Tyler Cowen
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Is there now a better trend in youth mental health?
A key U. S. government report on mental health, substance use and addiction showed continued improvements in several metrics, especially among young people.
Markets do respond to AGI news
Here is the link. What are the changes in the other market prices telling you?
The Allocative Cost of War
Why is war so economically costly? Our answer is that modern war lowers output not only by destroying productive factors, but also by making the surviving economy work less efficiently.
Ricardo Reis and the IMF?
The IMF dropped the lead candidate to become its new chief economist at the eleventh hour after he was found to have made critical remarks about the Trump administration’s economic policies, according…
My short interview with Julia Willemyns
Here is the link, here is the end bit: Who is the most important thinker of our time? It’s not about individual thinkers any more.
Economic Scenarios for Transformative AI
By Anton Korinek, Charles I. Jones, Szymon Sacher, Tess Cotter, and Peter McCrory, a strong line-up from Anthropic.
My very interesting Conversation with Jared Diamond
Here is the audio, video, and transcript. Here is part of the episode summary: So which leaders do make a difference?
Reasons to go to college
That is the topic of my latest Free Press column, here is one excerpt: …college is a great place to make friends, date, and possibly meet a spouse.
Reading sentences to ponder
In 2015, 6 of the top 25 bestselling hardcover books—this is a not-perfect but useful proxy for new books published—were fiction.