Read : 2021-09-30

by shwolff

Today’s selection of articles:

  1. “China’s embattled developer Evergrande is on the brink of default. Here’s why it matters” by Weizhen Tan (CNBC, 2021-09-16).
  2. “Study confirms superior sound of a Stradivari is due to the varnish” by Jennifer Ouellette (Ars Technica, 2021-09-16).
  3. “Henry George: Antiprotectionist giant of American economics” by Robert L. Formaini (Economic Insights, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, ????).
  4. “The Middle-Aged Sadness Behind the Cancel Culture Panic” by Michelle Goldberg (The NY Times, 2021-09-20).
  5. “Mathematician answers chess problem about attacking queens” by Leila Sloman (Quanta Magazine, 2021-09-21).
  6. “Goldilocks is dying” by Nouriel Roubini (Project Syndicate, 2021-09-21).
  7. “Stagflation ahead?” (Project Syndicate). A gateway to several recent articles on the prospects of stagflation, in the US and globally.
  8. “Individuals embrace options trading, turbocharging stock markets” by Gunjan Banerji (The Wall Street Journal, 2021-09-26). Here’s a link to OCC options data.
    By one measure [average daily notional value], options activity is on track to surpass activity in the stock market for the first time ever.
  9. “How France overcame covid-19 vaccine hesitancy” by Nick Kostov (The Wall Street Journal, 2021-09-27).
  10. “Should we be worried about Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google?” by Christina Pazzanese (The Harvard Gazette, 2021-09-24). An interview with MIT professor of applied economics Dr. Nancy L. Rose.
  11. “The 1960s gospel hit that defined a genre and an era” by Robert M. Marovich (Zócalo, 2021-09-27).
  12. “Epidemiologist predicts likely decline in U.S. covid cases, deaths” by Caitlin McDermott-Murphy (The Harvard Gazette, 2021-09-27). Notes from Dr. William Hanage’s 2021-09-23 seminar titled “Covid-19 : What we’ve learned about the pandemic and what we keep forgetting”.
  13. “Not just what was said, but who got to say it” by Colleen Walsh (The Harvard Gazette, 2021-09-24).
  14. “Regulators put cryptocurrency in crosshairs” by Christina Pazzanese (The Harvard Gazette, 2021-09-29). An interview with HBS professor Scott Duke Kominers.
  15. “Russia detains cybersecurity CEO in treason case” by Ann M. Simmons (The Wall Street Journal, 2021-09-29).
  16. “Here are 10 of the top college volleyball liberos in 2021” by Michella Chester (NCAA, 2021-09-28).
  17. “Two rare — but powerful — words: ‘It depends’” by Brad Stulberg (The Growth Equation, 2021-09).
    [I]n Zen there is a teaching: Before I sought enlightenment, the mountains were mountains and the rivers were rivers. While I sought enlightenment, the mountains were not mountains and the rivers were not rivers. After I reached enlightenment, the mountains were mountains and the rivers were rivers.

Separately, resources about US Treasuries:

  1. “US Treasuries auction: Method and implications” by Modern Money Theory, Videos from L&C Students (YouTube, 2015-05-08). 8m24s video.
  2. “How Treasury auctions work” (Treasury Direct).
  3. “When the Fed buys a Treasury security, the debt does not go away” by Bill Nelson & Robert Lindgren (Bank Policy Institute, 2021-01-05).