This Week’s ClippingsThere are parallel societies out there you are unaware of till you become part of them; the bereaved for example, or parenthood. One of the…Feb 12, 2024Feb 12, 2024
This Week’s ClippingsFiona Hill has become the Putin-whisperer, but isn’t there a concentration risk in this kind of ‘go-to’ expert? What if she’s not always…Feb 6, 2024Feb 6, 2024
This Week’s CuttingsSand is more fascinating than you think (unless you think it’s really fascinating, obviously). Fun fact: Saudi Arabia imports sand from…Jan 28, 2024Jan 28, 2024
This Week’s CuttingsMore on the pushback against Piketty’s inequality narrative. Conclusion? It’s complicated…Perhaps you prefer to delve into the long view…Jan 15, 2024Jan 15, 2024
This Week’s CuttingsSomething is going on with the climate…and it’s starting to have consequences. But the market will provide, by raising costs…Jan 8, 2024Jan 8, 2024
This Week’s CuttingsNoble intentions but this story seems counter-productive. You’d really hope for more than this. If these are all we have to cling to then…Dec 27, 2023Dec 27, 2023
This week’s cuttingsYou don’t have to live that long to notice how repetitive things can be. For example, it seems that every year there is another worried…Dec 16, 2023Dec 16, 2023
This week’s cuttingsThomas Piketty’s “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” may be one of the great unread books, but this paper is considerably shorter, the…Dec 7, 2023Dec 7, 2023
Paid to Play?The Metaverse or Web3 or what have you can be frustratingly ill-defined. This is fair enough to an extent; in the process of becoming, the…May 3, 2022May 3, 2022
