswwwaeiorgeconomicsalongbetonfasterproductivitygrowthandanewroaringtwentiesa long bet faster productivity growth new roaring twentiesa hrefhttpswwwaeiorgarticlesbidensbudgetpredictstheroaringtwentieswillendin2022uhohbidens budget predicts roaring twenties end 2022 uh ohapdiv br pthe post relnofollow hrefhttpswwwaeiorgeconomicsmorereasonstousenewroaring20sunironicallymore reasons use newroaring20s unironicallya appeared relnofollow hrefhttpswwwaeiorgamerican enterprise institute aeiap
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What should I ask Ed Glaeser?
phe has a new book out with david cutler namely a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwamazoncomsurvivalcitylivingthrivingisolationebookdpb08v896zd6refsr_1_1dchild1keywordsdavidcutleredglaeserqid1629204629sr81 target_blanksurvival of the city living and thriving in an age of isolationap pi will be doing a joint cwt with them sequentially rather than simultaneous  so what should i ask ed glaeser  there is a separate post for suggestions for cutlerp pthe post a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108whatshouldiaskedglaeserhtmlwhat should i ask ed glaesera appeared first on a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
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What should I ask David Cutler?
phe has a new book out with ed glaeser namely a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwamazoncomsurvivalcitylivingthrivingisolationebookdpb08v896zd6refsr_1_1dchild1keywordsdavidcutleredglaeserqid1629204629sr81 target_blanksurvival of the city living and thriving in an age of isolationap pi will be doing a joint cwt with them sequentially rather than simultaneous  so what should i ask david cutler  there is a separate post for suggestions for glaeserp pthe post a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108whatshouldiaskdavidcutlerhtmlwhat should i ask david cutlera appeared first on a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
phe new book ed glaeser relnoopener hrefhttpswwwamazoncomsurvivalcitylivingthrivingisolationebookdpb08v896zd6refsr_1_1dchild1keywordsdavidcutleredglaeserqid1629204629sr81 target_blanksurvival city living thriving age isolationap pi joint cwt sequentially simultaneous ask david cutler separate post suggestions glaeserp pthe post relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108whatshouldiaskdavidcutlerhtmlwhat ask david cutlera appeared relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
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A reader’s wishes for Covid coverage
pfrom my emailp pin the last 1819 months why have these stories not been writtenbr        why no stories on hospice care in the united states relating to covid19 statistics hospice has been removed from our common lexicon ive asked you this before i knowbr        why no stories on the earnings of publicly held life insurance companies br        why no stories about strategies written about the myriad of home health care providers in this country what is their role in lessening hospital stays in the last 18 months did they play a rolebr        why know detailed explanation of how excess deaths are calculated what are the excess death estimates for the next 5 years i assume the data is easily foundbr        no actuaries providing keen information and insightsbr        detailed investigations and stories of the traveling nurse industry   i know several interesting stories to say the least mostly regarding compensationbr        no keen insights from the coroners industry the inexact science of cause of death in the last 100 yearsp pwould love you thoughts on my questions and why have there been no stories about the abovep pthe post a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108areaderswishesforcovidcoveragehtmla readers wishes for covid coveragea appeared first on a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
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Those new service sector jobs? — drive your own kid to school
blockquotepbus drivers are in such short supply that eastside charter school in wilmington del is offering parents 700 to drop off and pick up their children for the school yearpblockquote pa relnoopener hrefhttpswwwwashingtonpostcombusiness20210816schoolshortagesbusdriverscounselorscomputer target_blankthe articlea is interesting throughout  it turns out there is a shortage of bus drivers a shortage of buses with working ac chip issues and some schools are flush with cash due to government stimulusp pthe post a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108thosenewservicesectorjobsdriveyourownkidtoschoolhtmlthose new service sector jobs drive your own kid to schoola appeared first on a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
blockquotepbus drivers short supply eastside charter school wilmington del offering parents 700 drop pick children school yearpblockquote pa relnoopener hrefhttpswwwwashingtonpostcombusiness20210816schoolshortagesbusdriverscounselorscomputer target_blankthe articlea interesting turns shortage bus drivers shortage buses working ac chip issues schools flush cash government stimulusp pthe post relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108thosenewservicesectorjobsdriveyourownkidtoschoolhtmlthose new service sector jobs drive kid schoola appeared relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
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Slow economists, crowding each other out
blockquoteppublishing in economics proceeds much more slowly on average than in the natural sciences and more slowly than in other social sciences and finance it is even relatively slower at the extremes we demonstrate that much of the lag especially at the extremes arises from authors dilatory behavior in revising their work the marginal product of an additional round of resubmission at the top economics journals is productive of additional subsequent citations but conditional on resubmission journals taking more time is not productive and authors spending more time is associated with reduced scholarly impact we offer several proposals to speed up the publication process these include norevisions policies limits on authors time revising articles and limits on editors waiting for dilatory refereespblockquote phere is a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwnberorgpapersw29147fromrss target_blankthe full papera by aboozar hadavand daniel s hamermesh and wesley w wilson  and from lester r lusher winnie yang and scott e carrell here is a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwnberorgpapersw29153fromrss target_blanka related studyap blockquoteppublishing takes a long time in economics consequently many authors release working versions of their papers using data on the nber working paper series we show that the dissemination of economics research suffers from an overcrowding problem an increase in the number of weekly released working papers on average reduces downloads abstract views and media attention for each paper subsequent publishing and citation outcomes are harmed as well furthermore descriptive evidence on viewership and downloads suggests working papers significantly substitute for the dissemination function of publication these results highlight inefficiencies in the dissemination of economic research even among the most exclusive working paper series and suggest large social losses due to the slow publication processpblockquote pis less attention for each paper necessarily a bad thingp pthe post a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108sloweconomistscrowdingeachotherouthtmlslow economists crowding each other outa appeared first on a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
blockquoteppublishing economics proceeds slowly average natural sciences slowly social sciences finance relatively slower extremes demonstrate lag especially extremes arises authors dilatory behavior revising work marginal product additional round resubmission economics journals productive additional subsequent citations conditional resubmission journals taking time productive authors spending time associated reduced scholarly impact offer proposals speed publication process include norevisions policies limits authors time revising articles limits editors waiting dilatory refereespblockquote phere relnoopener hrefhttpswwwnberorgpapersw29147fromrss target_blankthe papera aboozar hadavand daniel s hamermesh wesley w wilson lester r lusher winnie yang scott e carrell relnoopener hrefhttpswwwnberorgpapersw29153fromrss target_blanka related studyap blockquoteppublishing takes long time economics consequently authors release working versions papers data nber working paper series dissemination economics research suffers overcrowding problem increase number weekly released working papers average reduces downloads abstract views media attention paper subsequent publishing citation outcomes harmed furthermore descriptive evidence viewership downloads suggests working papers significantly substitute dissemination function publication results highlight inefficiencies dissemination economic research exclusive working paper series suggest large social losses slow publication processpblockquote pis attention paper necessarily bad thingp pthe post relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108sloweconomistscrowdingeachotherouthtmlslow economists crowding outa appeared relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
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Who Wrecked Afghanistan?
