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Poorer countries tend to have high birth rates. As they get richer, the birth rate decreases. This comment seems to state that poverty is a result of high birth rates, rather than …

I'm not sure I understand the point or argument of this article at all. It reminds me of the sort of essays I would write in English class, pouring words on a page hoping that it w…

Is it absurd from a human point of view? 'Tax deductible' means lowering your taxable income because you incurred certain expenses. It's not just a free tax write off.

'Interest rate increases will raise prices (cause inflation)'. I hope you recognize this is so far outside current economic consensus that I can't even call it a heterodox theory. …

This is a quote I remind myself of a lot, because it's important, but for the life of me I can't find a source for Hemingway ever saying this. I think it was attributed to him befo…

Robinhood probably still earns more than half of its transaction based revenue from crypto, with the rest being options and stocks. I think it actually does qualify as a major cryp…

Google would destroy "Liberty Leading the People" for depicting violent content if they could. What's the line here? A scripted video depicting one friend punching another gets tak…

Well... maybe. Whenever I see folklore like this I always suspect there are real effects but they may be attributed incorrectly. For instance, an ancient Greek feels sick, and wors…

Citation needed. They say they don't hold Evergrande paper. Is that true? Who knows. But we actually don't know who's paper Tether holds.

I'm seeing more and more discussion on a stuck mono culture, and I have to say I agree with it. This is an interesting write up on the phenomenon. https://paulskallas.substack.com/…

For me it's #4. I think this was a trick Feynman used a lot. I always like seeing intimidating problems solved simply with an uncommon tool.

It's dangerous to call this a checking account alternative. It is not a checking account, it is a taxable investment account. You're going to get users who sign up thinking this is…

I recently started my first job after college, working in finance. A big portion of my job involves being given a research assignment, from which I am expected to distill the essen…