Thursday assorted links

1. The “estrangement” from philosophy of economics.

2. Investing in scientific instruments.

3. New book coming on Carlsen vs. Niemann.

4. Houston economy growing at more than ten percent (and that is even without moving forward on bike paths).

5. “As Matt Yglesias rightly says, this is a worrying signal of declining state legitimacy: even the centre-left parties don’t believe they can make the case for the state raising taxes and spending them on public goods“