Starting to raise my estimate of the neutral rate of interest r*; partisan polarization & confidence in the economy; Roman Pompeii; & hexapodia podcast on the fading “vibecession”; what is the Fed...
Well at the risk of belaboring the obvious, the NYT is much as they ever were. I came across this from 1884:
"FROM THE NILE TO THE CONGO.
Foremost among the countless blessings of war is its power of teaching geography. The Egyptian conflict and the Soudan rebellion, while undeniably causing vast bloodshed and misery, have nevertheless brought out a great many maps and familiarized the world with East Africa."
Elsewhere - and in particular, no longer on Substack - Molly White reviews Andreesen Horowitz's latest news release:
RE: Pompeii: Due to amazing advances in scanning technology and software, it is now possible to read some of the scrolls that burned when Vesuvius erupted.
Well at the risk of belaboring the obvious, the NYT is much as they ever were. I came across this from 1884:
"FROM THE NILE TO THE CONGO.
Foremost among the countless blessings of war is its power of teaching geography. The Egyptian conflict and the Soudan rebellion, while undeniably causing vast bloodshed and misery, have nevertheless brought out a great many maps and familiarized the world with East Africa."
Elsewhere - and in particular, no longer on Substack - Molly White reviews Andreesen Horowitz's latest news release:
https://www.citationneeded.news/review-read-write-own-by-chris-dixon/
RE: Pompeii: Due to amazing advances in scanning technology and software, it is now possible to read some of the scrolls that burned when Vesuvius erupted.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/three-students-decipher-first-passages-2000-year-old-scroll-burned-vesuvius-eruption-180983738/
"Starting to raise my estimate of the neutral rate of interest r* ... by 0.01%-point"
OK now you're just winding us up.