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Fierce, wild, intractability. Emily Brontë's untameable spirit | The Common Reader

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GIGO from the San Francisco Fed | Erdmann Housing Tracker

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Studying the Wealth of Nations (Part 4) | The Unseen and The Unsaid

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Japan Was Never a Convincing Case for U.S. Debt | The Unseen and The Unsaid

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February 9, 2026

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Paperweights, 6th Ed. | Machine Culture

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- Ryan Hauser
February 9, 2026

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Underdetermination at the frontier | Elsie Jang

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February 9, 2026

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Cool Paper on the progressive effect of upzoning | Erdmann Housing Tracker

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February 9, 2026

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The Second Most Boring Super Bowl | The Econ Nerds

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- Matt Hill
February 9, 2026

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AI Norms — On the Farm, In the Wild | Machine Culture

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- Ryan Hauser
February 8, 2026

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Confederate flags and Shenandoah's timelessness | The Common Reader

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- Henry Oliver
February 8, 2026

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Studs Terkel’s oral history of the Great Depression | Seeing like Chicago

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- Erwin Dekker
February 6, 2026

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Tax Expenditures: A Buchanan–Wagner Critique | The Unseen and The Unsaid

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- Jack Salmon
February 6, 2026

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Three Views of QE: Irrelevance, Insurance, and Irreversibility | Macroeconomic Policy Nexus

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February 6, 2026

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five top things i’ve been reading (fifty-eighth edition) | the ends don’t justify the means

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February 5, 2026

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Do Homebuilders have an inventory problem? | Erdmann Housing Tracker

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- Kevin Erdmann
February 5, 2026

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AI, Transaction Costs, and a Quiet Shift Toward Self-Employment | Labor Market Matters

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- Liya Palagashvili
February 5, 2026

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Moltbook and the pluralist turn in AGI governance | Elsie Jang

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February 5, 2026

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Olympic Metals, Fountain Chaos , and Cheaper Doritos | The Econ Nerds

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February 5, 2026

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Studying the Wealth of Nations (Part 3) | The Unseen and The Unsaid (Substack)

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February 3, 2026

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Homebuilder Earnings | Erdmann Housing Tracker (Substack)

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February 3, 2026

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Fierce, wild, intractability. Emily Brontë's untameable spirit | The Common Reader

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February 10, 2026

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GIGO from the San Francisco Fed | Erdmann Housing Tracker

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February 10, 2026

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Studying the Wealth of Nations (Part 4) | The Unseen and The Unsaid

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- Joshua Rowley
February 10, 2026

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Japan Was Never a Convincing Case for U.S. Debt | The Unseen and The Unsaid

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- Jack Salmon
February 9, 2026

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Paperweights, 6th Ed. | Machine Culture

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- Ryan Hauser
February 9, 2026

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Underdetermination at the frontier | Elsie Jang

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- Elsie Jang
February 9, 2026

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Cool Paper on the progressive effect of upzoning | Erdmann Housing Tracker

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February 9, 2026

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The Second Most Boring Super Bowl | The Econ Nerds

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- Matt Hill
February 9, 2026

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AI Norms — On the Farm, In the Wild | Machine Culture

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- Ryan Hauser
February 8, 2026

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Confederate flags and Shenandoah's timelessness | The Common Reader

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- Henry Oliver
February 8, 2026

| F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
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Studs Terkel’s oral history of the Great Depression | Seeing like Chicago

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- Erwin Dekker
February 6, 2026

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Tax Expenditures: A Buchanan–Wagner Critique | The Unseen and The Unsaid

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- Jack Salmon
February 6, 2026

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Three Views of QE: Irrelevance, Insurance, and Irreversibility | Macroeconomic Policy Nexus

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- David Beckworth
February 6, 2026

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five top things i’ve been reading (fifty-eighth edition) | the ends don’t justify the means

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- Rebecca Lowe
February 5, 2026

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Do Homebuilders have an inventory problem? | Erdmann Housing Tracker

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- Kevin Erdmann
February 5, 2026

| Labor Markets Labor Markets
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AI, Transaction Costs, and a Quiet Shift Toward Self-Employment | Labor Market Matters

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- Liya Palagashvili
February 5, 2026