hrimg altwho wrecked afghanistan srchttpswisdomofcrowdslivecontentimages202108desertjpgphtml herepphow did it all go wrong jennifer brick murtazashvili a leading scholar of afghanistan joins damir and shadi to dissect the talibans victory and discuss what it tells us about the failures of americas nationbuilding effort why did the afghan government collapse so quickly have the technocrats and ngos in the democracy promotion industry been completely discredited and for the sake of the afghan people should we now help the taliban succeed in governing the country things get heatedppmurtazashvili is director of the center for governance and markets and associate professor at the university of pittsburgh and the author of ema hrefhttpswwwamazoncominformalorderafghanistanjennifermurtazashvilidp1107534585refsr_1_1dchild1keywordsinformalorderandthestateinafghanistanqid1629341396sbookssr11informal order and the state in afghanistana emshe lived in afghanistan for 3 years conducting fieldwork in rural villages across the country and previously worked at the us agency for international development and the afghanistan research and evaluation unit  ppemrecommended readingempullijen murtazashvili a hrefhttpswwwwashingtonpostcompolitics20210728northernafghanistanoncekeptouttalibanwhyhasitfallensoquicklythistimein the emwashington postemaliliquotafghanistan is not the balkansquot by thomas barfield a hrefhttpswwwresearchgatenetpublication309781126_afghanistan_is_not_the_balkans_ethnicity_and_its_political_consequence_from_a_central_asian_perspectiveresearchgatealiliemafghanistan a cultural and political historyem by thomas barfield a hrefhttpswwwamazoncomafghanistanculturalpoliticalprincetonpoliticsdp0691154414amazonalilia hrefhttpstwittercomshadihamidstatus1428025114642325505s20nassim taleba on the talibans refusal to deadliftliliquota hrefhttpswwwtheatlanticcominternationalarchive201804terrorismgovernancereligion556817utm_sourcegltwwhen terrorists and criminals govern better than governmentsaquot by shadi hamid vanda felbabbrown and harold trinkunas emthe atlanticemliulhrpif youre not yet a paid member now is a great time to subscribe which you can do a hrefhttpswisdomofcrowdslivesubscribeherea for a few dollars a month pp a hrefhttpswisdomofcrowdsliveportalsignup target_blankappyoull also get access to our paywalled a hrefhttpswisdomofcrowdslivefriday_essaysfriday essaysa as well as to special memberonly conversations with guests like glenn greenwald ross douthat and sohrab ahmari p
hrimg altwho wrecked afghanistan srchttpswisdomofcrowdslivecontentimages202108desertjpgphtml herepphow wrong jennifer brick murtazashvili leading scholar afghanistan joins damir shadi dissect talibans victory discuss tells failures americas nationbuilding effort afghan government collapse quickly technocrats ngos democracy promotion industry completely discredited sake afghan people help taliban succeed governing country things heatedppmurtazashvili director center governance markets associate professor university pittsburgh author ema hrefhttpswwwamazoncominformalorderafghanistanjennifermurtazashvilidp1107534585refsr_1_1dchild1keywordsinformalorderandthestateinafghanistanqid1629341396sbookssr11informal order state afghanistana emshe lived afghanistan 3 years conducting fieldwork rural villages country previously worked agency international development afghanistan research evaluation unit ppemrecommended readingempullijen murtazashvili hrefhttpswwwwashingtonpostcompolitics20210728northernafghanistanoncekeptouttalibanwhyhasitfallensoquicklythistimein emwashington postemaliliquotafghanistan balkansquot thomas barfield hrefhttpswwwresearchgatenetpublication309781126_afghanistan_is_not_the_balkans_ethnicity_and_its_political_consequence_from_a_central_asian_perspectiveresearchgatealiliemafghanistan cultural political historyem thomas barfield hrefhttpswwwamazoncomafghanistanculturalpoliticalprincetonpoliticsdp0691154414amazonalilia hrefhttpstwittercomshadihamidstatus1428025114642325505s20nassim taleba talibans refusal deadliftliliquota hrefhttpswwwtheatlanticcominternationalarchive201804terrorismgovernancereligion556817utm_sourcegltwwhen terrorists criminals govern better governmentsaquot shadi hamid vanda felbabbrown harold trinkunas emthe atlanticemliulhrpif youre paid member great time subscribe hrefhttpswisdomofcrowdslivesubscribeherea dollars month pp hrefhttpswisdomofcrowdsliveportalsignup target_blankappyoull access paywalled hrefhttpswisdomofcrowdslivefriday_essaysfriday essaysa special memberonly conversations guests like glenn greenwald ross douthat sohrab ahmari p
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How to think about third doses
pthe immediate topic is a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwcoviddatasciencecompostisraelidatahowcanefficacyvsseverediseasebestrongwhen60ofhospitalizedarevaccinated target_blankhow to interpret the israeli dataa  important and mostly good news relatively speaking that is  i am reluctant to excerpt for fear of misleading you please do read through the complexity  simpsons paradoxp pthe post a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108howtothinkaboutthirddoseshtmlhow to think about third dosesa appeared first on a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
pthe immediate topic relnoopener hrefhttpswwwcoviddatasciencecompostisraelidatahowcanefficacyvsseverediseasebestrongwhen60ofhospitalizedarevaccinated target_blankhow interpret israeli dataa important good news relatively speaking reluctant excerpt fear misleading read complexity simpsons paradoxp pthe post relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108howtothinkaboutthirddoseshtmlhow think dosesa appeared relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
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Who are the most rational people?
pa relnoopener hrefhttpslinkspringercomarticle101007s11109019095790 target_blankfrom john a doces and amy wolaverap blockquotepwe examine the question of rationality replicating two core experiments used to establish that people deviate from the rational actor model our analysis extends existing research to a developing country context based on our theoretical expectations we test if respondents make decisions consistent with the rational actor framework experimental surveys were administered in cte divoire and ghana two developing countries in west africa focusing on issues of risk aversion and framing findings indicate that respondents make decisions more consistent with the rational actor model than has been found in the developed world extending our analysis to test if the differences in responses are due to other demographic differences between the african samples and the united states we replicated these experiments on a nationally representative analysis in the us finding results primarily consistent with the seminal findings of irrationality in the us and cte divoire highly educated people make decisions that are less consistent with the rational model while lowincome respondents make decisions more consistent with the rational model the degree to which people are iirrationali thus is contextual possibly western and not nearly as universal as has been concludedpblockquote pspeculative and not replicated but the point remains of definite interest  via the excellent a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwnationalaffairscomblogdetailfindingsadailyroundupforwhomthebelltolls target_blankkevin lewisap p p pthe post a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108whoarethemostrationalpeoplehtmlwho are the most rational peoplea appeared first on a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
pa relnoopener hrefhttpslinkspringercomarticle101007s11109019095790 target_blankfrom john doces amy wolaverap blockquotepwe examine question rationality replicating core experiments establish people deviate rational actor model analysis extends existing research developing country context based theoretical expectations test respondents decisions consistent rational actor framework experimental surveys administered cte divoire ghana developing countries west africa focusing issues risk aversion framing findings indicate respondents decisions consistent rational actor model found developed world extending analysis test differences responses demographic differences african samples united states replicated experiments nationally representative analysis finding results primarily consistent seminal findings irrationality cte divoire highly educated people decisions consistent rational model lowincome respondents decisions consistent rational model degree people areiirrationalithus contextual possibly western nearly universal concludedpblockquote pspeculative replicated point remains definite interest excellent relnoopener hrefhttpswwwnationalaffairscomblogdetailfindingsadailyroundupforwhomthebelltolls target_blankkevin lewisap pp pthe post relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108whoarethemostrationalpeoplehtmlwho rational peoplea appeared relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
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Don’t blame testosterone for male violence
pwhen he appeared on channel 4s emafter darkem to discuss do men have to be violent with radical feminist kate millett actor oliver reed was drunk a woman will never ever forgive a man if he fucks her he explained you are the receivers you take our seed look after our babies and well go do the hunting for youp pit was 1991 the height of the gulf war and the debate on militarism masculine stereotypes and violence towards women was punctuated with references to testosterone at one point after he had nipped to the loo and topped up his glass reed leant over to kiss millett much to her disgust leading one male guest to pronounce a man can never have too much [testosterone]p pin her new book a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwamazoncouktestosteronestoryhormonedominatesdividesdp1788402928 target_blankemtestosterone the story of the hormone that dominates and divides usema carole hooven explores how the hormone is often presented as both a justification and excuse for male dominance over women women have far lower levels of testosterone so it has often been argued that housework and childrearing come naturally to them men on the other hand are programmed to be hellbent on impregnating as many women as possible fighting off male rivals and dragging a carcass home for dinnerp pbut as hooven acknowledges in her fascinating book despite the undeniable effect of the hormone on our behaviour how we relate to others is based on evolving and complex external forcesp pboth sexes produce testosterone though men create up to twenty times more testosterone then is at the heart of the nature versus nurture debate for feminists it is our culture rather than hormones that most influences gendered behaviours there are for instance enough studies which show that women enjoy a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwtheguardiancomlifeandstyle2018oct13astronglibidoandboredbymonogamythetruthaboutwomenandsex target_blankplenty of sexa and risk on par with the most testosteronefuelled menp pits the same with male and female behaviour neither of which can be reduced to binary a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwyoutubecomwatchvo1tfbk3971s target_blankken and barbiea stereotypes as a lesbian and gender nonconforming feminist i know this only too well when i rejected traditional female toys and dress i was frequently told i had too much testosterone and that was what made me a tomboy even into adult life i have lost count of the times i have been told im a lesbian or that i will grow