London is filled with "strategic industrial land" used mainly as warehouses. I think we should tweak the rules to allow the warehouses to store people as well as goods.
London is filled with "strategic industrial land" used mainly as warehouses. I think we should tweak the rules to allow the warehouses to store people as well as goods.
What do we know about markups in the United States?
Are they high? Are they rising?
This week's newsletter covers the (part of a huge) literature and what we know at this point.
It's not as simple as you might have heard. Otherwise, I wouldn't have needed 4k words 🧵
The Bookworm is shaking things up a little bit this year at the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting.
In honor of the late Charlie Munger, the new @stripepress edition of Poor Charlie's Almanack will be the only book on sale at the meeting.
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I have zero idea what's going to happen in the stock market, obviously, but it doesn't seem that ominous for Nvidia's share price to return to its March 1st level or that Meta's is still significantly higher than it was on Feb 1st.
economist.com/finance-and-ec…
If you're 18-22 years old, consider applying for Works in Progress's summer school in August.
It features @salonium@antonhowes@StuartJRitchie, and others, on topics like the causes of the Industrial Revolution and the dysfunctions of modern science.
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I've learned to never believe rumours about certain academics being obnoxious, etc. Most academics are incapable of separating professional rivalries and disagreements from personal conduct, so they give each other bad reputations over jealousy and political disputes.
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