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Talking to My Son about Glenn Gould
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When Glenn Gould Walked Away
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All the King's Quacks
The shady doctors around Donald Trump
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‘$5,000 to Save a Life Is a Bargain’
As Sam Bankman-Fried’s downfall sends effective altruism into a spiral of self-doubt, the idealist quant Elie Hassenfeld is still helping Silicon Valley…
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Trickle-Down Vibenomics
Recently, Ross Douthat, the conservative New York Times columnist, sat down with Paul Krugman, the center-left economist. Though Krugman is Douthat’s…
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Staying Old At Heart
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How Postmodern Finance Explains Trumpism
Good old Trump-and-Dump Economics
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Magic + Loss
Magic + Loss
Tech and politics for English majors.
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