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This is definitely going to be a “markets in everything” link on Marginal Revolution

So LVT separates the value created by your labor (building the cabin, plowing, etc) from the value you did not create. I think its more just than taxing, i.e. cabins or crops.

Most of Musk’s money comes from astronomical stock valuations. Most of that stock is bought by hedge funds and the financial sector. That money mostly comes from mortgages and loan…

Now do Afro-Asiatic!

My opinion? I think it sucks. PM2.5 kills. CO2 is causing climate change. But living in a world with industrial pollution is better than living in a pre-industrial world.

I used to think this way. I guess it is possible, in the long-term, that we might see some kind of social collapse due to a tragedy-of-the-commons driven depletion of some critical…

I got scammed by this exact type of thing when I needed a tow truck ASAP to jump my car. They had a fake business <1 mile away with lots of good reviews. After giving them my credi…

This essay suggests that the amounts spent on lobbying are not in fact huge sums: https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/09/18/too-much-dark-money-in...

I got a PhD in 2.5 years (already had a masters), a very fast amount of time, and the advice I always give people is “pick a program with clear deliverables.” My advisor said that …

Youre right that getting rates of mental disorders at the population level is a useful application. Checkout for example the hedonometer: https://hedonometer.org/timeseries/en_all/…