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Notes on Rome

The Devil Wears Prada

Blue Zones

State Capacity and Sidewalks

The Trial of Nikole Hannah-Jones

The Fed and Interest Rates

More than you wanted to know: The History of Rome

American universities are going to be alright

How did one bad medical paper lead to decades of bad medical advice?

Mamdani Versus Reality

Why Is Gas So Cheap?

Cruise Ship Economics

Tipping

The Demise of the Congo

Notes on Hamburg

Notes on Alsace

Red Pen Edit: The NYRB on Senior Citizens in America

Why Events Are So Expensive

Another Terrible Chart (The Guardian Edition)

More than you wanted to know: Harry S Truman

The Chicago Bears of Hammond, Indiana

$150 for a 15-minute train ride

How to travel plan like an economist

The New Landed Gentry

Vegas-by-the-Sea

Here Lies Spirit Airlines (1983-2026)

On Babies and Breweries

America already taxes the rich

A defense of "traveling like a local"

Special Interests and Autonomous Vehicles

March Madness and Multi-Causality

$500,000 is not middle class

A New Migration

War and Oil

Tariffs: March 2026 Update

Pad Thai Economics

No, Hillary Clinton would not have won the 2016 presidential election if America determined the president by popular vote

The New Economics of Marijuana

Red Pen Edit: The NYT on DoorDash and Food Delivery

The AI will see you now

Institutional Investors and Housing

Notes on Spain

The $19 New York City Apartment

The Doctor Wars

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