a beard and never feel a desire to reproduce because i have too much testosteronep pits a load of nonsense but it raises an important question how is it that the genetic and hormonal components of sex can create two distinctly different reproductive systems and yet human male and female behaviour shows itself to be flexible diverse and often surprisingly similarp phoovers expertise is in natural sciences and biological anthropology and the answer she suggests is that testosterone might strongly influence how we behave too much of it can make males more aggressive and those with raised levels often end up taking too many risks so they tend to crash and burnp pthat may seem logical but it does not explain violence against women or rape as a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwcordeliafinecom target_blankcordelia finea author of the acclaimed emtestosterone rex em2017 points out most men are emnotem violent which leaves a hole in the theory that testosterone drives behaviourp pnevertheless if we are to properly understand sex differences we still need to educate ourselves about testosterone crucially the controversy around trans women in sport namely that going through male puberty results not just in far higher levels of tesosterone but also greater bone and muscle mass is tackled headon by hoover you may be wondering if natural variation in t [testosterone] levels has anything to do with being transgender in the first place she writes and given what we know about testosterone thats a logical question the answer is we dont knowp pindeed hooven found that there is not much relation between higher testosterone levels and performance among professional athletes when compared to others of the same sex between the two sexes however the link is very much stronger and this is because t levels are dramatically higher in males and have a lot to do with the fact that they are stronger faster and more aggressive than the vast majority of their female counterparts that is of course why we have sexsegregated sports in the first placep pif we accept that testosterone can cause aggression in males and change behaviour which hooven does should it be used as an excuse in cases of male sexual assault no says hooven because even behaviour related to biology is not hardwired and unchangeable even if biology is a factor in social ill it does not make it determinedp pyet it is disappointing that hooven relies on questionable data to challenge the reality of male violence for example in picking apart the trope that male violence towards women is inevitable because it is hormonedriven she looks to the violence perpetrated by women on male partners and concludes that with caveats women are as likely to be violent to male partners as viceversa but less likely to kill i have campaigned to end violence towards women and girls for 40 years and every bit of a relnoopener hrefhttpwwwrefugeorgukfilesstatisticsdomesticviolenceandgenderpdf target_blankevidencea from around the a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwwhointnewsroomfactsheetsdetailviolenceagainstwomen target_blankworlda concludes this is simply not the casep pbut how much does testosterone affect the way men emviewem women one example hooven relies on is that of trans man griffin hansbury and his reaction to t injections during the early days of his transitionp blockquotepi remember walking up fifth avenue and there was a woman walking in front of me says hansbury and she was wearing this little skirt and this little top and i was looking at her ass and i kept saying to myself dont look at it dont look at it and i kept looking at it and i walked past her and this voice in my head kept saying turn around to look at her breasts it was like being in a pornographic movie house in my mind and i couldnt turn it off i could not turn it off everything i looked at everything i touched turned to sexpblockquote pwhile even i a hardline social constructionist concede that testosterone can cause strange behaviour and be as potent as oestrogen is for females i strongly suspect there are other explanations for his behaviour surely for example we should put at least emsome emof it down to the privilege and arrogance afforded to men including trans menp pafter all hansbury is still living in a world where male entitlement and lack of punishment can lead to the dehumanising and oversexualisation of women hansburys testosteroneinduced journey from his previous life as a selfdescribed butch dyke who used to perform poetry about street harassment cannot be blamed on t alonep pas hooven observes to bring about changes in male behaviour it is not necessary to depress testosterone changes in attitudes and culture can do that all by themselves she is right even if the likes of oliver reed may suggest otherwisep a hrefhttpsunherdcom202108dontblametestosteroneformaleviolenceappcommentsview 16 commentsa
pwhen appeared channel 4s emafter darkemto discuss domenhave violent radical feminist kate millett actoroliver reedwas drunk woman forgive man fucks explained receivers seed look babies hunting youp pit 1991 height gulf war debate militarism masculine stereotypes violence women punctuated references testosterone point nipped loo topped glass reed leant kiss millett disgust leading male guest pronounce man [testosterone]p pin new book relnoopener hrefhttpswwwamazoncouktestosteronestoryhormonedominatesdividesdp1788402928 target_blankemtestosterone story hormone dominates divides usema carole hooven explores hormone presented justification excuse male dominance women women far lower levels testosterone argued housework childrearing come naturally men hand programmed hellbent impregnating women possible fighting male rivals dragging carcass home dinnerp pbut hooven acknowledges fascinating book despite undeniable effect hormone behaviour relate based evolving complex external forcesp pboth sexes produce testosterone men create times testosterone heart nature versus nurture debate feminists culture hormones influences gendered behaviours instance studies women enjoy relnoopener hrefhttpswwwtheguardiancomlifeandstyle2018oct13astronglibidoandboredbymonogamythetruthaboutwomenandsex target_blankplenty sexa risk par testosteronefuelled menp pits male female behaviour reduced binary relnoopener hrefhttpswwwyoutubecomwatchvo1tfbk3971s target_blankken barbiea stereotypes lesbian gender nonconforming feminist know rejected traditional female toys dress frequently told testosterone tomboy adult life lost count times told im lesbian grow beard feel desire reproduce testosteronep pits load nonsense raises important question genetic hormonal components sex create distinctly different reproductive systems human male female behaviour shows flexible diverse surprisingly similarp phoovers expertise natural sciences biological anthropology answer suggests testosterone strongly influence behave males aggressive raised levels end taking risks tend crash burnp pthat logical explain violence women rape relnoopener hrefhttpswwwcordeliafinecom target_blankcordelia finea author acclaimed emtestosterone rex em2017 points men emnotem violent leaves hole theory testosterone drives behaviourp pnevertheless properly understand sex differences need educate testosterone crucially controversy trans women sport going male puberty results far higher levels tesosterone greater bone muscle mass tackled headon hoover wondering natural variation t [testosterone] levels transgender place writes given know testosterone thats logical question answer dont knowp pindeed hooven found relation higher testosterone levels performance professional athletes compared sex sexes link stronger t levels dramatically higher males lot fact stronger faster aggressive vast majority female counterparts course sexsegregated sports placep pif accept testosterone cause aggression males change behaviour hooven excuse cases male sexual assault says hooven behaviour related biology hardwired unchangeable biology factor social ill determinedp pyet disappointing hooven relies questionable data challenge reality male violence example picking apart trope male violence women inevitable hormonedriven looks violence perpetrated women male partners concludes caveats women likely violent male partners viceversa likely kill campaigned end violence women girls 40 years bit relnoopener hrefhttpwwwrefugeorgukfilesstatisticsdomesticviolenceandgenderpdf target_blankevidencea relnoopener hrefhttpswwwwhointnewsroomfactsheetsdetailviolenceagainstwomen target_blankworlda concludes simply casep pbut testosterone affect way men emviewem women example hooven relies trans man griffin hansbury reaction t injections early days transitionp blockquotepi remember walking fifth avenue woman walking says hansbury wearing little skirt little looking ass kept saying dont look dont look kept looking walked past voice head kept saying turn look breasts like pornographic movie house mind couldnt turn turn looked touched turned sexpblockquote pwhile hardline social constructionist concede testosterone cause strange behaviour potent oestrogen females strongly suspect explanations behaviour surely example emsome emof privilege arrogance afforded men including trans menp pafter hansbury living world male entitlement lack punishment lead dehumanising oversexualisation women hansburys testosteroneinduced journey previous life selfdescribed butch dyke perform poetry street harassment blamed t alonep pas hooven observes bring changes male behaviour necessary depress testosterone changes attitudes culture right likes oliver reed suggest otherwisep hrefhttpsunherdcom202108dontblametestosteroneformaleviolenceappcommentsview 16 commentsa
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*Against White Feminism*
blockquotepin emzero dark thirtyem and the truish story behind it american feminism once a movement that existed in opposition to the state as a critique of its institutions and mores was recast as one that served the states interests through any means imaginable this identification with state interests and the idea of going out to conquer the world with the same mindset of subjugation and domination possessed by white men seems to have become a warped feminist goal put another way white women wanted parity with white men any at any cost including by avidly taking on the domination of black and brown peoplepblockquote pthat is from the new and noteworthy a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwamazoncomagainstwhitefeminismnotesdisruptionebookdpb08l6x1ytmrefsr_1_1dchild1keywordsagainstwhitefeminismqid1629422492sr81 target_blankagainst white feminism notes on disruptiona by rafia zakaria  or how about thisp blockquotepsecurofeminism thus bound white american feminism to the neoimperial and neoliberal project of nationbuilding around the world one that harvard professor niall ferguson had articulated in his history of angloglobalization proposing that young americans should be taught to go overseas and transform other nations in their own image much as britain had done  caught in its fevers american feminists did not question loudly enough the wisdom of exporting feminism through bombs and dronespblockquote porp blockquotepwhite feminists in the colonial era were all about spreading their civilized ways but neocolonial white feminists want to illustrate their courage and compassion often while providing moral subsidy for cruelties inflicted in feminisms name times may have changed but the commitment of whiteness to extracting value wherever it can and dominating the narrative to frame this extraction as benevolence persistspblockquote precommended sort of  and here is a relnoopener hrefhttpslithubcomhowthewaronterrorbecameamericasfirstfeministwar target_blankthe author with more detail on securofeminismap pthe post a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108againstwhitefeminismhtmlagainst white feminisma appeared first on a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
