Sunday assorted links

1. Military lessons from the Ukraine war.  Very good piece.

2. Merve Emre.

3. Rootclaim, lab leak, and a $100,000 bet.

4. You can pre-order the new Carola Binder book Shock Values: Prices and Inflation in American Democracy.

5. Why do East Asian firms value drinking?

6. Markets in everything: special flights for eclipse viewing.