Wednesday assorted links
1. New data on the economics of LLMs: “Fifth, we estimate preliminary short-run price elasticities just above one, suggesting limited scope for Jevons-Paradox effects.”
2. How much is Germany still using fax machines?
3. Top ten pieces from Works in Progress.
4. MIE claims about Slovenia. Cheap talk, or can this be true?
6. Top economics papers from 2025?
7. The best “best movies of the year” set of lists I have seen.
8. The basics on Sudan. And more ongoing trouble in the Gulf and in East Africa. I hope this is not the big story of the year to come, but fear it may be.