All too true. - Great podcast/interview with an economist who writes for The Economist on trade and tariffs.
- Mr Money Mustache explains cost accounting, i.e., why avoiding is better than renting which is better than buying.
- China’s ban on “contaminated” recyclables (see my prior post) wrecks ambitious plans of American cities that didn’t count on paying much to recycle.
- Some useful insights on improving airline efficiency (I wasn’t so convinced by the big data sales pitch at the end).
- Physicists provide insights into GDP growth by ignoring misleading details and sticking with basic theory.
- Private entrepreneurs are helping Yemenis get drinking water as their government and public systems fail.
- Youval Hariri: “As a species, humans prefer power to truth” so some of us “speak truth to power” people have a hard job…
- Residents of Amsterdam’s Red Light District fight for priority over tourism.
- Americans view “economic health” through the lens of their political affiliation, a tendency that’s common in poorer corrupt countries.
H/T to MV