Stories by paulpauper

The Focusing Illusion

AI Doomers Had Their Big Moment

Parisians Are Choosing Bikes over Cars. Will New Yorkers Do That, Too?

America Can Break Its Highway Addiction

Are You Sure Your House Is Worth That Much?

Soaring Insurance Costs Could 'End' Affordable Housing, Developers Warn

Fela Kuti in Prison

Britain on the Brink

A Cure for Child Anxiety Hiding (and Seeking) in Plain Sight

Who Wants to Rule the Third World?

The MIT Economics Canon (?)

Life Without Hard Steps?

Book Review: "Ender's Game"

Tutoring Undermines the Validity of GPA More Than the Validity of SAT Scores

In Defense of "I'm Sorry You Feel That Way"

Why Kamala Harris's approach to capital gains is generating so much controversy

There's a Place for Everyone

Temu parent company lost more than $50B in market value

Should the richest 1% – who gained $42T/decade – be taxed more?

Why do firms choose to be inefficient?