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27 October 2023

Read : 2023-10-27

Articles for reading

  1. “Love after life: Nobel-winning physicist Richard Feynman’s extraordinary letter to his departed wife” by Maria Popova (The Marginalian, 2017-10-17).
  2. “Who owns the GOP?” by Theda Skocpol (Dissent Magazine, 2016-02-03).

Articles for reference

Athletics

  1. “Graham Blanks can really motor” by Christy DeSmith (The Harvard Gazette, 2023-10-26).

Coding

  1. “Documenting Python code: A complete guide” by James Mertz (Real Python, ????).

Cybersecurity

  1. “LinkedIn tests generative AI to field cybersecurity questions from employees and suppliers” by Catherine Stupp (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-10-25).
  2. “The race to save our secrets from the computers of the future” by Zach Montague (The New York Times, 2023-10-22).
  3. “The top cybersecurity conferences to attend in 2024” by Naomi Eide (Cybersecurity Dive, 2023-10-13).
  4. “Generative AI could revolutionize email—for hackers” by James Rundle (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-09-06).
  5. “Don’t let Google manage your passwords” by Neil J. Rubenking (PCMag, 2023-04-30).

Economics

  1. “Personal income and outlays, September 2023” (US Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2023-10-27).
  2. “Great news about American wealth” by Noah Smith (2023-10-27).
  3. “America’s record wealth boom” by Joseph Politano (Apricitas Economics, 2023-10-26).
  4. “Gross domestic product, third quarter 2023 (advance estimate)” (US Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2023-10-26).
  5. “What can the Fed do about the deficit? Nothing” by Greg Ip (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-10-25).

Medicine

  1. “How health-care costs stopped rising” (The Economist, 2023-10-26).
  2. “The virus takes a detour in its evolutionary arc” by Eric Topol (Ground Truths, 2023-10-25). “The virus” being SARS-CoV-2.

Politics

  1. “Plaintext” by Steven Levy (WIRED, 2023-10-27). On regulating “big tech”.
  2. “Can America handle two wars, and maybe a third?” (The Economist, 2023-10-24).
  3. “Who owns the GOP?” by Theda Skocpol (Dissent Magazine, 2016-02-03).

Science and technology

  1. “A new generation of mathematicians pushes prime number barriers” by Erica Klarreich (Quanta Magazine, 2023-10-26).
  2. “Biden moves to embrace AI as national security tool in executive order” by John D. McKinnon, Sabrina Siddiqui, Dustin Volz (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-10-25).
  3. “The world wants to regulate AI, but does not quite know how” (The Economist, 2023-10-24).

Society

  1. “Other countries put lives before guns. Why can’t we?” by Alvin Powell (The Harvard Gazette, 2023-10-26).
  2. “The TikTok girl is right: Modernity and the 9-to-5” by kyla scanlon (Kyla’s Newsletter, 2023-10-26).
  3. “The American socialist worldview is just totally broken (repost)” by Noah Smith (Noahpinion, 2023-10-26).
  4. “Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the rich” by Robert Skidelsky (Project Syndicate, 2023-10-24). On the books “The new leviathans” by John Gray and “Technofeudalism” by Yanis Varoufakis.
  5. “The morning” by David Leonhardt (The New York Times, 2023-10-24). Subtitled, “We’re covering the state of the American dream…”—by which Mr. Leonhardt means “my new and first book, in which I am well pleased, and which covers my views on this topic”.
  6. “America needs a bigger, better bureaucracy” by Noah Smith (Noahpinion, 2023-10-22).
  7. “Fighting misinformation one tweet at a time” by Giulia Cambieri (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 2023-10-20).

Other

  1. “The key to a strong identity: Diversity your sense of self” by Brad Stulberg (The Growth Equation, 2023-10-26).
  2. “CEO morning routines are bananas. So I tried a few.” by Ray A. Smith (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-10-25).
  3. “Sign acts: The weird, wonderful world of prophetic communication” by Whitney Woollard (BibleProject, 2018).
  4. “Love after life: Nobel-winning physicist Richard Feynman’s extraordinary letter to his departed wife” by Maria Popova (The Marginalian, 2017-10-17).
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7 May 2023

Read : 2023-05-07

Articles for reference

Arts

  1. “Why Ed Sheeran turned to this indie rocker for his latest album” by Neil Shah (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-05-04). On Aaron Dessner.
  2. “The TikTok star who keeps going viral for (lovingly) destroying her wardrobe” by Sarah Spellings (Vogue, 2023-03-22). An interview with Madeleine White.
  3. “See every look from the 2023 Grammys red carpet” (Vogue, 2023-02-05). Two hundred and sixty two looks.