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Moltbook and the pluralist turn in AGI governance | Elsie Jang

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- Elsie Jang
February 5, 2026

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Olympic Metals, Fountain Chaos , and Cheaper Doritos | The Econ Nerds

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- Ariel Slonim
February 5, 2026

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Studying the Wealth of Nations (Part 3) | The Unseen and The Unsaid (Substack)

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- Joshua Rowley
February 3, 2026

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Homebuilder Earnings | Erdmann Housing Tracker (Substack)

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February 3, 2026

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Literature, politics, and the future of the humanities | The Common Reader

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January 7, 2026

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How to lose weight (using economics) | Econ Nerds Live

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- Matt Hill
January 6, 2026

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Freedom, with Tyler Cowen | The Ends Don’t Justify the Means (Substack)

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- Rebecca Lowe
August 29, 2025

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Lisa Cook's Research and Firing, Intel stake, and Korean Holograms | The Econ Nerds (Substack)

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- Matt Hill
August 29, 2025

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Democracy as a Civic Bargain | Pluralist Points

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- Benjamin Klutsey
June 28, 2024

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Fierce, wild, intractability. Emily Brontë's untameable spirit | The Common Reader

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- Henry Oliver
February 10, 2026

| Housing Housing
| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

GIGO from the San Francisco Fed | Erdmann Housing Tracker

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- Kevin Erdmann
February 10, 2026

| Government Spending Government Spending
| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Studying the Wealth of Nations (Part 4) | The Unseen and The Unsaid

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- Joshua Rowley
February 10, 2026

| Housing Housing
| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Cool Paper on the progressive effect of upzoning | Erdmann Housing Tracker

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- Kevin Erdmann
February 9, 2026

| Government Spending Government Spending
| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Japan Was Never a Convincing Case for U.S. Debt | The Unseen and The Unsaid

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- Jack Salmon
February 9, 2026

| Emerging Scholars Program Emerging Scholars Program
| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Underdetermination at the frontier | Elsie Jang

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- Elsie Jang
February 9, 2026

| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

The Second Most Boring Super Bowl | The Econ Nerds

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- Matt Hill
February 9, 2026

| Technology and Innovation Technology and Innovation
| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Paperweights, 6th Ed. | Machine Culture

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- Ryan Hauser
February 9, 2026

| Technology and Innovation Technology and Innovation
| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

AI Norms — On the Farm, In the Wild | Machine Culture

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- Ryan Hauser
February 8, 2026

| Emerging Scholars Program Emerging Scholars Program
| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Confederate flags and Shenandoah's timelessness | The Common Reader

By
- Henry Oliver
February 8, 2026

| F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Studs Terkel’s oral history of the Great Depression | Seeing like Chicago

By
- Erwin Dekker
February 6, 2026

| Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Three Views of QE: Irrelevance, Insurance, and Irreversibility | Macroeconomic Policy Nexus

By
- David Beckworth
February 6, 2026

| Government Spending Government Spending
| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Tax Expenditures: A Buchanan–Wagner Critique | The Unseen and The Unsaid

By
- Jack Salmon
February 6, 2026

| Housing Housing
| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Do Homebuilders have an inventory problem? | Erdmann Housing Tracker

By
- Kevin Erdmann
February 5, 2026

| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Olympic Metals, Fountain Chaos , and Cheaper Doritos | The Econ Nerds

By
- Ariel Slonim
February 5, 2026

| Labor Markets Labor Markets
| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

AI, Transaction Costs, and a Quiet Shift Toward Self-Employment | Labor Market Matters

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- Liya Palagashvili
February 5, 2026

| Emerging Scholars Program Emerging Scholars Program
| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Moltbook and the pluralist turn in AGI governance | Elsie Jang

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- Elsie Jang
February 5, 2026

| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

five top things i’ve been reading (fifty-eighth edition) | the ends don’t justify the means

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- Rebecca Lowe
February 5, 2026

| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

The Curious Case of Chinese Statistics | The Econ Nerds (Substack)

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- Matt Hill
February 3, 2026

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Why Digital Assets Hold Value: Lessons from Counter-Strike’s Skin Economy | Beaman Empire (Substack)

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- Patterson Beaman
February 3, 2026