Tyler Cowen
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Has the European turnaround finally arrived?
Europe just had its best reporting season in years. Companies in the benchmark Stoxx Europe 600 index boosted earnings per share by 18% on average in the second quarter compared with a year earlier.
What should I ask Annie Lowrey?
Yes I will be doing a Conversation with her. She has a new and very interesting book coming out, namely The Time Tax: How the Government Wastes Our Time―and How to Fix It.
This brew, at least, is from Ashburn, Virginia
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Rick Rubin podcasts with me
Two hours, thirty-four minutes, Rick and I recorded this session not too long ago in Tuscany. It was everything Rick wanted to ask. Self-recommending of course, and there is more to come.
Green shoots for the UK?
Early signs of tech-driven improvements in productivity growth could herald a sustained strengthening in the UK’s economic outlook, analysts have said, in a turnaround after years of underperformance.
More evidence on the effects of recent tariffs
Trump is giving economists something to write papers about: U. S. tariff rates in 2025 rose to levels not seen since the Great Depression, yet imports increased.
Did UBI make people happier?
Eh, only in the short run: We study the causal impacts of income on a rich array of employment outcomes, leveraging an experiment in which 1,000 low-income individuals were randomized into receiving…
There are now eight episodes
The Everyday Abundance podcast explores the hidden histories behind everyday activities and the technologies we don’t even know are technologies. Virginia Postrel and Charles C.
Indian documentary covers EV winners
A new short documentary (22 mins) film called The 22nd Century Indian by Shaurya Sinha offers an optimistic take on India, and also covers five (!) Emergent Ventures winners.
My excellent Conversation with Luke Burgis
Here is the audio, video, and transcript.