Athletics

  1. Tweet by Kendall Baker (Twitter, 2022-12-05). Point from the 2022 NCAA Women’s D1 Volleyball tournament, Houston v South Dakota.
  2. “There’s good reason for sports to be separated by sex” by Steve Magness (The Atlantic, 2022-09-29).

Economics

  1. “Governments are living in a fiscal fantasyland” (The Economist, 2023-05-04).
  2. “Where has all the liquidity gone?” by Raghuram G. Rajan, Viral V. Acharya (Project Syndicate, 2022-10-07).
  3. “Inflation’s hidden cost” by Joseph Politano (Apricitas Economics, 2022-10-15).
  4. “Buy now, pay later: How retail’s hot feature hurts low-income shoppers” by Rachel Layne (Harvard Business School : Working Knowledge, 2022-11-21).

Education

  1. “So what exactly happened to the MOOC?” by Valentina Goglio (Zócalo, 2022-12-15).

Law

  1. “The world’s real ‘cybercrime’ problem” by Andrew Couts, Dhruv Mehrotra (WIRED, 2023-03-15).
  2. “Politics, the Court, and ‘the dangerous place we find ourselves in right now’” by Rachel Reed (Harvard Law Today, 2022-09-21).

Mathematics

  1. “The math evangelist who preaches problem-solving” by Erica Klarreich (Quanta Magazine, 2022-09-13). On Richard Rusczyk, founder of Art of Problem Solving.
  2. “Cryptography’s future will be quantum-safe. Here’s how it will work.” by Leila Sloman (Quanta Magazine, 2022-11-09). On lattice-based cryptography.

Medicine

  1. “The first shot: Inside the covid vaccine fast track” by Brooke Jarvis (WIRED, 2020-05-13).

Science and technology

  1. “Why I (still) love tech: In defense of a difficult industry” by Paul Ford (WIRED, 2019-05-14).
  2. “The future smartphone: More folds, less phone, a whole lot of AI” by Lauren Goode (WIRED, 2023-03-15).
  3. “Plaintext” by Amit Katwala (WIRED, 2022-12-16). On ChatGPT (from five months ago).

Self-help

  1. “Feeling stressed? Zoom out.” by Steve Magness (The Growth Equation, 2023-01-19).
  2. “When good enough is good enough” by Brad Stulberg (The Growth Equation, 2022-??-??).
  3. “Improve your cognitive performance by ditching your device” by Steve Magness (The Growth Equation, 2022-??-??).
  4. “Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom—here’s how mastery can help” by Brad Stulberg (The Growth Equation, 2022-??-??).
  5. “Amusing ourselves to death in the attention economy” by Brad Stulberg (The Growth Equation, 2022-??-??).
  6. “Why we need to seek out discomfort” by Steve Magness (The Growth Equation, 2022-??-??).

Society

  1. “How to protect democracy? Don’t give up on your neighbor.” by Christina Pazzanese (The Harvard Gazette, 2022-10-14). Q&A with Anand Giridharadas.

Other

  1. “Does your résumé pass the six-second test?” by Kailyn Rhone (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-04-16). Make your CV highly skimmable, highlighting the requirements in the particular job posting.
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2 April 2023

Read : 2023-04-02

Articles for reading

  1. “How deep is the rot in America’s banking industry?” (The Economist, 2023-03-16).
  2. “What’s wrong with the banks” (The Economist, 2023-03-16).
  3. “The Fed smothers capitalism in an attempt to save it” (The Economist, 2023-03-16).
  4. “The death of Credit Suisse” by Joseph Politano (Apricitas Economics, 2023-03-25).
  5. “The Fed’s role in the bank failures” by Raghuram G. Rajan, Viral V. Acharya (Project Syndicate, 2023-03-28).
  6. “In era of bitter division, what would Socrates do?” by Clea Simon (The Harvard Gazette, 2023-03-27).

