Tuesday assorted links

by Tyler Cowen April 21, 2026 at 1:34 pm

1. Desmond Morris, RIP (NYT).

2. A long NYT feature on how to be cultured.

3. “We apply our theory to US state legislative elections, and find that ideologically extreme candidates receive significantly lower voter support in initiative than in non-initiative states.”

4. Guinea worm eradicated.

5. People laid off from USAID (NYT).

6. Ariel Rubinstein tells his story. And his home page more generally.

7. Deirdre on Doug North and neo-institutionalism.