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Categories Economics, Health

Iran Has A Legal Market Where You Can Sell Your Kidney

Link of the day: Iran has a legal market for organs Wow. It was only today that I learned that you could actually officially legally…

19. May 202019. May 2020
Categories Daily Posts, Health

Sunday, 05.04.2020 – Covid Forces Mass Vaccination Campaigns To a halt

Link of the day: Pandemic forces polio eradication group to halt campaigns “We are caught between two terrible situations,” says GPEI head Michel Zaffran of…

5. April 20203. April 2020
Categories Daily Posts, Health

Tuesday, 24.03.2020 – Face Masks Work

Edit: The much better link to read is probably this: SlateStarCodex on Facesmasks – Much more than you wanted to know. Link of the day:…

24. March 202025. March 2020
Categories Daily Posts, Uncategorized

Monday, 16.03.2020 – A Very Nice Illustration Of The Effects Of Social Distancing

Link of the day: A simulated outbreak illustration by the Washington Post Nice visual illustration of the effect of different measures to slow down the…

16. March 202015. March 2020
Categories Daily Posts

Saturday, 07.03.2020 – What’s the Best Way To Think About The Spread OF A Pandemic?

Link of the day: Growthers, base-raters and the spread of coronavirus The term growthers refers to the notion of exponential growth, and indeed the number…

7. March 20207. March 2020
Categories Daily Posts, Rationality

Thursday, 05.03.2020 – Coronavirus and the Efficient Market Hypothesis

Link of the day: Seeing the Smoke About one to two weeks before the stock market crashed, people I follow on Twitter discussed how a…

5. March 20204. March 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
Categories Health

Tuesday, 18.02.2020 – Should We Deliberately Infect People With The Corona Virus?

Link of the day: Consider controlled infection Robin Hanson has written a thought-provoking piece, suggesting it might be a smart idea to deliberately infect with…

18. February 202018. February 2020
Categories Health

Wednesday, 12.02.2020 – Catastrophe Bonds and Insuring Pandemics

Link of the day: Moneystuff on Catastrophe Bonds Investors love to diversify portfolios. One way to do this is to buy or sell ‘catastrophe bonds’….

12. February 202012. February 2020
Categories Health

The Pharma Industry is Broken and Medication Should Be Directly Sold To States

The Problem The pharmaceutical industry clearly is not working as it should be. Not only did an industry that makes people healthier, happier and helps…

26. January 202026. January 2020

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