Articles for reference

Economics

  1. “The takeconomy” by kyla scanlon (kyla’s Newsletter, 2023-03-16).
  2. “What’s wrong with the banks” (The Economist, 2023-03-16).
  3. “The Fed smothers capitalism in an attempt to save it” (The Economist, 2023-03-16).
  4. “How deep is the rot in America’s banking industry?” (The Economist, 2023-03-16).
  5. “The Federal Reserve must choose between inflation and market chaos” (The Economist, 2023-03-19).
  6. “Bailouts for everyone?” by Christina Pazzanese (The Harvard Gazette, 2023-03-14). An interview with former Fed governor Daniel Tarullo.
  7. “More turbulence likely ahead after bank collapses” by Christina Pazzanese (The Harvard Gazette, 2023-03-15). An interview with Lawrence H. Summers, former US Treasury Secretary.
  8. “SVB and the Fed” by Noah Smith (Noahpinion, 2023-03-15).
  9. “The Fed’s $300B emergency response” by Joseph Politano (Apricitas Economics, 2023-03-18).
  10. “Fifty years of floating currencies” by Jeffrey Frankel (Project Syndicate, 2023-03-20).
  11. “How bad was the Silicon Valley Bank bailout?” by Paul Krugman (The New York Times, 2023-03-14).
  12. “What gets lost when you rescue markets” by Jason Zweig (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-03-17).
  13. “Prospects of avoiding recessing fading” by Christina Pazzanese (The Harvard Gazette, 2023-03-23).
  14. “When a bank fails, there’s always a villain” by Jason Zweig (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-03-24).
  15. “Let the banks burn” by Yanis Varoufakis (Project Syndicate, 2023-03-24).
  16. “Price stability vs. financial stability?” by Willem H. Buiter (Project Syndicate, 2023-03-20).
  17. “The Fed must not flinch” by Michael R. Strain (Project Syndicate, 2023-03-21).
  18. “The death of Credit Suisse” by Joseph Politano (Apricitas Economics, 2023-03-25).
  19. “After Credit Suisse’s demise, attention turns to Deutsche Bank” (The Economist, 2023-03-24).
  20. “The Fed’s role in the bank failures” by Raghuram G. Rajan, Viral V. Acharya (Project Syndicate, 2023-03-28).
  21. “How bank oversight failed: The economy changed, regulators didn’t” by Andrew Ackerman, Angel Au-Yeung, Hannah Miao (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-03-24).
  22. “Policymakers face two nightmares: stubborn inflation and market chaos” (The Economist, 2023-03-23).
  23. “Will the recent banking chaos lead to an economic crash?” (The Economist, 2023-03-28).
  24. “As interest rates rose, banks did a balance-sheet switcheroo” by Jonathan Weil (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-03-29).
  25. “Why inflation persists” by Lars P. Feld (Project Syndicate, 2023-03-31).
  26. “What killed Signature Bank?” by Joseph Politano (Apricitas Economics, 2023-04-01).

Education

  1. “Why did America’s leaders stop caring about schools?” (The Economist, 2023-03-16).
  2. “What we talk about when we talk about Math 55” by Sage S. Lattman (The Harvard Crimson, 2023-03-25).
  3. “The ascent of Chinese education” by Paul Massari (Harvard University GSAS, 2023-03-16).

Mathematics

  1. “Surprise computer science proof stuns mathematicians” by Leila Sloman (Quanta Magazine, 2023-03-21).
  2. “Is there math beyond the equal sign?” by Steven Strogatz (Quanta Magazine, 2023-03-22). 50m podcast interview with Eugenia Cheng.

Politics

  1. “Unions’ extension into politics was necessar—and contributed to their decline, says Harvard Law expert” by Rachel Reed (Harvard Law Today, 2023-03-16).
  2. “Emmanuel Macron’s government survives, but there is more trouble ahead” (The Economist, 2023-03-20).
  3. “Will Bibi break Israel?” (The Economist, 2023-03-16).
  4. “How China benefits from another US banking crisis” by Stephen S. Roach (Project Syndicate, 2023-03-24).
  5. “America’s industrial policy is counterproductive” by Anne O. Krueger (Project Syndicate, 2023-03-22).
  6. “A TikTok ban may be just the beginning” by Christopher Mims (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-03-25).
  7. “Japan and Germany are again preparing for war” by Ian Baruma (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-03-24).
  8. “Lawmakers scold Fed over Silicon Valley Bank collapse” by Andrew Ackerman, David Harrison, Andrew Duehren (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-03-28).
  9. “Tick TikTok goes globalization” by Kenneth Rogoff (Project Syndicate, 2023-03-29).