blockquotepin emzero dark thirtyem truish story american feminism movement existed opposition state critique institutions mores recast served states interests means imaginable identification state interests idea going conquer world mindset subjugation domination possessed white men warped feminist goal way white women wanted parity white men cost including avidly taking domination black brown peoplepblockquote pthat new noteworthy relnoopener hrefhttpswwwamazoncomagainstwhitefeminismnotesdisruptionebookdpb08l6x1ytmrefsr_1_1dchild1keywordsagainstwhitefeminismqid1629422492sr81 target_blankagainst white feminism notes disruptiona rafia zakaria thisp blockquotepsecurofeminism bound white american feminism neoimperial neoliberal project nationbuilding world harvard professor niall ferguson articulated history angloglobalization proposing young americans taught overseas transform nations image britain caught fevers american feminists question loudly wisdom exporting feminism bombs dronespblockquote porp blockquotepwhite feminists colonial era spreading civilized ways neocolonial white feminists want illustrate courage compassion providing moral subsidy cruelties inflicted feminisms times changed commitment whiteness extracting value dominating narrative frame extraction benevolence persistspblockquote precommended sort relnoopener hrefhttpslithubcomhowthewaronterrorbecameamericasfirstfeministwar target_blankthe author detail securofeminismap pthe post relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108againstwhitefeminismhtmlagainst white feminisma appeared relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
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The Most Impressive AI Demo I Have Ever Seen
pthis is jawdropping it starts slow but watch the whole thing i dont think i would have been more amazed had i witnessed the first flight of the wright brothersp piframe allowfullscreentrue srchttpswwwyoutubecomembedsguccjhtmgyversion3rel1showsearch0showinfo1iv_load_policy1fs1hlenusautohide2wmodetransparent width640 height360iframep pthe post a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108themostimpressiveaidemoihaveeverseenhtmlthe most impressive ai demo i have ever seena appeared first on a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
pthis jawdropping starts slow watch thing dont think amazed witnessed flight wright brothersp piframe allowfullscreentrue srchttpswwwyoutubecomembedsguccjhtmgyversion3rel1showsearch0showinfo1iv_load_policy1fs1hlenusautohide2wmodetransparent width640 height360iframep pthe post relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108themostimpressiveaidemoihaveeverseenhtmlthe impressive ai demo seena appeared relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
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U.S.A. fact of the day
blockquotepaccording to one recent measure ninetythree of the top one hundred american television programs watched live across a single year have been sports related  more people watched the super bowl than the oscars emmys grammys golden globes and tonys emcombinedempblockquote pit is for this reason that i find it puzzling when some people simply are not interested in sports at all  i find the sports are just stupid attitude defensible though it is not my view but that would in turn seem to make sports all the more interestingp pthat is from jonah lehrers a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwamazoncommysteryseductionstrategyjonahlehrerebookdpb08ldv4rbrrefsr_1_1dchild1keywordsjonahlehrerqid1629415076sr81 target_blankmystery a seduction a strategy a solutiona just published by simon and schusterp pthe post a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108usafactoftheday9htmlusa fact of the daya appeared first on a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
blockquotepaccording recent measure ninetythree american television programs watched live single year sports related people watched super bowl oscars emmys grammys golden globes tonys emcombinedempblockquote pit reason find puzzling people simply interested sports find sports stupid attitude defensible view turn sports interestingp pthat jonah lehrers relnoopener hrefhttpswwwamazoncommysteryseductionstrategyjonahlehrerebookdpb08ldv4rbrrefsr_1_1dchild1keywordsjonahlehrerqid1629415076sr81 target_blankmystery seduction strategy solutiona published simon schusterp pthe post relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108usafactoftheday9htmlusa fact daya appeared relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
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They had better hurry up and distribute those AstraZeneca doses
blockquotepmovement data from last weekend show melburnians engaging in what experts have called thousands of small transgressions with the potential to drive covid19 infections higher as the effect of 200 days of lockdown takes an emotional tollp pgoogle mobility data compiled by ithe age ireveals that across the state last friday and saturday people were moving more than at any time since midjuly last year when complacency prompted premier daniel andrews to plunge the state into stagefour lockdown and mandatory maskwearingp plast weekend saw a spate of breaches a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwtheagecomaunationalvictoriavictoriarecords25newcaseslessthanhalfisolatingwhileinfectious20210815p58it4html datatrackrelatedarticleinarticlelink target_blankincluding an organised takeaway pub crawl in richmonda and an a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwtheagecomaunationalvictoriamedicalprofessionalsamongguestsatillegalengagementparty20210816p58j4chtml datatrackrelatedarticleinarticlelink target_blankengagement party in caulfield northa attended by 69 guests the couple involved in the illegal party have received 5400 fines two of their parents were also fined and other guests are being interviewedp div psome metropolitan municipalities including glen eira and bayside recorded their highest lockdown movement levels last week ahead of a number of a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwsmhcomaulifestylehealthandwellnessmelbournesuburboncovid19alertassexworkertestspositive20210818p58jychtml datatrackrelatedarticleinarticlelink target_blankmystery cases appearing in st kildaap div blockquote div blockquotepprofessor mike toole from melbournes burnet institute who lives in a mobility hotspot in the inner south said he was shocked to witness large groups of people gathering in parks at the weekendpblockquote phere is a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwtheagecomaunationalvictoriamovementlevelsinvictoriareachhighestinlockdown20210819p58k5thtml target_blankthe full articlea via rich dewey  and the sydney lockdown is a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwbbccomnewsworldaustralia58277503 target_blanknow extended until the end of septembera with masks mandated for outside as well  elsewherep blockquotepwalmart target and lowes by contrast all lifted sales forecasts this week after beating expectations for the three months to the end of july while demand for toilet paper and cleaning supplies has cooled after 2020s pantry hoarding the appetite for other products was broadbased  party supplies apparel and travel gear flew off walmarts shelves at home depot an early cache of halloween decorations sold out almost immediately swimsuits and childrens clothing were similarly popular at target and in another sign of confidence more customers returned to walmart and target store aisles after a year of browsing onlinepblockquote phere is a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwftcomcontent4c92cae402104c769d95507e4c1e8884 target_blankthe associated ft articlea  which set of values do you prefer  which do most people preferp div pthe post a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108theyhadbetterhurryupanddistributethoseastrazenecadoseshtmlthey had better hurry up and distribute those astrazeneca dosesa appeared first on a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
blockquotepmovement data weekend melburnians engaging experts called thousands small transgressions potential drive covid19 infections higher effect 200 days lockdown takes emotional tollp pgoogle mobility data compiled byithe ageireveals state friday saturday people moving time midjuly year complacency prompted premier daniel andrews plunge state stagefour lockdown mandatory maskwearingp plast weekend saw spate breachesa relnoopener hrefhttpswwwtheagecomaunationalvictoriavictoriarecords25newcaseslessthanhalfisolatingwhileinfectious20210815p58it4html datatrackrelatedarticleinarticlelink target_blankincluding organised takeaway pub crawl richmondaand ana relnoopener hrefhttpswwwtheagecomaunationalvictoriamedicalprofessionalsamongguestsatillegalengagementparty20210816p58j4chtml datatrackrelatedarticleinarticlelink target_blankengagement party caulfield northaattended 69 guests couple involved illegal party received 5400 fines parents fined guests interviewedp div psome metropolitan municipalities including glen eira bayside recorded highest lockdown movement levels week ahead number ofa relnoopener hrefhttpswwwsmhcomaulifestylehealthandwellnessmelbournesuburboncovid19alertassexworkertestspositive20210818p58jychtml datatrackrelatedarticleinarticlelink target_blankmystery cases appearing st kildaap div blockquote div blockquotepprofessor mike toole melbournes burnet institute lives mobility hotspot inner south said shocked witness large groups people gathering parks weekendpblockquote phere relnoopener hrefhttpswwwtheagecomaunationalvictoriamovementlevelsinvictoriareachhighestinlockdown20210819p58k5thtml target_blankthe articlea rich dewey sydney lockdown relnoopener hrefhttpswwwbbccomnewsworldaustralia58277503 target_blanknow extended end septembera masks mandated outside elsewherep blockquotepwalmart target lowes contrast lifted sales forecasts week beating expectations months end july demand toilet paper cleaning supplies cooled 2020s pantry hoarding appetite products broadbased party supplies apparel travel gear flew walmarts shelves home depot early cache halloween decorations sold immediately swimsuits childrens clothing similarly popular target sign confidence customers returned walmart target store aisles year browsing onlinepblockquote phere relnoopener hrefhttpswwwftcomcontent4c92cae402104c769d95507e4c1e8884 target_blankthe associated ft articlea set values prefer people preferp div pthe post relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108theyhadbetterhurryupanddistributethoseastrazenecadoseshtmlthey better hurry distribute astrazeneca dosesa appeared relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
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How sad that our regulatory state is still failing us
