How Asia Works with causal diagrams
[Estimated time: 5 mins] Some people have pointed out that it’s hard to test the theory of development put forward by Joe […]
Tag: policy
Book Summary: How Asia Works by Joe Studwell
In How Asia Works, Joe Studwell sets out the three-part formula that bucked the Washington Consensus and propelled East Asian economies like […]
How AI might cause GDP and well-being to (further) decouple
[Estimated time: 12 mins] This is my third post for this series. It refers to concepts ideas in my previous two posts, […]
Shouldn’t productivity improvements reduce GDP?
[Estimated time: 10 mins] I was chatting the other day with a friend about AI and economic growth. In the middle of […]
Book Summary: The New Map by Daniel Yergin
My latest summary is for The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations by Daniel Yergin, which explains how changes […]
Book Summary: A Hacker’s Mind by Bruce Schneier
This summary of A Hacker’s Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society’s Rules, and How to Bend them Back by security expert Bruce […]
Book Summary: Why We’re Polarized by Ezra Klein
If, like me, you’ve been watching US politics recently and wondering how it got to be the way it is, you might […]
Can zero-sum games negate productivity gains?
[Estimated time: 10 mins] The unusually good pictures in this post were all drawn by my very talented friend James. You can […]
Book Summary: Why Are the Prices So D*mn High? by Eric Helland and Alex Tabarrok
This summary of Why Are the Prices So D*mn High? Health, Education and the Baumol Effect seeks to explain why it seems […]
Criticisms of The Case Against Education (Pt 3 — Checking the Math)
Estimated reading time: 12 mins This is my final criticism post for Case Against Education by Bryan Caplan. (Click here for my […]