Science and technology

  1. “Why China has edge on AI, what ancient emperors tell us about Xi Jinping” by Christy DeSmith (The Harvard Gazette, 2023-03-16).
  2. “The morning” by David Leonhardt (The New York Times, 2023-03-24). Subtitled, “A federal judge spoke at Stanford Law School. Chaos ensued.”
  3. “Plaintext” by Steven Levy (WIRED, 2023-03-24).
  4. “Wormhole experiment called into question” by Charlie Wood (Quanta Magazine, 2023-03-23).
  5. “Artificial idiocy” by Slavoj Žižek (Project Syndicate, 2023-03-23).

Society

  1. “Why America is going to look more like Texas” (The Economist, 2023-03-16).
  2. “Progressives need to embrace progress” by Noah Smith (Noahpinion, 2023-03-22).
  3. “In era of bitter division, what would Socrates do?” by Clea Simon (The Harvard Gazette, 2023-03-27).
  4. “Culture belongs to everyone (and no one)” by Anna Lamb (The Harvard Gazette, 2023-03-23).

Other

  1. “Naughty nuns, flatulent monks, and other surprises of sacred medieval manuscripts” by Hunter Oatman-Stanford (Collectors Weekly, 2014-07-24). An interview with Kaitlin Manning.
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13 September 2022

Read : 2022-09-13

Articles for reading

  1. “How did Biden go from zero to hero so quickly?” by Christina Pazzanese (The Harvard Gazette, 2022-09).
    The press always does this. There is a meta narrative that settles into the news coverage and that frames even how journalists look at developments.
    There’s very little context, very little attempt to put into a shape and a form and background that gives people a more complete understanding. They just go for the bottom line…
    If you think about political journalists, they read each other; they talk to each other a lot. There’s kind of a groupthink about where things are.
  2. “Breyer offers advice on being on losing side” by Christina Pazzanese (The Harvard Gazette, 2022-09-12).
    Politics, deciding cases, or whatever you find controversial, that’s one thing. Human relations is something different.
    Do your job and do it as well as you can, and then maybe somebody will notice, and you’ll get a better job. Maybe they won’t, but at least you’ve done the work.
    the country would be better off if we just listen to each other and really hear what someone else has to say, and participate in public life

Articles for reference

Business

  1. “Gen Xers and Millennials, it’s time to lead. Are you ready?” by Lane Lambert (Harvard Business School : Working Knowledge, 2022-09-08).

Cryptocurrency

  1. “The ethereum merge and energy markets” by kyla scanlon (kyla’s Newsletter, 2022-09-10).
  2. “The future of crypto is at stake in ethereum’s switch” (The Economist, 2022-09-06).

Cybersecurity

  1. “CISA to hold meetings to flesh out cyber-incident reporting rules” by James Rundle (The Wall Street Journal, 2022-09-07).
  2. “Why corporate boards need more cybersecurity expertise” by Michelle Lowry, Anthony Vance (The Wall Street Journal, 2022-09-07).
  3. “Trial of former Uber executive has security officials worried about liability for hacks” by Robert McMillan (The Wall Street Journal, 2022-09-08).

Economics

  1. “How to help with Europe’s energy crisis” by Mike Bird, Alice Fulwood, Soumaya Keynes (The Economist : Money Talks, 2022-09-07). 37m podcast.
  2. The ECB’s 2022-09-08 monetary policy statement and corresponding press conference (European Central Bank, 2022-09-08).
  3. “Pinochet’s economic policy is vastly overrated” by Noah Smith (Noahpinion, 2022-09-07).
  4. “Governance for a healthy economy” by Dani Rodrik (Project Syndicate, 2022-09-09).
  5. “The Fed should wait and see” by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Dean Baker (Project Syndicate, 2022-09-12).
  6. “Isabella M. Weber says more…” (Project Syndicate, 2022-09-06). An interview with economist Isabella M. Weber.