div section div div dataqadropcapletter blockquote p dataeltextwhen pfizer representatives met with senior us government health officials on july 12 they laid out why they thought a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwwashingtonpostcomhealth20210817boostershotsbidenadministrationitidlk_inline_manual_2 target_blankbooster shotsa would soon be necessary in the united states data from israel showed the vaccines effectiveness waned over time especially in older and immunocompromised peoplep blockquote div div div div dataqadropcapletter blockquote p dataeltextbut officials from the centers for disease control and prevention disagreed saying their own data showed something quite different according to four people with direct knowledge of the meeting who spoke on the condition of anonymityp p dataeltextother senior health officials in the meeting wereb bstunned why hadnt the cdc looped other government officials on the data could the agency share it at least with the food and drug administration which was responsible for deciding whether booster shots were necessary but cdc officials demurred saying they planned to publish it soonp p dataeltextthat episode say senior administration officials and outside experts illustrates the growing frustration with the cdcs slow and siloed approach to sharing data which prevented officials across the government from getting realtime information about how the delta variant was bearing down on the united states and behaving with greater ferocity than earlier variants an information gap they say stymied the responsep p dataeltextits not acceptable how long it takes for this data to be made available said a senior cdc official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal mattersb bits done in a very academic way cross every t and dot every i and unfortunately we dont have that luxury in a global pandemic theres going to be a need to have a significant cultural shift in the agencyp blockquote p dataeltexthere is a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwwashingtonpostcomhealth20210818cdcdatadelaydeltavariant target_blankthe full washington post storya by yasmeen abutaleb and lena h sunp div div section div pthe post a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108howsadthatourregulatorystateisstillfailingushtmlhow sad that our regulatory state is still failing usa appeared first on a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
div section div div dataqadropcapletter blockquote p dataeltextwhen pfizer representatives met senior government health officials july 12 laid thought relnoopener hrefhttpswwwwashingtonpostcomhealth20210817boostershotsbidenadministrationitidlk_inline_manual_2 target_blankbooster shotsa soon necessary united states data israel showed vaccines effectiveness waned time especially older immunocompromised peoplep blockquote div div div div dataqadropcapletter blockquote p dataeltextbut officials centers disease control prevention disagreed saying data showed different according people direct knowledge meeting spoke condition anonymityp p dataeltextother senior health officials meeting wereb bstunned hadnt cdc looped government officials data agency share food drug administration responsible deciding booster shots necessary cdc officials demurred saying planned publish soonp p dataeltextthat episode senior administration officials outside experts illustrates growing frustration cdcs slow siloed approach sharing data prevented officials government getting realtime information delta variant bearing united states behaving greater ferocity earlier variants information gap stymied responsep p dataeltextits acceptable long takes data available said senior cdc official spoke condition anonymity discuss internal mattersb bits academic way cross t dot unfortunately dont luxury global pandemic theres going need significant cultural shift agencyp blockquote p dataeltexthere relnoopener hrefhttpswwwwashingtonpostcomhealth20210818cdcdatadelaydeltavariant target_blankthe washington post storya yasmeen abutaleb lena h sunp div div section div pthe post relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108howsadthatourregulatorystateisstillfailingushtmlhow sad regulatory state failing usa appeared relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
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The economics of Taliban finance
blockquotepan example of islamist governance can be found on the stretch of road from kabul to the mile 78 border crossing in southwest farah province that borders iranp pthe road has more than 25 government checkpoints and a fee is charged at multiple points on the journey by contrast the taliban who police the same road have far fewer checkpoints and give a receipt so only a single payment is necessaryp pibraheem bahiss an afghanistan consultant at international crisis group said the taliban sought to portray themselves as better administrators increasingly they began coopting government infrastructure to offer [improved] service deliveries said bahiss explaining that the taliban in some areas ensured that teachers and nurses showed up to workp pin recent years the taliban has widened its tax base from centuriesold taxes of oshr a onetenth tithe of harvest produce and zakat a religious tax of 25 per cent of disposable income for the poor although collection is often lowerp pin nimroz province levies on transit goods such as vehicles and cigarettes formed 80 per cent of taliban revenues odi research concludedp pillegal mining and taxes on imported fuel are further sources of funds taliban earnings on fuel imported from iran were as high as 30m last year according to the alcis consultancypblockquote phere is a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwftcomcontent25b489672d8c4acd8699e0cbdf164cb8 target_blankthe full ft storya  you will note that the bandits side of the taliban are able to raise this revenue in part because afghanistan suffers from the misfortune of being a landlocked country  with sea routes as a possible alternatives to goods and services such fiscal systems would be harder to pull off for both the taliban and the previous government i might add  landlocked countries often have it tough  by the way much of the rest of the article considers drugs as a revenue sourcep pthe post a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108theeconomicsoftalibanfinancehtmlthe economics of taliban financea appeared first on a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
blockquotepan example islamist governance found stretch road kabul mile 78 border crossing southwest farah province borders iranp pthe road 25 government checkpoints fee charged multiple points journey contrast taliban police road far fewer checkpoints receipt single payment necessaryp pibraheem bahiss afghanistan consultant international crisis group said taliban sought portray better administrators increasingly began coopting government infrastructure offer [improved] service deliveries said bahiss explaining taliban areas ensured teachers nurses showed workp pin recent years taliban widened tax base centuriesold taxes oshr onetenth tithe harvest produce zakat religious tax 25 cent disposable income poor collection lowerp pin nimroz province levies transit goods vehicles cigarettes formed 80 cent taliban revenues odi research concludedp pillegal mining taxes imported fuel sources funds taliban earnings fuel imported iran high 30m year according alcis consultancypblockquote phere relnoopener hrefhttpswwwftcomcontent25b489672d8c4acd8699e0cbdf164cb8 target_blankthe ft storya note bandits taliban able raise revenue afghanistan suffers misfortune landlocked country sea routes possible alternatives goods services fiscal systems harder pull taliban previous government add landlocked countries tough way rest article considers drugs revenue sourcep pthe post relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108theeconomicsoftalibanfinancehtmlthe economics taliban financea appeared relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
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Covid markets in everything, certified air ambulance regulatory arbitrage edition
div blockquotepwe werent sure what was going to happen if they were going to separate us or put us in a hospital said mcelroy i didnt know if i was going to need a respiratorp pnone of that happened within 72 hours the couple was on a learjet back to arizonapblockquote div div blockquotepbefore they left underwood purchased memberships with a relnoopener hrefhttpscovacglobalcom target_blankcovac globala a medical evacuation company launched by the crisis response firm hri in the spring of 2020 it meant the couple didnt pay a dime for their repatriation said mcelroyp pcommercial airlines and private jets cant fly travelers with covid19 home but certified air ambulances staffed with medical teams canp pwhile some companies evacuate travelers who require hospitalization covac global retrieves travelers who test positive for covid19 and have one selfreported symptom about 85 of evacuees are returned home while the rest need hospital attention said ceo ross thompsonp pwhen cnbc a hrefhttpswwwcnbccom20210401howtoflyhomeifyoutestpositiveforcovidhtmlfirst spoke with the company in marcha it was performing about two to three medical evacuations every month now that number has climbed to about 12 to 20pblockquote phere is a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwcnbccom20210820whattogethomeifitestpositiveforcovidwhiletravelinghtml target_blankthe full storya via shaffin shariffp div pthe post a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108covidmarketsineverythingcertifiedairambulanceregulatoryarbitrageeditionhtmlcovid markets in everything certified air ambulance regulatory arbitrage editiona appeared first on a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
div blockquotepwe werent sure going happen going separate hospital said mcelroy didnt know going need respiratorp pnone happened 72 hours couple learjet arizonapblockquote div div blockquotepbefore left underwood purchased memberships relnoopener hrefhttpscovacglobalcom target_blankcovac globala medical evacuation company launched crisis response firm hri spring 2020 meant couple didnt pay dime repatriation said mcelroyp pcommercial airlines private jets cant fly travelers covid19 home certified air ambulances staffed medical teams canp pwhile companies evacuate travelers require hospitalization covac global retrieves travelers test positive covid19 selfreported symptom 85 evacuees returned home rest need hospital attention said ceo ross thompsonp pwhen cnbca hrefhttpswwwcnbccom20210401howtoflyhomeifyoutestpositiveforcovidhtmlfirst spoke company marcha performing medical evacuations month number climbed 12 20pblockquote phere relnoopener hrefhttpswwwcnbccom20210820whattogethomeifitestpositiveforcovidwhiletravelinghtml target_blankthe storya shaffin shariffp div pthe post relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108covidmarketsineverythingcertifiedairambulanceregulatoryarbitrageeditionhtmlcovid markets certified air ambulance regulatory arbitrage editiona appeared relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
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What is going on with productivity? (from my email)
blockquotepvarious web sources but none of this seems controversialp p1 us gdp is now higher in fact a fair bit higher then when the pandemic beganp p2 us labor force participation is about 15 lower than when the pandemic beganp pwas there really slack to the tune of a few million people in jan of 2020p phas inflation really changed enough to make the gdp numbers misleadingp phas total factor productivity improved that much in that time under those stressesp por is this all a sign that the structure of the economy is more stratified than we think that there are millions of people in moreorless filler jobs who can be cast out and the economy just keeps on running along   yes there are all sorts of reports of labor shortages and all manner of supply chain hiccups which seem to often be associated with off shoring but general activity is still high   or is it  are the numbers reporting vapor gdp or are the inflation adjustments really out of whack so real gdp is not what we think it ispblockquote pthat is all from bryan willmanp pthe post a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108whatisgoingonwithproductivityfrommyemailhtmlwhat is going on with productivity from my emaila appeared first on a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
