Links & What I’ve Been Reading, February - by Sam Enright

PSA: If you are in Dublin (or can be) this week, we are running a Fitzwilliam meetup on Friday the 23rd of February at 7:30pm, come join! As with last month, here are the highlights from my recent media consumption. If you have any recommendations for things I might like, you can email me at sam [at] thefitzwilliam [dot] com. Dan Schulz’s bookshelf. And Kevin Simler’s reading list. And the Dan Wang bookshelf, especially strong for China book recommendations. Time Magazine on dating prediction markets. As I recently said in a groupchat with my friends: “Prediction markets face the same problem as any form of dating associated with obscure forms of financial derivates: too few women.” Dan Wang, 2023 letter. Wang’s letters are always recommended, although this one was more of an informal travelogue than his previous letters. He gives a shoutout to the podcast episode we appeared on together! He was as confused as I was as to why I was there. Which beliefs cause low fertility among women?

PSA: If you are in Dublin (or can be) this week, we are running a Fitzwilliam meetup on Friday the 23rd of February at 7:30pm, come join! As with last month, here are the highlights from my recent media consumption. If you have any recommendations for things I might like, you can email me at sam [at] thefitzwilliam [dot] com. Dan Schulz’s bookshelf. And Kevin Simler’s reading list. And the Dan Wang bookshelf, especially strong for China book recommendations. Time Magazine on dating prediction markets. As I recently said in a groupchat with my friends: “Prediction markets face the same problem