Education

  1. “Harvard Grid to help researchers make leap from lab to startup” (The Harvard Gazette, 2022-09-07).

Law

  1. “Breyer offers advice on being on losing side” by Christina Pazzanese (The Harvard Gazette, 2022-09-12).

Mathematics

  1. “How Shannon entropy imposes fundamental limits on communication” by Kevin Hartnett (Quanta Magazine, 2022-09-06).

Politics

  1. “Can Liz Truss fix Britain?” (The Economist, 2022-09-08).
  2. “Elizabeth II never laid down the heavy weight of the crown” (The Economist, 2022-09-08).
  3. “Requiem for an empire” by Robert Skidelsky (Project Syndicate, 2022-09-12).

Psychology

  1. “Psychologists are learning what religion has known for years” by David DeSteno (WIRED, 2021-09-14).

Science

  1. “Randall Munroe and the power of ‘what if?’” by Alvin Powell (The Harvard Gazette, 2022-09-12).

Society

  1. “The end of real social networks” by Daron Acemoglu (Project Syndicate, 2022-09-07).
  2. “Why the bullshit-jobs thesis may be, well, bullshit” (The Economist, 2021-06-05).
  3. “Thoughts on the origins of wokeness” by Noah Smith (Noahpinion, 2022-09-09).

Technology

  1. “The tech winners and losers of the pandemic” (The Economist, 2022-09-01).
  2. “Plaintext” by Steven Levy (WIRED, 2022-09-09). On TikTok.
  3. “Software is reorganizing the world” by Balaji Srinivasan (WIRED, 2013-11-22).
  4. “Harvard partners with Amazon Web Services in quantum internet push” (The Harvard Gazette, 2022-09-12). Interview with Professors Evelyn Hu, Marko Lončar, Mikhail Lukin, Hongkun Park.
    It’s only by taking that long view, making a commitment to collaboration—and the underlying trust that holds collaborations together—that the miracles actually manifest themselves.

Writing

  1. “What to read to become a better writer” (The Economist, 2022-09-09).
  2. “Politics and the English language” by George Orwell (The Orwell Foundation, via Horizon, 1946).
  3. “Why I write” by George Orwell (The Orwell Foundation, from Gangrel, 1946).

Other

  1. “Have a gas stove? How to reduce pollution that may harm health” by Wynne Armand (Harvard Health Publishing, 2022-09-07).
  2. “The perils of heroic individualism (and ideas for a more grounded society)” by Brad Stulberg (The Growth Equation, 2022-09-08). The author’s retrospective on his most-recent book, one year on. Or, the hungry ghost at the levels of the individual and (especially) society.
  3. “Obituary: Queen Elizabeth II” (BBC, 2022-09-08).
  4. “Books are physically changing because of inflation” (The Economist, 2022-09-08).
  5. “Taking the leap” by Joseph Politano (Apricitas Economics, 2022-09-10).
  6. “For every vacation-home fantasy, there is a harsh financial reality” by Veronica Dagher (The Wall Street Journal, 2022-09-12).
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8 August 2022

Read : 2022-08-08

Articles for reading:

  1. “Turns out it’s not who you know that determines economic success” by Clea Simon (The Harvard Gazette, 2022-08-03).
    It’s not just about exposure. It’s not just about admitting a more diverse class at Harvard. It’s about actually getting people to interact at Harvard or in their high school or in their neighborhood.
    —Raj Chetty
  2. “Can we learn to disagree better?” by Anne McElvoy (The Economist : The Economist Asks, 2022-08-04). 33m podcast. Discussion with organizational psychologist Adam Grant.

Articles for reference:

Books

  1. “What to read to understand the history of Western capitalism” by Callum Williams (The Economist, 2022-07-04).
  2. “Maybe this book will change your life” by Clea Simon (The Harvard Gazette, 2022-07-27).
  3. “The morning” by Claire Moses (The New York Times, 2022-07-31). Subtitled “Today, we explain the increasing politicization of the book-banning debate.”
  4. “Feeling ‘Clueless’? Here’s why Jane Austen never seems to get old” by Manisha Aggarwal-Schifellite (The Harvard Gazette, 2022-08-03).
  5. “Underrated sci-fi and fantasy books” by Noah Smith (Noahpinion, 2022-08-03).

