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Have you made your “ofrenda” yet? More details here, via Ayana Archie (NPR).

Is bitcoin a bubble? This excellent paper by Peter Garber, which was published in the Journal of Political Economy (JPE) way back in 1989, has made me adjust my bitcoin priors. In brief, I used to believe bitcoin was just … Continue reading →

That is the subtitle of this titillating Tucker Carlson post-mortem by … wait for it! … none other than Mr Carlson’s former media rival and arch-nemesis Brian Stelter, who himself was unceremoniously fired from CNN in 2022. (Oh, the irony!) … Continue reading →

That is the title of this thought-provoking op-ed by Jonathan Pollard. Here is an extended excerpt: “It would be prudent for [the Israeli] government to announce its decision to clear and annex Gaza …, so as to remove any ambiguity … Continue reading →

Trick or treat! (hat tip: Gary Leff)

Via Ben Orlin’s fun blog Math with Bad Drawings: This list goes against everything I’ve been taught about good writing. Good writing, they say, is vivid and sensory. It involves punchy verbs, … A Brief Collection of Math Metaphors in … Continue reading →

What happens when Jerry Seinfeld meets Homer Simpson? You get a pre-Breaking Bad Bryan Cranston! (File under: Questions Rarely Asked.)

In response to Tyler Cowen’s excellent new work, I have explained in two of my previous posts why Ronald Coase deserves to be considered the greatest economist of all time or GOAT, but I have not yet discussed Cowen’s last … Continue reading →

Alternate title: Why Coase is the GOAT (part 3 of 3) Hyper-blogger Tyler Cowen has nominated six men as the greatest economists of all time (GOAT) in his excellent new work on the history of economics: Milton Friedman, John Maynard … Continue reading →