Friday assorted links

by Tyler Cowen September 5, 2025 at 11:40 am

1. An alternate model for training economists?

2. RIP Luis Fernando Verissimo. Borges and the Eternal Orangutans is a very fun book for me.

3. Chinese guy builds Cat World, Department of Why Not?

4. “Walking Tall?” (NYT). The husband did it.

5. AI progressed more quickly than superforecasters had expected. Green energy did not.

6. Price discrimination for campus housing?

7. Garett Jones podcast with John Cochrane on stablecoins.