Wednesday assorted links

by Tyler Cowen February 11, 2026 at 12:11 pm

1. The rise of the Saudi-UAE split.

2. How Peru came the leading exporter of blueberries.

3. One view on how to respond to AI potentially taking your job.

4. Austin Steady rates books mentioned on MR.

5. 36 hours in Lagos (NYT).

6. Why economists linearize everything.

7. New Malcolm Gladwell book coming on guns and violence.

8. Apply to be a Mercatus Emerging Scholar.