Recent articles
February 23, 2026
Public Choice Links, 2/23/2026
David Friedman on Coase and socialist calculation; Tim Carney on lobbying; John Sailer on non-profit influence; Sita Slavov on a Social Security flat benefit
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February 22, 2026
Economics Links, 2/22/2026
Carol Ryan on concentration of wealth; Greg Ip on Boomer wealth; Pieter Garicano on Eurosclerosis; Jerry Muller's self-recommending post from Claude
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February 21, 2026
Pending Change in Higher Ed
The addressable market for UATX is getting much larger
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February 20, 2026
AI Links, 2/20/2026
Noah Smith on human disempowerment; Andrey Mir on time compression; Michael Magoon on AI's blind spot; Ethan Mollick on the agent paradigm
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February 19, 2026
David Pinsof on Evolution and Intellectuals
He warns not to over-estimate intellectuals or to under-estimate others; and Michael Magoon on commercial society
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February 18, 2026
Education Links, 2/18/2026
rethinking high school and college; William Henson wants to measure return on investment; Jerry Muller questions metrics; Austin Scholar on finding a creative niche
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February 17, 2026
Political Psychology Links, 2/17/2026
Elizabeth Corey on intellectual conservatism; Thomas Prosser and Edmund King on the woke phenomenon; Lorenzo Warby on same; Steve Stewart-Williams on evolutionary selection
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February 17, 2026
Self-recommending
I appear on a podcast
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February 16, 2026
Economics Links, 2/16/2026
Greg Ip on income shares; Peter Coy on the Bitcoin story; Testing for linearity; Jordan McGillis on middle-class anxiety
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February 15, 2026
Further Progress on AI Teaching Assistant
and listen to Tyler and Megan
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February 14, 2026
AI and the Economy
What if Freddie deBoer wins his bet?
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February 13, 2026
Maybe a project?
A freshman econ teaching assistant
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February 12, 2026
Economics Links, 2/12/2026
Michael Magoon on postwar economic growth theory; Phil Magness on post-liberals; Schuyler Louie and others on housing demand; Casey Handmer on energy in the future
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February 11, 2026
How is teaching going?
Thoughts after five weeks
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February 10, 2026
Political Psychology Links, 2/10/2026
Roohola Ramezani on the left and Iran;Claire Lehmann on moral panics; Alice Evans on Epstein; Noah Smith on parties captured by extremists
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February 9, 2026
Random Notes from Austin
Keeping it weird
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February 8, 2026
The Problem Posed by Social AI
We may need to create CopBots to stop the CriminalBots
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February 7, 2026
On Personality Psychology
We should be honest and humble about the field
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February 6, 2026
Public Choice Links, 2/06/2026
Cowen and Fukuyama on state capacity; Matt Bruenig on private provision of government services; Andrew Biggs on Social Security; Buchanan and Rawls
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February 5, 2026
Political Psychology Links, 2/5/2026
Vittorio on gossip at scale; Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Somali culture; Andrey Mir on polarization and media; Dan Williams on evolutionary mismatch
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February 4, 2026
Toward a New College Culture
Students who want to achieve; Faculty who want to mentor
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February 3, 2026
Economics Links, 2/3/2026
Gad Levanon on white-collar productivity; Perry Mehrling on Kindleberger and Rogoff; Peter Banks on crime and housing; revisiting the 2025 Nobel Laureates
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February 2, 2026
AI (Moltbook) links
Just some of what people are saying about Moltbook. I can't keep up with all of it.
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February 1, 2026
Average is Over with AI
Reflections following a visit to an Alpha School
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January 31, 2026
On Social Media Bans for Minors
Count me as a skeptic
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January 30, 2026
Education Links, 1/30/2026
Kathleen deLaski on college today; Austin Scholar on cognitive load; Kenneth L. Marcus on Carnegie-Mellon; Sian Leah Beilock on Dartmouth
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January 29, 2026
AI Links, 1/29/2026
Steve Newman on new approaches to software development; The Zvi on Claude Code; Ethan Mollick on when to use AI; Dario Amodei on AI risks
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January 28, 2026
Democracy and Moral Issues
Is there a mismatch?
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January 27, 2026
Economics Links, 1/27/2026
Josiah Waters on Michael Saylor; Jerry Muller on the female economic elite; CRFB on a fiscal crisis scenario; Michael Lachanski on what I called the great race
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January 26, 2026
Political Psychology Links, 1/26/2026
Emily Jashinsky on "Dark Woke" women; Eric Hoffer on personal dissatisfaction and activism; Hannes Zacher on Dark Triad traits and activism; Rob Henderson on moral policewomen
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