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It's Time to Bust Police Unions(reason.com)
51 points by resalisbury 6y ago|36 comments
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North Dakota Constant (33% of ppl endorse made up conspiracy theory)(slatestarcodex.com)
9 points by resalisbury 6y ago|0 comments
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Covid-19 Is “An Automation Forcing Event”: Vulnerable Workers Look to Reskill(forbes.com)
3 points by resalisbury 6y ago|0 comments
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by resalisbury 7y ago
"Amish people spend only a fifth as much as you do on health care, and their health is fine"
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The Library Card Project: The Ease of Forming Anonymous Companies in the U.S.(gfintegrity.org)
198 points by resalisbury 7y ago|240 comments
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Does Raising More VC Lead to Bigger Outcomes?(cbinsights.com)
1 points by resalisbury 7y ago|0 comments
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Trump and Obama agree on housing policy(twitter.com)
1 points by resalisbury 7y ago|0 comments
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The Tech Cold War Has Begun (Stratechery)(stratechery.com)
1 points by resalisbury 7y ago|0 comments
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Swiss Startup Innolith Claims 1000 Wh/Kg Battery Breakthrough(cleantechnica.com)
16 points by resalisbury 7y ago|5 comments
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Uber Questions (Stratechery)(stratechery.com)
1 points by resalisbury 7y ago|0 comments
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by resalisbury 8y ago
The Federal Reserve in the early 1900s is the earliest I came across in wikipedia, which inspired the question. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedwire In the early 1900s, settlement of interbank payments was often done
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What was the earliest electronic transfer of money?
5 points by resalisbury 8y ago|4 comments
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Startup Stock Options – Why a Good Deal Has Gone Bad (Steve Blank)
2 points by resalisbury 8y ago|0 comments
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The Streets Were Never Free. Congestion Pricing Finally Makes That Plain(nytimes.com)
273 points by resalisbury 8y ago|358 comments
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by resalisbury 8y ago
What is the evidence that this works? Do inuit communities have lower rates of domestic violence, violent crime etc? Are their other ways of measuring or defining "success"? I'm reminded of the research for " Becoming a
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One Way to Stop College-Admissions Insanity: Admit More Students(theatlantic.com)
2 points by resalisbury 8y ago|0 comments
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by resalisbury 8y ago
From the article: "It may be legal to pledge $2.5 million to Harvard just as your son is applying — which is what Jared Kushner’s father did for him — and illegal to bribe a coach to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars, but ho
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Bribes to Get into Yale and Stanford? What Else Is New?(nytimes.com)
165 points by resalisbury 8y ago|147 comments
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by resalisbury 8y ago
The standard "correlation does not equal causation" rebuttal here might be "how do you know that ppl who are unemployed aren't just more likely to take more opioids?" The authors have attempted to address such a re
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Opioids and the Labor Market (2018)(clevelandfed.org)
130 points by resalisbury 8y ago|63 comments
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by resalisbury 8y ago
A lot is wrong, but I appreciate than Ben gives credit where due. ”Let me reiterate a point I have made twice now: I appreciate Senator Warren raising these issues; they are indeed critical not only for the world today, but also the world w
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by resalisbury 8y ago
Airbnb disrupts travel by offering hotel rooms :)
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What the plow and lab-grown meat tell us about innovation(gatesnotes.com)
2 points by resalisbury 8y ago|0 comments
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Rule Thinkers In, Not Out (Scott Alexander)(slatestarcodex.com)
4 points by resalisbury 8y ago|0 comments
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by resalisbury 8y ago
Love the discussion of “Optimal Currency Areas”. However, some people argue that even the dollar has issues, since it unites a large area with very different economic realities at the local level. Here’s a piece that blew my mind on the sub
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by resalisbury 8y ago
The idea of an "Optimal Currency Area" is a long standing area of economic research and shows clearly why having one currency is not ideal. Bitcoin is cool, but it doesn't change fundamental economic realities...
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by resalisbury 8y ago
More accurate headline, "Google's CEO still has incredible employee support, despite year over year dip".
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by resalisbury 8y ago
This is the key line "the fundamental tension [is] that Americans want housing to be both affordable and a good investment." You can't have both! You cannot have your home be a good investment because prices keep rising and
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by resalisbury 8y ago
Here's and oversimplified way to thing about the housing problem. It's 90% a policy problem and 10% a technology problem. Todays technology allows you to build economy housing for $200 / sqft. That's pretty much no di
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by resalisbury 8y ago
If you forget to brush your teeth today, you will probably forget tomorrow. b/c gingavitis = Alzheimer's.

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