Interesting stuff

  1. This video rant [in Dutch] captures the paradox with Dutch government policies that call for “innovation everywhere” to solve problems while cutting the budget for higher education (as well as support for foreign students and lecturers).
  2. Listen: America is Switching from Booze to Weed
  3. Listen to this good discussion of the changing labor market, as in the jobs we do.
  4. Are our tribal instincts the source of our success? Listen in.
  5. Exporting Dutch bikes (best in the world for cities) to Canada.
  6. So Dutch: Rather than relax regulations strangling Amsterdam’s creative night culture, they build an “institute” to promote insiders. FFS.
  7. Water crises threaten our food supply, etc. Well, strike me down with a feather boa! (Yeah, I told you so!)
  8. Listen: Why Housing Is Artificially Expensive. Related: Is your city dying?
  9. Listen to the 10th episode of the Power Broker, i.e., where Robert Moses finally faces pushback for replacing communities with roads.
  10. Listen: Cannabis Is Booming [in the US], So Why Isn’t Anyone Getting Rich?

H/T to DL

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Author: David Zetland

I'm a political-economist from California who now lives in Amsterdam.

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