Tuesday assorted links

by Tyler Cowen January 17, 2023 at 12:47 pm

1. Mike Makowsky on the paradox of choice in economics research.

2. Does losing Taiwan mean losing Japan?

3. Which books do we teach from the 1990s?

4. Chucklesome slang terms from 1910.

5. Where the phrase “red tape” comes from.

6. Two-minute AI-made Batman movie. Skill of the operator people, skill of the operator. And The Zvi on AI and market returns and interest rates.

7. “A partial or full ban [on non-competes] could prompt employers to use deferred pay and nondisclosure agreements.”

8. Brazil fact of the day: “The Northernmost part of Brazil is closer to Canada than it is to the Southernmost part of Brazil”