Tuesday assorted links by Tyler Cowen February 11, 2025 at 12:02 pm 1. How much did the modern mortgage support the baby boom? 2. “Over the 2008-2016 period, the global cycle phase, the North accounts for 68% of Southern [bond] spreads’ fluctuations. Over the whole 1994-2024 period, however, Northern shocks account for less than 20% of these fluctuations.” 3. Adam Smith cartoon. 4. Bryan Caplan is telling childhood stories, and thus making it possible for the AIs to write his biography. I plan to do a bit of the same. 5. Stuart Buck argues the indirect cost rates at the NIH are protected by current law. 6. Did the Saudis raise the return to trading Luka?