blockquotepvarious web sources controversialp p1 gdp higher fact fair bit higher pandemic beganp p2 labor force participation 15 lower pandemic beganp pwas slack tune million people jan 2020p phas inflation changed gdp numbers misleadingp phas total factor productivity improved time stressesp por sign structure economy stratified think millions people moreorless filler jobs cast economy keeps running yes sorts reports labor shortages manner supply chain hiccups associated shoring general activity high numbers reporting vapor gdp inflation adjustments whack real gdp think ispblockquote pthat bryan willmanp pthe post relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108whatisgoingonwithproductivityfrommyemailhtmlwhat going productivity emaila appeared relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
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The problem with fitting third doses into a regulatory structure
pthat is a key theme of a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwbloombergcomopinionarticles20210822firstcovidimmobilizedusnowgovernmentsarecmpid3dsocialflowtwitterviewutm_contentviewutm_campaignsocialfloworganicutm_mediumsocialutm_sourcetwittersrefhtohjx5y target_blankmy latest bloomberg columna here is one excerptp blockquote pin the us president joe bidens administration is now pushing third booster shots for people who already have been vaccinated that might be a good idea but it too creates additional uncertainty for travel and migration and for social interaction more broadly if three doses are so important should people be allowed to travel or for that matter interact indoors with only two doses the bar is raised yet againp pof course the issues do not end with the third dose if the efficacy of the second dose declines significantly in less than a year might the same happen with the third dose how long before four doses are necessary or maybe five or what if yet another significant covid variant comes along and only some people have a booster dose against that strain what then counts as being sufficiently vaccinatedp pmany americans a relnofollow noopener hrefhttpspbstwimgcommediae9f9vyjwyaa1fhhjpg target_blankseem to be keena to get their third dose but by the nature of counting that number is fewer than the number willing to get two doses furthermore many people might just tire of the stress of dealing with an ongoing stream of obligatory booster shots and stop at one or twop pthe sad reality is that the twodose standard may not last very long whether abroad or domestically the same is true of the even weaker onedose standard with johnson amp johnson and astrazeneca vaccine mandates will become harder to define and enforce will be less transparent and will probably be less popularp pif you tell people that three doses are needed for safety but two doses are enough to get you into a concert or government building how are they supposed to sort out the mixed messages it is not obvious that enough people will get the third dose in a timely manner to make that a workable standard for vaccine passportsp padd to that the a relnofollow noopener hrefhttpsmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108thefdaandcdcstandardsonthejjvaccineandtheimmunocompromisedareunintelligiblehtml target_blankproblemsa with the johnson amp johnson vaccine which originally the government urged people to get now those people are not being given comparable chances to obtain boosters in fact they are not yet being given specific guidance at all are they orphaned out of any new vaccine passport system or will supposedly dangerous exceptions be made for them or do they just have to start all overp pthe big international winner from all this is likely to be mexico which has remained an open country and is not relying on vaccine passports in general i do not admire mexicos lackadaisical covid response but the country may end up in a relatively favorable position most of all when it comes to tourism and international business meetingsp pas for the us and europe the temptation to escalate required safety measures is understandable but the previous vaccine standards were largely workable ones if they are made tougher they might break down altogetherp blockquote precommendedp pthe post a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108theproblemwithfittingthirddosesintoaregulatorystructurehtmlthe problem with fitting third doses into a regulatory structurea appeared first on a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
pthat key theme relnoopener hrefhttpswwwbloombergcomopinionarticles20210822firstcovidimmobilizedusnowgovernmentsarecmpid3dsocialflowtwitterviewutm_contentviewutm_campaignsocialfloworganicutm_mediumsocialutm_sourcetwittersrefhtohjx5y target_blankmy latest bloomberg columna excerptp blockquote pin president joe bidens administration pushing booster shots people vaccinated good idea creates additional uncertainty travel migration social interaction broadly doses important people allowed travel matter interact indoors doses bar raised againp pof course issues end dose efficacy second dose declines significantly year happen dose long doses necessary maybe significant covid variant comes people booster dose strain counts sufficiently vaccinatedp pmany americansa relnofollow noopener hrefhttpspbstwimgcommediae9f9vyjwyaa1fhhjpg target_blankseem keenato dose nature counting number fewer number willing doses furthermore people tire stress dealing ongoing stream obligatory booster shots stop twop pthe sad reality twodose standard long abroad domestically true weaker onedose standard johnson amp johnson astrazeneca vaccine mandates harder define enforce transparent probably popularp pif tell people doses needed safety doses concert government building supposed sort mixed messages obvious people dose timely manner workable standard vaccine passportsp padd thea relnofollow noopener hrefhttpsmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108thefdaandcdcstandardsonthejjvaccineandtheimmunocompromisedareunintelligiblehtml target_blankproblemsawith johnson amp johnson vaccine originally government urged people people given comparable chances obtain boosters fact given specific guidance orphaned new vaccine passport system supposedly dangerous exceptions start overp pthe big international winner likely mexico remained open country relying vaccine passports general admire mexicos lackadaisical covid response country end relatively favorable position comes tourism international business meetingsp pas europe temptation escalate required safety measures understandable previous vaccine standards largely workable ones tougher break altogetherp blockquote precommendedp pthe post relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108theproblemwithfittingthirddosesintoaregulatorystructurehtmlthe problem fitting doses regulatory structurea appeared relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
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The Afghani dollar
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Ashish Kulkarni interviews me
piframe allowfullscreentrue srchttpswwwyoutubecomembedzyfxi4frqjwversion3rel1showsearch0showinfo1iv_load_policy1fs1hlenusautohide2wmodetransparent width640 height360iframep pabout half is about india including on how to construct an ideal india trip and also on the legacy of british colonialism  the other half is his very careful memoryrich questions about earlier strongmrstrong posts  i was happy with how it turned outp pthe post a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108ashishkulkarniinterviewsmehtmlashish kulkarni interviews mea appeared first on a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
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Quillette's Best on Critical Social Justice
figureimg srchttpss3amazonawscomprodstaticcontentquillettecom202108wilfridlaurierpng altquillettes best on critical social justice width1200 height800figureimg altquillettes best on critical social justice srchttpss3amazonawscomprodstaticcontentquillettecom202108criticalsocialjusticepngpstronga hrefhttpsquillettecom20171121wilfridlauriercreepcriticaltheorywilfrid laurier and the creep of critical theorya stronguri harrisbrbrwere moving away from the multidimensional bottomup approach to discourse that has characterised and helped shape western societies and towards a singular topdown approach that more resembles how western societies looked before the enlightenmentpfigureimg srchttpss3amazonawscomprodstaticcontentquillettecom202108blankbookpng altquillettes best on critical social justice width1200 height800figurepa hrefhttpsquillettecom20180415stiflinguniformityliterarytheorystrongthe stifling uniformity of literary theorystronga strongstrong neema parvinippeither you are with the oppressed and therefore on the side of the angels or you are implicitly supporting the side of the oppressors and a damnable and unrepentant sinnerpfigureimg srchttpss3amazonawscomprodstaticcontentquillettecom202108ffm_adornogedenktafeljpeg altquillettes best on critical social justice width1200 height749figurepa hrefhttpsquillettecom20190103thefrankfurtschoolandpostmodernphilosophystrongthe frankfurt school and postmodern philosophystronga strongstrong matt mcmanusppwhile they were often reticent to simply accept full irrationalism in all its nihilistic connotations postmodern philosophers were often willing to flirt with deep skepticism and even mysticism as a default philosophical outlookpfigureimg srchttpss3amazonawscomprodstaticcontentquillettecom202108deadendpng altquillettes best on critical social justice width1200 height800figurepa hrefhttpsquillettecom20190923postmodernismsdeadenda hrefhttpsquillettecom20190923postmodernismsdeadendstrongpostmodernisms dead endstronga a maximilian wernerppaccording to this culturally relative view of the world then truth is arbitrary and exclusive rather than evidentiary and shared the consequence is divisivenesspfigureimg srchttpss3amazonawscomprodstaticcontentquillettecom202108statuepng altquillettes best on critical social justice width1200 height800figurepa hrefhttpsquillettecom20200305acloserlookatwhitefragilitytheorystronga closer look at white fragility theorystronga strongstrong valerie taricoppwhite fragility theory simultaneously rejects racial essentialism and embraces it perhaps this paradox reflects where many americans are in the long arc of struggle toward equity and justicepfigureimg srchttpss3amazonawscomprodstaticcontentquillettecom202108whitefragilitypng altquillettes best on critical social justice width1200 height800figurepa hrefhttpsquillettecom20180824theproblemwithwhitefragilitytheorystrongthe problem with white fragility theorystronga strongstrong jonathan churchppit appears that diangelo and her disciples have become so focused on white illiteracy in the conversation about race that they are prepared to sacrifice the scientific method on the altar of fighting institutional racismpfigureimg srchttpss3amazonawscomprodstaticcontentquillettecom202108kaufmannpng altquillettes best on critical social justice width1200 height800figurepstronga hrefhttpsquillettecom20181027whiteprivilegeisrealbutwellmeaningwhiteliberalsarehelpingtoperpetuateitwhite privilege is real but wellmeaning white liberals are helping to perpetuate ita strong eric kaufmannpprather than imagining a world of conflicting groups in which whites oppress nonwhites we should think of white privilege as a complex structure which all people of all races and ethnicities bear some responsibility forpfigureimg srchttpss3amazonawscomprodstaticcontentquillettecom202108peggymcintoshpng altquillettes best on critical social justice width1200 height812figurepa hrefhttpsquillettecom20180829unpackingpeggymcintoshsknapsackstrongunpacking peggy mcintoshs knapsackstronga strongstrong william rayppevery time identity politics has been used by any faction in human history for any reason violence eventually followspfigureimg srchttpss3amazonawscomprodstaticcontentquillettecom202108wp1png altquillettes best on critical social justice width1200 height800figurepa hrefhttpsquillettecom20190822whywhiteprivilegeiswrongpart1strongwhy white privilege is wrongpart 1stronga strongstrong vincent harinam and rob hendersonppclearly differences exist between ethnic groups in the us but as weve shown white privilege does not explain them in fact white privilege condenses the complexities of group outcomes into a simple narrative that does not help anyonepfigureimg srchttpss3amazonawscomprodstaticcontentquillettecom202108wp2jpeg altquillettes best on critical social justice width1200 height800figurepa hrefhttpsquillettecom20191016whywhiteprivilegeiswrongpart2strongwhy white privilege is wrongpart 2stronga strongstrong vincent harinam and rob hendersonppwhite privilege gives you a simple answer and a clear enemy but if we truly want to understand and mitigate group differences then taking a closer look at the data is a far better approachp
