Recent articles
October 17, 2026
AI and the economy links, 10/17/2026
Gad Levanon on physical infrastructure; Hie Joo Ahn and Nicholas A. Carollo on employment changes; Peter Diamandis on the loss of moats; Ramez Naam on self-improvement taking place too slowly
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October 16, 2026
Economy and AI Links, 10/16/2026
Brian Potter on robotics models; Luis Garicano on firm structure; Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh on the physical capital investment; Gad Levanon on tech profits
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October 15, 2026
AI and the Economy links, 10/15/2026
James Pethokoukis on self-driving trucks; Nathan Goldschlag downplays AI’s impact; Gad Levanon up-plays AI’s impact; Ethan Mollick on The Bitter Lesson; Luis Garicano on messy jobs
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October 14, 2026
The Introduction and the Epilogue
for my book on 20th century American history; all my own prose
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October 13, 2026
The Economics Nobel
A Current Thing Post
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October 12, 2026
Education Links, 10/12/2026
Erik Torenberg on the Horowitz-Andreessen Academy; Peter Diamandis on The Knowledge Society; Steven Johnson on book-friendly AI; Razib Khan and Jerry Muller
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October 11, 2026
Economy and AI links, 10/11/2026
Kai Williams on data for robotics; Gad Levanon on employment; Ben Moll and Alex Imas on GDP growth; Jason Potts on the business model of universities; Zoe Hitzig and others on expertise and AI
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October 10, 2026
Psychology links, 10/10/2026
Rob Kurzban on whole numbers vs. percents; Manvir Singh on persistent superstitions; Brian Chau on post-Christian political psychology; Mary Harrington on electronic media and democratic character
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October 9, 2026
AI Links, 10/9/2026
Kelsey Piper on recursive self-improvement; Moses Sternstein on AI power users; Peter Cornillon and Xavier Prochaska on the agentic professor; Ethan Mollick on AI’s current capabilities
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October 8, 2026
Artificial Narrow Intelligence: response to a few comments
concerning today’s post
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October 8, 2026
Artificial Narrow Intelligence
Yuval Levin shares by skepticism about AGI
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October 7, 2026
AIDS and a Blue Dress
two stories of the period 1980-2000
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October 6, 2026
Economic Policy from Reagan through Clinton
another lecture in the series on 20th century American history
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October 5, 2026
Economics Links, 10/5/2026
Allen Mendenhall on the history of economic thought; Noah Smith on why no flying cars; Michael Magoon on age and inequality; Mark McNeilly on soft technology
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October 4, 2026
The 1980s and 1990s bond market
for the lecture series on 20th century American history
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October 3, 2026
The 1980s and 1990s stock market
continuing the series on 20th century American history
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October 2, 2026
Clash of Civilizations Links, 10/2/2026
Rachel Lu on Bin Laden’s victory; Danielle Pletka on same; Ayaan Hirsi Ali on the force of Islam; Brian T. Kennedy on ideology and conflict
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October 1, 2026
Political Psychology Links, 10/1/2026
Martin Gurri on crazy beliefs; Dan Williams lets AI review his book on crazy beliefs; Francis Fukuyama looks back; Carlyn Beccia on status-threatened young men
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September 30, 2026
Education Links, 9/30/2026
UATX news; MIT on AI; Bub Uttl an others on college students’ IQ; Peter Gray on school and social media
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September 29, 2026
Education Links, 9/29/2026
David Deming on Harvard’s third era; Doug Lemov on reading aloud; Hollis Robbins on the Other University; Barry Lam on administrative bloat
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September 28, 2026
The 1990s and the Internet
The next lecture in the series on 20th century American history
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September 27, 2026
The 1980s: the personal computer
the next lecture in the series on 20th century American history
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September 26, 2026
On Health Care Systems
An article I wrote for the Boyd Institute
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September 25, 2026
Clash of Civilization Links, 9/25/2026
Melanie Phillips on Americastan; Leonard A. Schuette on the New Right’s “civilizationism”; Arthur Herman evaluates the war on terror; Zineb Riboua on radical Islam in the West
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September 24, 2026
Culture and Fertility Links, 9/24/2026
JFV on the worldwide decline in fertility; Noah Smith on the general distemper; Rob Henderson on female independence; Scott Sumner on fun as a substitute for children
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September 23, 2026
American hubris, 1990s style
foreign policy in that era
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September 22, 2026
The Soviet Union’s End
the 20th century American history lecture series continues
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September 21, 2026
Political Psychology Links, 9/21/2026
Ryan Streeter on David Hume on enthusiasm; Mene Ukueberuwa on the unpopularity of capitalism; Robby George on civil discourse; Michael Huemer on George Lakoff
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September 20, 2026
Carter’s end
A Presidency falls to Iran and Afghanistan
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September 19, 2026
Social texture in the 1970s
the next lecture in the series on 20th century American history
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