Economics : Bank of England (BOE)

  1. “Monetary policy report—August 2022” (Bank of England, 2022-08-04).
  2. “Asset Purchase Facility: Gilt sales—Provisional market notice” (Bank of England, 2022-08-04).
  3. “When will inflation start to come down?” (Bank of England, 2022-08-04).

Economics : Central banks and inflation

  1. “Fed risks breaking bond market as Treasury yields spike, liquidity falls” by Peter Brennan, Brian Scheid (S&P Global, 2022-05-02).
  2. “Fed raises interest rates by 75 basis points, says more hikes likely” by Daniella Cheslow, Michael Derby (The Wall Street Journal, 2022-07-27). 12m podcast with transcript.
  3. “Will Europe’s new TPI be an ATM?” by Willem H. Buiter (Project Syndicate, 2022-07-22).
  4. “The ECB’s toxic bond-purchase program” by Lars P. Feld, Clemens Fuest, Volker Wieland, Justus Haucap, Heike Schweitzer, Berthold U. Wigger (Project Syndicate, 2022-07-27).
  5. “Two US cost gauges surpass estimates, stoking inflation concern” by Molly Smith (Bloomberg, 2022-07-29). The US Bureau of Economic Analysis reported June 2022 personal consumption expenditures price index (PCEPI) 6.8% (4.8% core) year-over-year. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 2022 Q2 employment cost index (ECI) up 5.1% in nominal (down 3.6% in real, i.e. inflation-adjusted) terms year-over-year.
  6. “Argentina is running out of cash to stave off devaluation” by Scott Squires (Bloomberg, 2022-08-02).
  7. “Lessons from the great inflation of 1973–81” by Phil Gramm, Mike Solon (The Wall Street Journal, 2022-08-02).
  8. “Forget the economy: Central bankers will only care about inflation” by Jon Sindreu (The Wall Street Journal, 2022-08-04).
  9. “America’s wage-price persistence must be stopped” by Jason Furman (Project Syndicate, 2022-08-02).
  10. “Rate hikes are not the right answer to ‘wage-price persistence’” by James K. Galbraith (Project Syndicate, 2022-08-05).

Economics : Economic reports

  1. “Unemployment insurance weekly claims: Week ending 30 July 2022” (US Department of Labor, 2022-08-04).
  2. “The employment situation—July 2022” (US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2022-08-05).

Economics : Housing

  1. “How high property prices can damage the economy” (The Economist, 2022-07-28).
  2. “The upside-down housing market” by Joseph Politano (Apricitas Economics, 2022-07-30).

Economics : Recession

  1. “The semantics of a recession” by kyla scanlon (kyla’s Newsletter, 2022-07-28).
  2. “Yes, we’re probably in a recession, and that’s fine” by Noah Smith (Noahpinion, 2022-07-28).
  3. “Are we in a recession?” by Joseph Politano (Apricitas Economics, 2022-08-06).
  4. “The vibes in the economy are…weird. Really weird.” by Kyla Scanlon (The New York Times, 2022-08-04).
  5. “Chinese leaders indicate country is likely to miss economic growth targets” by Jonathan Cheng (The Wall Street Journal, 2022-07-28).

Economics : Other

  1. “There is nothing new on Wall Street” (The Economist, 2022-07-28).
  2. “How the German economic machine broke down” by Tom Fairless (The Wall Street Journal, 2022-07-28).
  3. “The strong U.S. dollar is extending pain in emerging-markets currencies” by Julia-Ambra Verlaine (The Wall Street Journal, 2022-07-29).
  4. “The morning” by David Leonhardt (The New York Times, 2022-08-01). Subtitled “A large new study offers clues about how lower-income children can rise up the economic ladder.”
  5. “Industrial policy starts with semiconductors” by Noah Smith (Noahpinion, 2022-08-01).
  6. “Why are financial markets so complacent?” by Anatole Kaletsky (Project Syndicate, 2022-08-01).
  7. “The post-inflation economy that could be” by Raghuram G. Rajan (Project Syndicate, 2022-08-02).
  8. “Turns out it’s not who you know that determines economic success” by Clea Simon (The Harvard Gazette, 2022-08-03).
  9. “‘America is resilient’” by David Westin (Bloomberg : Wall Street Work, 2022-08-05). 10m (?) video. Interview with Larry Summers, touching on inflation, the July 2022 jobs report, the Inflation Reduction Act, the carried interest tax, and US politics.
  10. “How the algorithmic money faucet drives the economy” by kyla scanlon (kyla’s Newsletter, 2022-08-06).

