Many African families spend fortunes burying their dead(davidoks.blog)

194 points by powera 6 months ago | 179 comments

A lot of population numbers are fake(davidoks.blog)

362 points by bookofjoe 9 months ago | 295 comments

A blog post by David Oks arguing that many national population figures are unreliable or fabricated, questioning how well we know the world's population.

Why airlines are always going bankrupt(davidoks.blog)

41 points by bko 5 months ago | 28 comments

The Richest Third-World Country(noahpinion.blog)

10 points by KnuthIsGod 1 year ago | 0 comments

Argentina Could Be a Superpower(unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com)

13 points by paulpauper 1 year ago | 3 comments

Why Japanese companies do so many different things(davidoks.blog)

828 points by d0ks 5 months ago | 386 comments

A Substack essay by David Oks explaining the internal logic behind why Japanese corporations diversify into so many unrelated businesses.