The era of speedball capitalism has dawned(economist.com)
22 points by mikhael | 6 comments
An Economist business article titled "The era of speedball capitalism has dawned"; the capture shows an access-restricted bot-detection page instead.
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To Make, or to Buy: The Economics of Decision Models(pncnmnp.github.io)
49 points by pncnmnp | 2 comments
Blog post exploring the economics of decision models (choice, score, noul outputs) and forecasting whether to build or buy them, framed with Adam Smith.
How employment is changing at Anthropic(anthropic.com)
58 points by theanonymousone | 74 comments
Anthropic research post in its Economics series examining how employment and work are changing inside Anthropic.
I would like the value of my home to rise, while my property taxes fall(conversableeconomist.com)
247 points by colinprince | 562 comments
A Conversable Economist blog post on homeowners wanting rising home values alongside falling property taxes; the capture shows only a browser-check interstitial.
Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from Norway, 2021–2025(nber.org)
44 points by PLenz | 15 comments
NBER working paper by Marius A. K. Ring examining how higher wealth taxes on business owners in Norway from 2021 to 2025 affected business activity.
AI, Work, and the Next Downturn(watch.wilsoniumite.com)
5 points by Wilsoniumite | 0 comments
A website arguing that AI automation may shift income from wages to owners of land and power, tracking economic indicators and publishing a model of the next downturn.
We're Missing a Key Reason Why Americans Hate AI(derekthompson.org)
11 points by abe94 | 8 comments
A paid Substack essay by Derek Thompson arguing the AI buildout has raised costs rather than delivering cheap abundance, fueling American hostility to AI.
The End of a Fair Price: Dynamic Pricing and the Normalization of Gouging(prospect.org)
55 points by paimapi | 50 comments
American Prospect review by Hal Singer of Lindsay Owens's book on how corporations use dynamic pricing and other tactics to maximize profits at consumers' expense.
When oil prices spike, where does the money go?(theconversation.com)
135 points by thelastgallon | 126 comments
The Conversation article explaining who captures the extra revenue when oil prices spike, from producers to governments and traders.
Read My Damn Paper(wilsoniumite.com)
3 points by Wilsoniumite | 3 comments
A satirical blog post in which the author answers common questions about AI, the economy, and housing by repeatedly telling readers to read the relevant research papers.
Does Georgism work? Five years later(astralcodexten.com)
470 points by silveraxe93 | 389 comments
Guest post by Lars Doucet on Astral Codex Ten reflecting on his 'Does Georgism Work?' series five years later, including recent land value tax policy developments.
The Price of Intelligence Is Falling Rapidly(marginalrevolution.com)
59 points by gotmedium | 50 comments
Marginal Revolution blog post by Alex Tabarrok highlighting an Epoch AI report finding the cost of a given level of AI performance falls about 13-fold per year.
What Capital Never Told You About Rent(humansontheloop.com)
32 points by longitudinal93 | 28 comments
Substack essay by Michael Garfield and Simon Quarmby tracing how rent extraction, not profit, built the modern economy from enclosure to Big Tech's metered AI.
Trade (and Tariffs)(xkcd.com)
434 points by throw0101d | 192 comments
An xkcd webcomic titled "Trade" in which a heart complains about its exchange of blood with a leg, satirizing trade deficits and tariffs.
Sticky wage norms and the real wage cost of unexpected inflation(bfi.uchicago.edu)
355 points by jplusequalt | 214 comments
A Becker Friedman Institute working paper by Hurst, Patterson, Richardson, and Wang on sticky wage norms and how unexpected inflation erodes real wages.
The dead economy theory(owenmcgrann.com)
1210 points by WillDaSilva | 1326 comments
A Substack essay by Owen McGrann on his newsletter The Palimpsest titled "The Dead Economy Theory," arguing the idea should be taken seriously.
Why Japanese companies do so many different things(davidoks.blog)
828 points by d0ks | 386 comments
A Substack essay by David Oks explaining the internal logic behind why Japanese corporations diversify into so many unrelated businesses.
If America's so rich, how'd it get so sad?(derekthompson.org)
441 points by momentmaker | 818 comments
Derek Thompson Substack essay examining the sharp post-COVID decline in self-reported American happiness despite national wealth, citing Sam Peltzman's research.
Good ideas do not need lots of lies in order to gain public acceptance (2008)(blog.danieldavies.com)
331 points by sedev | 173 comments
Daniel Davies' 2004 blog post, the 'D-Squared Digest One Minute MBA', arguing that good ideas do not need lies to gain acceptance, written amid the Iraq War debate, with a 2008 update.