Education

  1. “College essay prompts get absurd. ‘So where is Waldo, really?’” by Isabelle Sarraf (The Wall Street Journal, 2022-08-02).

Fashion

  1. “Inside Lauren Rothberg and Michael D. Ratner’s star-studded Napa Valley wedding” by Alexandra Macon (Vogue, 2022-07-29).

Medicine

  1. “The brain that defied Alzheimer’s” by Neil Osterweil (The Harvard Gazette, 2022-08-01).

Politics : China, Taiwan, US

  1. “China’s Xi warns Biden over Taiwan as a possible Pelosi trip adds to tensions” by Alex Leary, Charles Hutzler (The Wall Street Journal, 2022-07-28).
  2. “Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan highlights America’s incoherent strategy” (The Economist, 2022-08-02).
  3. “Nancy Pelosi has left Taiwan. The real crisis may be just beginning” (The Economist, 2022-08-03).

Politics : Other

  1. “Ko Jimmy was determined to make Myanmar free” (The Economist, 2022-07-27).
  2. “The inflation reduction act: Some initial thoughts” by Noah Smith (Noahpinion, 2022-07-29).
  3. “Rivian says Senate climate deal puts it at disadvantage” by Sean McLain (The Wall Street Journal, 2022-08-02).
  4. “Plaintext” by Steven Levy (WIRED, 2022-08-05). On the Biden administration’s anti-trust agenda.

Technology

  1. “Plaintext” by Kate Knibbs (WIRED, 2022-07-29). On Instagram.

Wellness

  1. “Learning how to respond, instead of react” by Steve Magness (The Growth Equation, 2022-07-28).
  2. “Why do programmers talk to rubber ducks?” by Wiki Witty (YouTube, 2019-06-13).
  3. “Can we learn to disagree better?” by Anne McElvoy (The Economist : The Economist Asks, 2022-08-04). 33m podcast. Discussion with organizational psychologist Adam Grant.

Other

  1. “4 characteristics of the best LED flashlights” (Fenix, 2022?).
  2. “Paying $400,000 for an executive assistant? Do-it-all aides are pricier than ever” by Callum Borchers (The Wall Street Journal, 2022-08-04).
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9 January 2020

Read : 2020-01-09

Today’s selection of articles:

  1. “The economy is expanding. Why are economists so glum?” by Jim Tankersley & Jeanna Smialek (NY Times, 2020-01-08). Economics is called “the dismal science” for a reason…
  2. “Major TikTok security flaws found” by Ronen Bergman, Sheera Frenkel, & Raymond Zhong (NY Times, 2020-01-08). Israel-based cybersecurity firm Check Point uncovered vulnerabilities “core to TikTok’s systems” that could allow hackers to “take control of their accounts” and “retrieve personal information from TikTok user accounts”. TikTok claims to have fixed these vulnerabilities as of 2019-12-15. The article does not make clear to what extent similar vulnerabilities are found in other apps.
  3. “PBS’s sexy ‘Sanditon’ finishes what Jane Austen started” by Roslyn Sulcas (NY Times, 2020-01-08).
  4. “Before the ‘final solution’ there was a ‘test killing’” by Kenny Fries (NY Times, 2020-01-08). A reminder of the Nazi’s mass killing of 70,000 disabled people in Aktion T4, and of 230,000 disabled people after. The “test killing” was followed by the systematic extermination of millions of “undesirables” in the Holocaust. Beware dehumanizing language and behavior.
  5. “The World War II ‘wonder drug’ that never left Japan” by Peter Andreas (Zocalo, 2020-01-08). On the origins and outbreak of amphetamines.
  6. “I tried ‘kakeibo’ — the Japanese art of saving money — and it completely changed how I spend my money” by Sarah Harvey (CNBC, 2020-01-08). Mindfulness in money and life.
  7. “The danger of absolute thinking is absolutely clear” by Mohammed Al-Mosaiwi (Aeon, 2018-05-02).
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