Tuesday assorted links

by Tyler Cowen August 18, 2026 at 11:50 am

1. AI is helping patients to solve their medical mysteries (WSJ).

2. History of economic thought in one paragraph.

3. Becca Rothfeld on Rachel Cusk.

4. “Since ChatGPT, the number of new economics papers posted each year has almost doubled.”

5. Alan Macfarlane update China fact of the day.

6. Is the next cultural boom coming to Latin America?