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Weekly hours per worker vary a lot across countries. h/t Torsten Slok

We've come to this pass in the culture wars because too many have resorted to browbeating rather than sweet persuasion. My grandmother (Camilla Eyring Kimball) often quoted "A man convinced against his will, is of the same opinion still."

“If retailers expect their costs to be higher tomorrow, they will raise prices today to get ahead of it. Landlords will do the same with rents. If workers expect their living expenses to rise, they’ll bargain for higher pay now.” tinyurl.com/2ckvsbqf

New post: "Miles Discusses Trinitarianism with ChatGPT" blog.supplysideliberal.com/post/2025/6/21…

A regressive national sales tax where the revenue goes to private companies would be very controversial. Yet that’s effectively what we have now. Cheering on: “payment alternatives to get around the cardbased system dominated by Visa and Mastercard” tinyurl.com/23bt8zse

The transition to eukaryotic cells is looking like a less important part of the Great Filter: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fil… news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/…

Matt Adler just published his new book, "Risk, Death, and Well-Being: The Ethical Foundations of Fatality Risk Regulation" open access: academic.oup.com/book/60463

Economics has an important role in the American story. For example, monetary policy could have avoided or blunted the Great Depression. “National Garden of American Heroes..is set to feature 250 life-size statues of figures including..Milton Friedman” tinyurl.com/25hj5y3t

I disagree with the decision to call the United States’ 250th anniversary the “Semiquincentennial” instead of using the more accessible, equally legitimate synonym “Quartermillenial.” Our nation is genuinely great, and doesn’t need to put on airs. tinyurl.com/25hj5y3t

A Classic Eagles Album Turns 50 tinyurl.com/24syoawc

Trump Makes ‘Fiscal Dominance’ Play tinyurl.com/yuwzc8gs

Sheikh Jaabari & 4 other leading Hebron sheikhs..signed a letter pledging peace & full recognition of Israel as a Jewish state. Their plan is for Hebron to break out of the Palestinian Authority, establish an emirate of its own, & join the Abraham Accords tinyurl.com/ywr24mpw

“Xi’s counsel to the party apparatus, the Chinese advisers say, is one of patience, convinced that the global balance of power will inevitably tilt in China’s favor.” I’ll be delighted if China doesn’t use force against Taiwan in the next 10 years. tinyurl.com/ypjrgk7u

Gaza is a large prison that unjustly imprisons millions of people. It shouldn’t be taboo to try to help people get out. There is way too much focus on land, and not enough focus on people & their lives. Gaza Strip Consulting Project Spiraled Into a Crisis tinyurl.com/yrzvb8ju

“Sheriff’s departments, which generally have jurisdiction over counties, were involved in about a third of the police killings in 2024, despite making up just a quarter of law-enforcement nationwide” tinyurl.com/ykv9dtkm

I like this rule-of-thumb for avoiding the most common phishing attacks: "Whenever an email or SMS text demands you take urgent action (such as wiring money or updating credentials) to prevent a negative event, be careful. This is a common method used to startle users into

“Among employed men, 29% said they spent time working from home in 2024, down from 34% the prior year, according to a new Labor Department survey. For women, that figure stayed largely flat at 36%.” Women Return to Office Less Than Men tinyurl.com/ynbawt25

“It’s quite possible that by taking the low-demand stuff off our plates we’re piling up too much high-demand stuff,” says economist and sociologist Juliet Schor, whose new book, “Four Days a Week,” chronicles companies’ experiments with reduced schedules. tinyurl.com/yty4f2zb