Economics Roundup #5 — LessWrong

While we wait for the verdict on Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 3.7, today seems like a good day to catch up on the queue and look at various economics-re…

x Economics Roundup #5 — LessWrong World Modeling Personal Blog 27 Economics Roundup #5 by Zvi 25th Feb 2025 Don't Worry About the Vase 23 min read 10 27 While we wait for the verdict on Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 3.7, today seems like a good day to catch up on the queue and look at various economics-related things. Table of Contents The Trump Tax Proposals. Taxing Unrealized Capital Gains. Extremely High Marginal Tax Rates. Trade Barriers By Any Name Are Terrible. Destroying People’s Access to Credit. Living Paycheck to Paycheck. Oh California. Chinese Venture Capital Death Spiral. There is So

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