Wednesday assorted links

by Tyler Cowen August 5, 2020 at 2:08 pm

1. The rise, fall, and rise of the status pineapple.

2. Jennifer Doleac with Rob Wiblin podcast on crime and police reform.

3. Is there less “prolific cronyism” in economics?

4. U.S. Covid death count starting to turn down again, let us hope this trend continues.

5. Short immune system explainer (Atlantic).

6. The current coronavirus situation in the UK. And some more detail on the Russian vaccine.