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"This lost also mostly deals with Europe up to the Second World War. There’s much good writing on both the post-War far right and fascism in the Americas, but that will have to wait for another time."

I dunno, now seems like a better time than any? Maybe put one or two of Snyder's books in there. And while you're at it, you could do worse than to signal boost his campaign to fund Ukrainian anti-drone defenses; I've donated. "Sometimes things are very simple. If you can easily do something to halt a genocide, then you should." https://snyder.substack.com/p/help-stop-a-genocide

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Central Bankers: Yes, inflation is politically more tonic than recession, but recent TIPS (Oh, Janet! Why won't you give us more intermediate tenors?? :( ) look to me like Power could pause for another month's data before raising rates again.

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Biden's energy policies looking pretty good? Let's check back in 2050 and see what "we" think. Was it as close to a tax on net CO2 emissions as was possible at the time? Maybe. But hare far are we from the tax on net CO emissions? Will technology am permit reform reduce the rate to zero? Which technology will power the CCS and at what cost?

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Always good to see Fritz Stern on a reading list!

'The Politics of Cultural Despair' is a wonderful book.

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The Quantian and Ben Collins links are broken.

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