Saturday assorted links Banking

Saturday assorted links

1. Roger Myerson now has a Substack. 2. The future of higher education? 3. Another look at data centers in space. 4. “The Global Economics Lab is a non-partisan organization located at Harvard and dra...

August 29, 2026
Interviewing Yiyang Zhuge (Zhong Shu) Banking

Interviewing Yiyang Zhuge (Zhong Shu)

Many people are writing to me, upset that I am interviewing Ziyang Zhuge, a well-known Chinese internet intellectual, who recently was accused of plagiarism.  I am keen to proceed with the interview, ...

August 29, 2026
Scholar Data Banking

Scholar Data

In our paper, A Skeptical View of the National Science Foundation’s Role in Economic Research, Tyler and I point out that if the NSF is doing what it should, it ought to be doing very different things...

August 29, 2026
Costco facts of the day Investing

Costco facts of the day

Costco sold 157.4mn rotisserie chickens worldwide last year, almost double the number of a decade ago.  “It’s $4.99 and for Costco members, that’s one fantastic deal. I don’t think you can produce it ...

August 29, 2026
*Visions from San Francisco Bay* Economy

*Visions from San Francisco Bay*

European and American capitalism were different.  The violence of human clashes in America took place on the surface, in the open.  The violence in Europe became formalized, coalesced with class divio...

August 29, 2026