Recent articles
September 2, 2026
Education Links, 9/2/2026
Postwar school consolidation; Bruno V. Manno on college non-completion; Lauren Hall on the research game; Kelsey Piper on Alpha School
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September 1, 2026
Jews Break Through
part of the history of the 1950s
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August 31, 2026
The 1950s: Suburbia and Television
continuing the series on 20th century history
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August 30, 2026
Race in America, 1947 - 1963
part of the series on 20th century American history
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August 29, 2026
Cold War, part two
the series on 20th century American history continues
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August 28, 2026
Cold War, part one
continuing the American history series
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August 27, 2026
American history, 1947-1963
continuing the lecture series
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August 26, 2026
AI links, 8/26/2026
Aswath Damodaran on AI stock valuations; Christopher Mims on world models; Hollis Robbins on AI and privacy; Peter Diamandis on the models’ bad public relations
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August 25, 2026
Sixteen fun facts about me
This was natural for Bryan Caplan to do. Others who have done it include Rob Henderson and Steve Stewart-Williams.
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August 24, 2026
Psychology Links, 8/24/2026
Rod Dreher on Cluster B; Lorenzo Warby on women in organizations; Stefanie Stantcheva on anger in politics; Steve Stewart-Williams on environmental mismatch
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August 23, 2026
WWII: America's Home Front
the next lecture in the series
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August 22, 2026
Political Psychology Links, 8/22/2026
Lynn Kiesling on Tocqueville; Gerard Baker on the socialist revival; Noah Smith on anti-tech sentiment; Jonathan Rauch on ingratitude
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August 21, 2026
AI links, 8/21/2026
Charles Jones on AI and the economy; Hollis Robbins on higher ed not leading AI; Peter Diamandis on lower ed not leading AI; Erik Brynjolfsson and others on AI displacing some young workers
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August 20, 2026
Culture Links, 8/20/2026
Lyman Stone and Peter Foreshaw Brooks on social contagion; Simon Maass on the Beat Generation; Moses Sternstein on status competition; Patrick Collison on sources of Silicon Valley ideas
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August 19, 2026
Education Links, 8/19/2026
Andrew Hartz and Eric Kaufmann on research funding; Austin Scholar on writing; Matt Continetti on Michigan's pass-fail semester; Ashley Rubin on sociology
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August 18, 2026
Beyond Language Models
Problems in the physical world are complex. Social world problems reach a higher level of complexity.
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August 17, 2026
Economics Links, 8/17/2026
Leighton Woodhouse on substack and journalism; Richard Audoly and others on labor's income share; Scott Sumner on monetarism; The Urban Institute on young adults living with parents
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August 16, 2026
WWII military history
continuing the 20th century American history lecture series
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August 15, 2026
World War II, part one
continuing the lecture series
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August 14, 2026
Hard Times and Escapes in the 1930s
another lecture composed by Claude
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August 13, 2026
Clash of Civilization Links, 8/13/2026
Dan Burmawi on transnational Islam; Aaron Shuster on learning from France; Scott McKay on lunatics in power; Ed West on mass migration
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August 12, 2026
Radio and Movies in the 1930s
continuing the history lecture series
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August 11, 2026
Economic Policy in the 1930s
the next lecture in the series
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August 10, 2026
What Caused the Great Depression?
My own take
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August 9, 2026
The Great Depression, 1930-1940
Moving along in my 20th century American history series
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August 8, 2026
The Wrapper Model
Have academic economists fallen for a scam?
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August 7, 2026
The artificially intelligent dog
A metaphor for AI?
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August 6, 2026
Political Psychology Links, 8/6/2026
Dan Williams on collective delusions; Ilana Redstone on disputes we cannot resolve; Virginia Postrel on America nurturing ambition; Helen Andrews on our race problem
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August 5, 2026
Economics Links
Johann Kurtz on millennial complaints; Michael Magoon contra Joel Mokyr; Joseph Politano on America's housing stock; Tyler Cowen on AI investment
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August 4, 2026
Political Economy Links, 8/4/2026
Aaron Renn on populism receding; Robin Hanson on support for world government; Bo Winegard on political beliefs as tribal signals; Daron Acemoglu on economic equality and democracy
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