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It's time for some game theory ...

1. It's time for some game theory ...

by Joshua Gans | Today

2. Talking With G. Elliott Morris About the Midterms

by Paul Krugman | Today

Banning data centers would blow up the U.S. economy

3. Banning data centers would blow up the U.S. economy

by Noah Smith | Today

News of the Weak (Labor Market)

4. News of the Weak (Labor Market)

by Paul Krugman | Yesterday

Trump renews push to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook

5. Trump renews push to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook

by Scott Horsley | Yesterday

Growth Effects of AI: Modest for a Decade or Two, At Least

6. Growth Effects of AI: Modest for a Decade or Two, At Least

by Timothy Taylor | Yesterday

How to improve understanding with Claude Code

7. How to improve understanding with Claude Code

by scott cunningham | Yesterday

Lying Liars Lie to Each Other Too

8. Lying Liars Lie to Each Other Too

by Paul Krugman | Yesterday

You Cannot Outsource Life: Severance and Wild Problems

9. You Cannot Outsource Life: Severance and Wild Problems

by Joy Buchanan | Yesterday

Employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs in a sign of a wilting labor market

10. Employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs in a sign of a wilting labor market

by Scott Horsley | Yesterday

11. Markets As Automata, Theory Of Computation, Etc.

by Robert Vienneau | Yesterday

Kalshi and Polymarket bets on clinical trials criticized as 'ghastly'

12. Kalshi and Polymarket bets on clinical trials criticized as 'ghastly'

by Bobby Allyn | Yesterday

Amid cost of living stress, many parents are supporting children well into adulthood

13. Amid cost of living stress, many parents are supporting children well into adulthood

by Jennifer Ludden | Yesterday

My excellent Conversation with Julia Ioffe

14. My excellent Conversation with Julia Ioffe

by Tyler Cowen | Yesterday

Demographic differences in online dating

15. Demographic differences in online dating

by scott cunningham | August 06

The Binmen of Birmingham

16. The Binmen of Birmingham

by Alex Tabarrok | August 06

The Good News Trump Won’t Mention

17. The Good News Trump Won’t Mention

by Paul Krugman | August 06

Human Flourishing and Marginal Utility

18. Human Flourishing and Marginal Utility

by Clifford A. Bates Jr. | August 06

Are the Democrats going to save us this time?

19. Are the Democrats going to save us this time?

by Noah Smith | August 06

The Not-so-Fluid, Low-Hire, Low-Fire Economy

20. The Not-so-Fluid, Low-Hire, Low-Fire Economy

by Timothy Taylor | August 05