Tyler Cowen

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Russia has passed a law authorizing its central bank and other financial institutions to repel drone attacks with their own defense systems, as the country struggles to defend against Ukrainian strikes.

1. “ Robinhood launched agentic trading and an agentic credit card today that will allow AI agents to trade equities and make credit card purchases on customers' behalf. ” With cash back, of course.

Quality-adjusted AI production in the United States grew at over 2,000 percent per year in 2024 and 2025, driven by three compounding forces: expanding

It may seem like a distant memory now, but as of the mid-2000s, U.S. natural gas production had been flat for a decade, and the U.S. was importing liquefied natural gas (LNG), with plans to import much more.

Patrick offered his observations here , I will add a few points of my own. I very often think in terms of regions and geographic places.

Where are the economies of scale in homebuilding? Peter Thiel and Argentina (NYT). Discourse on classical guitar

Which foreign food chains have made it in NYC? Testing products on AI-generated buyers Are Vatican pronouncements rising in status?

Since the Eisenhower administration, the U.S. hasn't collected comprehensive statistics on the number of citizens leaving.

When we want A.I. to solve real problems for real people, we need to make sure the data exists.