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…
Tag: Society
Cognitive inequality
It has by now become a well-known trope that automation of low-skilled jobs hits certain parts of the population much harder than others. And that…
Why is Everything so Expensive?
Everything was better in the good old days. You can ask your grandpa. But anecdotes aside, it really seems like things have been possible in…