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Fortschritt
blockquote p datatestidparagraph0germany has decided to stop using the coronavirus infection rate as its yardstick for deciding if restrictions should be in force to contain the spread of the virus chancellor angela merkel said on mondayp p datatestidparagraph1the sevenday incidence rate was a key measure in determining whether restrictions could be imposed or lifted with infection thresholds of 35 50 and 100 per 100000 people triggering the opening or closure of different parts of societyp p datatestidparagraph2but as the number of people who are fully vaccinated rises calls have grown for the incidence rate to be dropped as a measure to determine whether lockdowns are necessaryp p datatestidparagraph3we decided today that we no longer need comprehensive protective measures when the number of cases or incidence is 50 because a large proportion of the people are vaccinated merkel saidp blockquote p datatestidparagraph3when will california do the same  here is a relnoopener hrefhttpswwwreuterscomworldeuropegermandropincidencelevelskeycovidyardsticksources20210823 target_blankthe full storyap pthe post a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108fortschritthtmlfortschritta appeared first on a relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
blockquote p datatestidparagraph0germany decided stop coronavirus infection rate yardstick deciding restrictions force contain spread virus chancellor angela merkel said mondayp p datatestidparagraph1the sevenday incidence rate key measure determining restrictions imposed lifted infection thresholds 35 50 100 100000 people triggering opening closure different parts societyp p datatestidparagraph2but number people fully vaccinated rises calls grown incidence rate dropped measure determine lockdowns necessaryp p datatestidparagraph3we decided today longer need comprehensive protective measures number cases incidence 50 large proportion people vaccinated merkel saidp blockquote p datatestidparagraph3when california relnoopener hrefhttpswwwreuterscomworldeuropegermandropincidencelevelskeycovidyardsticksources20210823 target_blankthe storyap pthe post relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginalrevolution202108fortschritthtmlfortschritta appeared relnofollow hrefhttpmarginalrevolutioncommarginal revolutionap
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The Rise (and Fall) of the Modern Bank of England
pthe notion of an essentially contestable concept means an issue which by its very nature can never be definitively settled no matter how much brilliance is expended on it and about which no logic or evidence can ever force disputing parties to agree thus they are in the words of stuart hampshire permanently and essentially subject to revision and question in short the debate never ends how many such essentially contestable propositions have we seen macroeconomics like politics and philosophy is full of themp pin macroeconomics one essentially contestable issue is what the ideal nature and functions of a central bank should be given the immense financial and political importance of central banks in a world that runs entirely on the fiat currencies they create and inflate these are critical questions but no answer though it may be in fashion for a time turns out to be permanent crises occur theories run up against surprising reality the debates resume and central bank evolution has no end no ideal final statep pharold james ema relnoopener hrefhttpswwwamazoncommakingmoderncentralbankmacroeconomicdp1108799493taglawliberty20 target_blankmaking a modern central bankaspan [1]spanem is a very instructive book in this respect it relates in great and often exhausting detail the lengthy debates concerning the functions and organization of that iconic central bank the bank of england in the midst of the financial events of the years 19792003 with a brief but essential update at the end on what has happened since then the bank of england seemed to be engaged in a constant quest to determine what its real function might be james observes the quest involved lots of brilliant minds and colorful personalities and they remind us that it is easier to be brilliant than right when dealing with the economic and financial futurep pin the longer historical background of these debates and important to their psychology is that the bank as the book usually refers to it had had a great run as the dominant central bank in the world under the gold standard it had impressive traditions going back to its founding in 1694 then in the wake of the financial destruction as well as all the other destruction of the first world war the role of the worlds leading central bank was taken over by the federal reserve representing the newly dominant us dollarp pstill the bank of england punches internationally above its weight james writes not because of the strength of the british economy but because [quoting paul krugman] of its intellectual adventurousness this intellectual flair is well displayed in the book moreover in its institutional history the bank calls on long experience in the grand sweep of economic and financial evolution in 1979 it was approaching its 300th anniversary while the fed was less than 70 years oldp pat that point the bank of england was facing severe stress the 1970s were years of crisis everywhere but especially in the uk there was in particular the collapse of the fixed exchange rate world of bretton woods which was the final disappearance of the gold standard over which the bank had once presided there were the two oil price shocks generating substantial instability the global great inflation was roaring the british pound sterling kept getting weakerp paccording to james the policy discussions of the uk in 1976 were dramatic and humiliating they turned into an indictment of a britain that had failed because of the foreign exchange crisis the governor of the bank of england and the chancellor of the exchequer could not make their scheduled journeys to the imf [international monetary fund] annual meetings the prime humiliation was that britain once a vast imperial and financial power had been forced to ask the imf for a loan which imposed heavy cuts in the government budget goodbye great britain said a 1975 emwall street journalem headlinep pof course there were different ideas about what to do there was a struggle between differing parts of the british economic establishment a clash [between] treasury and bank the discussions debates and political dialectic between the treasury and the bank are a central theme of the entire book can a central bank be truly independent or is it instead just a subsidiary and a servant of the treasury or is it something in betweenperhaps independent within the government as the federal reserve used to incoherently but diplomatically say for james the relationship between treasury and bank remained permanently haunted by potential or actual controversyp palways in the background in the bank of england case james points out is this provision of the bank of england act of 1946p blockquote classwpblockquotepthe treasury may from time to time give such directions to the bank as after consultation with the governor of the bank they think necessary in the public interestpblockquote pthats pretty clear there is certainly nothing in the federal reserve act about giving directions in that fashion although the us treasury department and the white house always do want to give directions to the fed and sometimes succeed as donald kettl observed in emleadership at the fedem the feds power continues to rest on its political support and james shows how true this is of the bank of englandp pthe bank of england act of 1998 is more nuanced but does not change who the senior partner isp blockquote classwpblockquotepthe objectives of the bank of england shall bea to maintain price stability and b subject to that to support the economic policy of her majestys governmentpblockquote pit is the treasury her majestys government that gets to determine what price stabilitya relnoopener target_blankathat is the inflation targeta relnoopener target_blanka will be not the bank the bank thus has operational independence but not target independence in contrast the federal reserve has had the remarkable hubris to assert it can set an inflation target define price stability by itself in most other countries it is given by or negotiated with the governmentp figure classwpblockpullquote blockquotepthroughout these challenging events the roles of the bank of england as promoter of systemic financial stability provider of financing to combat the panics and financial instability coordinator and regulator of the banking firms and creator of moral hazard by bailouts are prominentall in addition to its key monetary inflationcontrolling rolepblockquote figure pas the book proceeds the bank moves from 1970s humiliation to what appears to be a successful modern central bank by 2003 although that afterwards turns out to be ephemeral along the way were many crises all interestingly related for those with a taste for financial historyp pthere was another foreign exchange crisis involving more humiliation on black wednesdayseptember 16 1992the pound sank in spite of very costly and ultimately futile support by the bank of england breaking the european exchange rate mechanism of fixed parities and famously making giant profits for george soros and other speculators the experiment in european cooperation had ended in failure bringing a progressive distancing of the uk from europe and was an earlier version of brexit james suggestsp pthere were multiple credit and banking crises and bailouts these included a deep real estate bust when house prices fell from 1989 to 1993 and many banks fell along with them a larger one national home loans had twofifths of its loan book over two months in arrears there was the scandalous collapse of bcci the bank of credit and commerce international popularly dubbed the bank of crooks and cocaine international in 1991 it looked as if there might be a panic and a run on the midland bank one of the largest banks the bank of england considered midland indeed too big to failp pthe famous firm of barings