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Denmark takes forceful measures to integrate immigrants - Marginal REVOLUTION
Denmark takes forceful measures to integrate immigrants - Marginal REVOLUTION
After they fled Iran decades ago, Nasrin Bahrampour and her husband settled in a bright public housing apartment overlooking the university city of Aarhus, Denmark. They filled it with potted plants, family photographs and Persian carpets, and raised two children there. Now they are being forced to leave their home under a government program that […]
·marginalrevolution.com·
Denmark takes forceful measures to integrate immigrants - Marginal REVOLUTION
On Capital, Maps, and Terrain
On Capital, Maps, and Terrain
I recently stumbled across a screenshot of this classic old tweet from Arthur Chu: Whenever such an observation appears on social media, it inevitably provokes a storm of responses along the lines of “workers wouldn’t be able to make anything if they had to make their own parts and tools.” For example, as part of...
·c4ss.org·
On Capital, Maps, and Terrain
The Future Once Seemed So Bright. What Happened?
The Future Once Seemed So Bright. What Happened?
Nostalgia for the hope we lost along the way, and the dreams that never were. The 1990s will not return. We are the lost generation.
·beneaththepavement.substack.com·
The Future Once Seemed So Bright. What Happened?
Why can't we just quit cows?
Why can't we just quit cows?
Eating less beef, cheese, and ice cream would slash emissions. But given the nation's taste for them, science strives to make climate-friendlier cows.
·grist.org·
Why can't we just quit cows?
What If Culture Is Unstable?
What If Culture Is Unstable?
We struggle to explain large scale long term cultural changes. Such as the rise and fall of empires, or the demographic transition. Yes, we do seem to find patterns that are somewhat predictable, but our abilities here are also clearly limited.
·overcomingbias.com·
What If Culture Is Unstable?
3 Types Of Inflation And How They Differ
3 Types Of Inflation And How They Differ
We’ve all heard about inflation a lot in the last year. Prices have increased 9% on average over the past 12 months, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Inflation is an economic term for the rising prices of goods and services, which usually happens gradually. But th
·forbes.com·
3 Types Of Inflation And How They Differ
The Toothpaste Argument for Universal Basic Income
The Toothpaste Argument for Universal Basic Income
The following argument is based on the words of the late Götz Werner, who was a long-time supporter of the concept of unconditional basic income in Germany, who gained a unique understanding of UBI as a successful businessman and billionaire co-founder of the drugstore chain “dm,” and who passed away
·scottsantens.com·
The Toothpaste Argument for Universal Basic Income
How Capitalism Created Ghosts
How Capitalism Created Ghosts
A hut outside of capitalism can't be haunted because it exists outside of truly retrievable time.
·thestranger.com·
How Capitalism Created Ghosts
Here's a New Plan to Rein In the Gilded Tech Bros
Here's a New Plan to Rein In the Gilded Tech Bros
Former FCC chair Tom Wheeler likens today’s tech giants to 19th-century robber barons and argues only government intervention can prevent them harming the public interest.
·wired.com·
Here's a New Plan to Rein In the Gilded Tech Bros
The United States of Guns
The United States of Guns
Like many of you, I read the news of a single person killing at least 18 people in Lewiston, Maine yesterday, which comes on the h
·kottke.org·
The United States of Guns
The right to read is the right to mine
The right to read is the right to mine
To celebrate the 10th International Open Access Week, Cambridge University has placed a digitised version of Stephen Hawking's 1966 PhD thesis, "Properties of expanding universes" online for anyone to read and download. Hawking is quoted as saying: "Anyone, anywhere in the world should have free, un
·copybuzz.com·
The right to read is the right to mine