- The Netherlands is in drought >>
- Are Americans buying big houses to show off (and risk) their wealth?
- A long but insightful look at US-China relations — and how Trump’s personality is undermining America’s future.
- A libertarian leaves China after 9 years. Read this essay on
rule of lawbureaucratic dictatorship. - A podcast with Richard Thaler, a behavioral economist who was in the lead to push back against the “mathurbation” version of economics that doesn’t work in reality
- American intellectuals trying to break out of the D-R axis
- A very nice podcast on bringing civility back to American discourse
- The academic left that downplayed Cambodia’s genocide
- How the Dutch use sand dunes to filter their drinking water
- What’s the value of crypto? Read this interview with Vitalik Buterin, creator of the ethereum protocol.