Tech employment now significantly worse than the 2008 or 2020 recessions(twitter.com)
954 points by enraged_camel | 633 comments
A post on X by economics writer Joseph Politano claiming tech-sector employment is now worse than during the 2008 or 2020 recessions.
Elsevier shuts down its finance journal citation cartel(chrisbrunet.com)
534 points by qsi | 95 comments
Substack post by Chris Brunet reporting that Elsevier retracted 9 economics papers and removed 7 editors over a finance journal citation cartel.
Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on employment or productivity(fortune.com)
725 points by virgildotcodes | 637 comments
Fortune article on a survey of thousands of CEOs reporting AI had no measurable effect on employment or productivity, reviving the Solow productivity paradox.
Kiel Institute Analysis: US Americans pay 96% of tariff burden(kielinstitut.de)
559 points by 47282847 | 434 comments
Kiel Institute policy brief "America's Own Goal: Who Pays the Tariffs?" analyzing the incidence of US tariffs, finding Americans bear most of the cost.
How elites could shape mass preferences as AI reduces persuasion costs(arxiv.org)
662 points by 50kIters | 619 comments
arXiv economics paper modeling how elites could use cheap AI-driven persuasion to reshape public preferences, tending to push society toward polarization.
The Rapper 50 Cent, Adjusted for Inflation(50centadjustedforinflation.com)
712 points by gaws | 179 comments
A joke website showing the rapper 50 Cent's name adjusted for inflation, currently 109 Cent, with a chart of the value over time.
The anti-abundance critique on housing is wrong(derekthompson.org)
474 points by rbanffy | 717 comments
Derek Thompson Substack essay arguing that antitrust critics blaming homebuilder monopolies for America's housing problems are wrong.
AI capex is so big that it's affecting economic statistics(paulkedrosky.com)
317 points by throw0101c | 310 comments
Paul Kedrosky blog post arguing AI capital expenditure is large enough to affect US economic statistics, approaching railroad-boom levels as a share of GDP.
MIT asks arXiv to withdraw preprint of paper on AI and scientific discovery(economics.mit.edu)
351 points by carabiner | 176 comments
MIT Economics statement announcing it asked arXiv and the QJE to withdraw a preprint on AI, scientific discovery, and product innovation after an internal integrity review.
So Much Blood(dynomight.net)
417 points by debesyla | 195 comments
Dynomight blog post examining the claim that blood products account for about 2% of US exports and the paid plasma donation industry behind it.
GLP-1 drugs: An economic disruptor? (2024)(wildfirelabs.substack.com)
336 points by herbertl | 451 comments
A Substack essay by Todd Gagne arguing that GLP-1 weight-loss drugs could be a massive economic disruptor affecting jobs, investments, and industries.
Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working(economist.com)
521 points by pseudolus | 700 comments
An Economist leader article arguing that inherited wealth is becoming nearly as important as earned income, marking a return of 'inheritocracy'.
Why is it so hard to buy things that work well? (2022)(danluu.com)
594 points by janandonly | 504 comments
Dan Luu essay arguing against the idea that markets enforce efficiency, using examples like tech hiring and the difficulty of buying quality products and services.
Learning not to trust the All-In podcast(passingtime.substack.com)
348 points by paulpauper | 170 comments
A Substack essay by Michael Bateman arguing the All-In Podcast made misleading economic claims, questioning whether it reflects incompetence or deception.
Working from home is powering productivity(imf.org)
513 points by rwmj | 366 comments
IMF Finance & Development magazine article by Nicholas Bloom (September 2024) arguing that working from home is boosting productivity.
Artificial intelligence is losing hype(economist.com)
453 points by bx376 | 663 comments
An Economist Free exchange column arguing that artificial intelligence is losing hype and asking whether that signals the technology will eventually succeed.
Every company should be owned by its employees(elysian.press)
833 points by ellegriffin | 886 comments
Essay by Elle Griffin on The Elysian arguing for employee ownership, using Central States Manufacturing as a model.
Economic Termites: Monopolies not noticeable enough for most of us(thebignewsletter.com)
338 points by passwordoops | 319 comments
Matt Stoller's BIG newsletter essay arguing that hidden monopolistic practices, or 'economic termites,' raise costs in ways macro statistics miss.
Parable of the Sofa(tbray.org)
471 points by zdw | 299 comments
Tim Bray blog post about having a 25-year-old leather sofa's cushions replaced by a small local business, and how modern capitalism makes such repair hard.
Building an economy simulator from scratch(thomassimon.dev)
396 points by Ruddle | 168 comments
A blog post by Thomas Simon walking step by step through building an economy simulator from scratch.