Friday assorted links

1. Are some Latin American countries “quiet quitting” the war on drugs?

2. “We find that in the United States, enslaved workers were responsible for somewhere between 12.49 per cent and 18.0 per cent of the increase in output per capita between 1839 and 1859.”

3. Some much-needed perspective on the “Chinese brain killer virus.”

4. Detroit Beer Exchange closes, erstwhile floating price markets in everything.

5. On Solano and cars, noting that I don’t find the car outcomes so bad myself.

6. How good is the three-minute intelligence test?

7. “A Japanese man who made a living from letting people rent him to do absolutely nothing says he now does it for fun.”

8. BAP on populism and libertarianism.

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