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The economic effects of GLP-1s

The economic effects of GLP-1s

We estimate the causal impacts of GLP-1 treatment on labor market outcomes using linked Danish administrative data and a matched stacked difference-in-differences design. We compare patients who initi...

July 21, 2026
Words of wisdom on Chinese AI and our responses

Words of wisdom on Chinese AI and our responses

The strategy for China is obvious: commoditize your complements. Note that Xi explicitly ties openness to AI “moving from the digital world into the physical world”; the physical world is the world do...

July 20, 2026
Monday assorted links

Monday assorted links

1. “In all three countries, declining places displayed higher animosity prior to salient populist campaigns.”  In their tweets. 2. Sunstein on Hayek and conservatism. 3. Jacobian conjecture proved fal...

July 20, 2026
Markets in everything?

Markets in everything?

Peter Brook‘s five-hour-plus film adaptation of “The Mahabharata” is set for a BFI Blu-ray release on Aug. 10, presented in high definition from a new 4K restoration of the 1989 production. The releas...

July 19, 2026
Building luxury homes is good for the poor

Building luxury homes is good for the poor

Tej Parikh writing in the FT: …high-end developments unlock long housing chains. As higher-income households move into newly built units, they free up older properties, raising supply and slashing pri...

July 19, 2026
*The Odyssey*, the movie (no real spoilers)

*The Odyssey*, the movie (no real spoilers)

I can’t say I loved it.  The Circe scene was excellent, Cyclops was good, and the battles in Troy were well done.  But most of the roles were miscast.  I like Matt Damon, but he is too “Good Will Hunt...

July 18, 2026