Tyler Cowen
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An experiment for our schools
Schools in at least three states will be equipped with drones this year that can zoom through halls, smash windows and pepper-spray active shooters if teachers report a threat.
Forty interesting facts about Australia
Australia was the richest country on earth, per capita, for decades. After the 1850s gold rush, up until the 1890s depression, Australia had the highest per capita income in the world.
What should I ask Jared Diamond?
Yes, I will be doing a Conversation with him. His whole career is fair game, though many of my questions will cover his forthcoming book Profits, Prophets, Coaches, and Kings (When) Do Leaders Matter?
Reforms to the PhD?
The Trump administration is pairing top universities with corporate giants in an effort to steer traditional PhD programs toward national scientific priorities.
You will learn to love AI writing
That is the theme of my latest Free Press article, excerpt: But do I wish to eschew AI writing for the rest of my life? Absolutely not.
Data on Chinese innovation
China’s technological progress in recent decades has been viewed with admiration, alarm, and (in some cases) doubt.
Congratulations to Ross D. and others
Ross Douthat, an opinion columnist at The New York Times, is leaving to join the CBS News program “60 Minutes” as a correspondent, the show’s executive producer said in a memo to staff on Tuesday. Mr.
The Confucian fertility paradox
Total fertility rates in East Asia have fallen to levels without historical precedent, even though the region’s Confucian heritage long placed extraordinary emphasis on family continuity and large…
The AEA presidential election
AEA is the American Economics Association, and a new president is needed, here is the candidate and likely winner: PINELOPI (PENNY) KOUJIANOU GOLDBERG, William Nordhaus Professor of Economics and…
*Liberal Worlds: James Bryce and the Democratic Intellect*
A very good book, here is one excerpt that bears directly on a conversation I was just having: He [Bryce] regretted the low quality of the Indian Civil Service: they were hard-working and motivated by…