- “Russia Is a Rogue, Not a Peer; China Is a Peer, Not a Rogue”
- How America welcomed Russian kleptocrats (and domestic corruption)
- A nice discussion of Core Economics and the quest to make economics more useful (realistic) to students.
- “Dear Mr Zuckerberg: the problem isn’t the internet, it’s Facebook“
- This book review on the varying and pervasive impacts of climate change leads me to think that we are moving from a world dominated by the “information revolution” (the one displacing the industrial revolution) to one dominated by the “climate revolution,” which is — as all good revolutions do — overturning our ways of living. The sad part is that most of the climate-driven change will be unpleasant, expect perhaps for those who swap reality for a virtual lifestyle (ironically, and too late, reducing the footprint of their consumption).
- The pay gap between skilled and unskilled workers is growing dramatically in the US. The need for basic income (as a way of preventing rebellion) is rising.
- Data trackers and advertiser don’t even know what they’re doing.
- Interacting environmental problems mean more, worse crises.
- Heineken’s behavior depends on local norms (of sexual harassment)?
- Will these guys save the world by sucking out carbon? (Carbon tax!)
H/T to MdG