- Gendered path dependency hinders corporate performance
- We are moving from “endless” to scarce sand for the same reasons as the increase in scarce water: growing demand and mismanaged supply.
- Ex-EPA head Gina McCarthy talks about environmental policy, how the Trump team is doing it wrong, and why America is still in Paris. Watch “Environmental policy and the assault on science” (she starts at 6:45).
- A brutal, but fair, critique of a Dutch policy failure (taxes on expats)
- This essay on a struggle with student debt is heavy on pathos but not logos, as the author’s debt is the result of “pay whatever it takes for the degree(s) in English literature.” The Baby Boomers found themselves through sex, drugs and questioning authority; their children are finding themselves indebted to authorities issuing certificates of knowledge.
- Melatonin is useful for sleep but don’t overdose.
- Speaking of [this blog], here are a few things economists agree on.