londons oldest merchant bank collapsed in 1995 from the notorious losses of a rogue trader in asia barings had also failed in 1890 from argentine entanglements when it was rescued by the bank of england this time it got sold to a dutch bank for one pound the 1995 barings crisis involved a particularly british problem the worry that the queen had very nearly lost some of her fundsp pthroughout these challenging events the roles of the bank of england as promoter of systemic financial stability provider of financing to combat the panics and financial instability coordinator and regulator of the banking firms and creator of moral hazard by bailouts are prominentall in addition to its key monetary inflationcontrolling role how many functions should the bank of england have this kept being debatedp pin the 1990s the bank began to specify essential or core purposes in particular initially three currency or price stability financial stability and the promotion of the uk financial service sector james points out however the bank still had fourteen highlevel strategic objectives twentyseven area strategic aims fortynine business objectives and fiftyfive management objectivesp pand then came the big redesign complex intensely political intellectually provocative negotiations among strong personalities in the government and the bank related in enjoyable journalistic detail led to the 1998 bank of england act this act sharply focused the bank on the core function of maintaining price stability which as defined turned out to be an inflation target the bank would get to choose the methods to achieve this though it would be given the target the act also took financial supervision away from the bank and moved it all to a new consolidated regulator the financial services authority fsap pthe result was an independent modern central bank in line with the international central banking theories and fashion of the new 21st century as james explains a modern central bank has a much narrower and more limited set of tasks or functions than the often historic institution from which it developed the objective is the provision of monetary stability nothing more and nothing less for the bank of england by the early 2000s that task looked like it had been achieved with stunning successp pit takes the book 450 scholarly pages to reach this outcome the remaining 11 pages relate how it didnt work the modern central bank turned out to be far from the end of central banking history or the end of the related debatesp blockquote classwpblockquotepthe monetary and financial governance which appeared to have been functioning so smoothly and satisfactorily was severely tested after 20072008pblockquote blockquote classwpblockquotepthe crisis required central banks to multitask feverishlypblockquote blockquote classwpblockquotepa new wave of institutional upheaval set inpblockquote blockquote classwpblockquotepthe 2012 financial services act abolished the fsapblockquote blockquote classwpblockquotepby 2017 something that looked rather more like the old bank was being recreatedpblockquote blockquote classwpblockquotepthe old theme of the bank as provider or guarantor of financial stability came backpblockquote pand so in central banking the great evolution and cycling of ideas and of fashions continues the essentially contestable concepts keep being contestedp divh3endnotesh3ollispanmaking a modern central bankspan httpswwwamazoncommakingmoderncentralbankmacroeconomicdp1108799493taglawliberty20lioldivpthe post a relnofollow hrefhttpswwwrstreetorg20210823theriseandfallofthemodernbankofenglandthe rise and fall of the modern bank of englanda appeared first on a relnofollow hrefhttpswwwrstreetorgr streetap img width1 alt srchttpfeedsfeedburnercomrrstreet4rcjg1zweoae height1
pthe notion essentially contestable concept means issue nature definitively settled matter brilliance expended logic evidence force disputing parties agree words stuart hampshire permanently essentially subject revision questionin short debate ends essentially contestable propositions seen macroeconomics like politics philosophy themp pin macroeconomics essentially contestable issue ideal nature functions central bank given immense financial political importance central banks world runs entirely fiat currencies create inflate critical questions answer fashion time turns permanent crises occur theories run surprising reality debates resume central bank evolution end ideal final statep pharold jamesema relnoopener hrefhttpswwwamazoncommakingmoderncentralbankmacroeconomicdp1108799493taglawliberty20 target_blankmaking modern central bankaspan [1]spanemis instructive book respect relates great exhausting detail lengthy debates concerning functions organization iconic central bank bank england midst financial events years 19792003 brief essential update end happened bank england engaged constant quest determine real function james observes quest involved lots brilliant minds colorful personalities remind easier brilliant right dealing economic financial futurep pin longer historical background debates important psychology bank book usually refers great run dominant central bank world gold standard impressive traditions going founding 1694 wake financial destruction destruction world war role worlds leading central bank taken federal reserve representing newly dominant dollarp pstill bank england punches internationally weight james writes strength british economy [quoting paul krugman] intellectual adventurousness intellectual flair displayed book institutional history bank calls long experience grand sweep economic financial evolution 1979 approaching 300th anniversary fed 70 years oldp pat point bank england facing severe stress 1970s years crisis especially uk particular collapse fixed exchange rate world bretton woods final disappearance gold standard bank presided oil price shocks generating substantial instability global great inflation roaring british pound sterling kept getting weakerp paccording james policy discussions uk 1976 dramatic humiliating turned indictment britain failed foreign exchange crisis governor bank england chancellor exchequer scheduled journeys imf [international monetary fund] annual meetings prime humiliation britain vast imperial financial power forced ask imf loan imposed heavy cuts government budget goodbye great britain said 1975emwall street journalemheadlinep pof course different ideas struggle differing parts british economic establishment clash [between] treasury bank discussions debates political dialectic treasury bank central theme entire book central bank truly independent instead subsidiary servant treasury betweenperhaps independent government federal reserve incoherently diplomatically james relationship treasury bank remained permanently haunted potential actual controversyp palways background bank england case james points provision bank england act 1946p blockquote classwpblockquotepthe treasury time time directions bank consultation governor bank think necessary public interestpblockquote pthats pretty clear certainly federal reserve act giving directions fashion treasury department white house want directions fed succeed donald kettl observed inemleadership fedem feds power continues rest political support james shows true bank englandp pthe bank england act 1998 nuanced change senior partner isp blockquote classwpblockquotepthe objectives bank england shall bea maintain price stability b subject support economic policy majestys governmentpblockquote pit treasury majestys government gets determine price stabilitya relnoopener target_blankathat inflation targeta relnoopener target_blankawill bank bank operational independence target independence contrast federal reserve remarkable hubris assert set inflation target define price stability countries given negotiated governmentp figure classwpblockpullquote blockquotepthroughout challenging events roles bank england promoter systemic financial stability provider financing combat panics financial instability coordinator regulator banking firms creator moral hazard bailouts prominentall addition key monetary inflationcontrolling rolepblockquote figure pas book proceeds bank moves 1970s humiliation appears successful modern central bank 2003 turns ephemeral way crises interestingly related taste financial historyp pthere foreign exchange crisis involving humiliation black wednesdayseptember 16 1992the pound sank spite costly ultimately futile support bank england breaking european exchange rate mechanism fixed parities famously making giant profits george soros speculators experiment european cooperation ended failure bringing progressive distancing uk europe earlier version brexit james suggestsp pthere multiple credit banking crises bailouts included deep real estate bust house prices fell 1989 1993 banks fell larger national home loans twofifths loan book months arrears scandalous collapse bcci bank credit commerce international popularly dubbed bank crooks cocaine international 1991 looked panic run midland bank largest banks bank england considered midland big failp pthe famous firm barings londons oldest merchant bank collapsed 1995 notorious losses rogue trader asia barings failed 1890 argentine entanglements rescued bank england time got sold dutch bank pound 1995 barings crisis involved particularly british problem worry queen nearly lost fundsp pthroughout challenging events roles bank england promoter systemic financial stability provider financing combat panics financial instability coordinator regulator banking firms creator moral hazard bailouts prominentall addition key monetary inflationcontrolling role functions bank england kept debatedp pin 1990s bank began specify essential core purposes particular initially currency price stability financial stability promotion uk financial service sector james points bank fourteen highlevel strategic objectives twentyseven area strategic aims fortynine business objectives fiftyfive management objectivesp pand came big redesign complex intensely political intellectually provocative negotiations strong personalities government bank related enjoyable journalistic detail led 1998 bank england act act sharply focused bank core function maintaining price stability defined turned inflation target bank choose methods achieve given target act took financial supervision away bank moved new consolidated regulator financial services authority fsap pthe result independent modern central bank line international central banking theories fashion new 21st century james explains modern central bank narrower limited set tasks functions historic institution developed objective provision monetary stability bank england early 2000s task looked like achieved stunning successp pit takes book 450 scholarly pages reach outcome remaining 11 pages relate didnt work modern central bank turned far end central banking history end related debatesp blockquote classwpblockquotepthe monetary financial governance appeared functioning smoothly satisfactorily severely tested 20072008pblockquote blockquote classwpblockquotepthe crisis required central banks multitask feverishlypblockquote blockquote classwpblockquotepa new wave institutional upheaval set inpblockquote blockquote classwpblockquotepthe 2012 financial services act abolished fsapblockquote blockquote classwpblockquotepby 2017 looked like old bank recreatedpblockquote blockquote classwpblockquotepthe old theme bank provider guarantor financial stability came backpblockquote pand central banking great evolution cycling ideas fashions continues essentially contestable concepts contestedp divh3endnotesh3ollispanmaking modern central bankspan 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