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Data is Not the New Oil

I have argued before and linked to articles suggesting that advertising is less useful than is commonly thought and that targeted advertising is largely ineffective….

30. September 202030. September 2020
Categories Economics

The Economics of Interstellar Trade

In 1978 economist Paul Krugman wrote a paper titled The Theory of Interstellar Trade that was published in 2010. It is pure genius: while the…

28. September 202029. September 2020
Categories Society, Politics and History

Family Wealth, Traced Centuries Back

I recently stumbled across two studies that trace family fortunes over centuries by tracing their surnames. One posits that the same families that were rich…

16. August 202016. August 2020
Categories Economics

China’s two Currencies

It was only today that I learned that China, in effect, has two different currencies. I’m not even trying to get the nomenclature right, but…

6. July 2020
Categories Economics, Society, Politics and History

Tax the Rich

Apart from doxxing bloggers, the New York Times is known for their rich visualizations. The one in this article on the average tax rate paid…

1. July 20201. July 2020
Categories Daily Posts, Economics

Saturday, 28.03.2020 – The Cost Of Thriving

Link of the day: The cost of thriving (German). Also this article on Vox for the counterarguments and a full report My friend Jan alerted…

27. March 202030. March 2020
Categories Daily Posts, Economics

Sunday, 15.03.2020 – A Long Term Econ Perspective On Covid-19

Link of the day: A take on the economics of the virus ) An interesting thought about the long term economic effects of the coronavirus…

15. March 202015. March 2020
Categories Daily Posts, Economics, Environment

Monday, 09.03.2020 – China’s Economic Slowdown And Effects On The Environment

Link of the day: Airborne Nitrogen Dioxide Plummets Over China NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) pollution monitoring satellites have detected significant decreases in nitrogen…

9. March 20207. March 2020
Categories Daily Posts, Economics

Monday, 02.03.2020 – Are Economists As A Whole Harmful?

Link of the day: Nobel Price Laureate Paul Romer on the question whether economists do more harm than good In the 19th century, when it…

2. March 202026. February 2020
Categories Daily Posts, Economics, Health

Thursday, 27.02.2020 – How Quickly Can China Recover From The Economic Fallout of Coronavirus?

Link of the day: Twittter thread on the ability of China to recover from the coronavirus Interesting take on the economic context of the coronavirus…

27. February 202026. February 2020

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