At least five interesting things to start your week (#25)
Greetings, wonderful readers! This week’s roundup actually has nothing to do with sword-wielding rabbits, but I thought the picture was amusing, so there you go. Anyway, this week I have a couple of podcasts for you. First, I appeared on Russ Roberts’ venerable and esteemed EconTalk podcast to talk about imperialism and national wealth. Here’s a link if you just want to listen, and here’s a video link if you’d rather watch: And I have two episodes of Econ 102 for you this week! The first is with both Erik Torenberg and Dan Romero, in which we discuss international affairs, war, geopolitics, etc: And in the second, Erik and I discuss Claudine Gay’s resignation at Harvard, and various issues plaguing U.S. academia: Here are Apple Podcasts and YouTube links to Episode 25, and here are Apple Podcasts and YouTube links to Episode 26! Whew! That was a lot of podcasts. Let’s move on to the weekly roundup. This week’s items mostly center around the theme of “negative narratives about the U.S.
Art by GPT-4. Prompt: “BATTLE BUNNIES! It's time for battle bunnies. Let's DO THIS." Greetings, wonderful readers! This week’s roundup actually has nothing to do with sword-wielding rabbits, but I thought the picture was amusing, so there you go. Anyway, this week I have a couple of podcasts for you. First, I appeared on Russ Roberts’ venerable and esteemed EconTalk podcast to talk about imperialism and national wealth. Here’s a link if you just want to listen, and here’s a video link if you’d rather watch: And I have two episodes of Econ 102 for you this week! The first is with both Erik…
related reading
- At least five interesting things for the middle of your week (#29)noahpinion.blog
- Questions · Patrick Collisonpatrickcollison.com
- At least five things for your weekend (#30) - by Noah Smithnoahpinion.blog
- The 26 Most Important Ideas For 2026derekthompson.org
- The 25 Most Interesting Ideas I've Found in 2025 (So Far)derekthompson.org
- Coolest Things I Learned in 2020 - David Perellperell.com
- The 26 Most Important Ideas For 2026substack.com
- If America's So Rich, How'd It Get So Sad?derekthompson.org
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/9/2021 | naked capitalismnakedcapitalism.com
- Monthly Roundup #21: August 2024 - by Zvi Mowshowitzthezvi.substack.com
- Everyone is Gambling and No One is Happykyla.substack.com
- What if our biggest problems aren’t economic?substack.com