Economist Bryan Caplan's newsletter offers sharp, opinionated essays on social science, power, immigration, and public intellectuals, often built around experiments and debates. Readers get original arguments with a clear point of view, plus guest replies and analysis of how commentators express contempt and sentiment.
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Nicholas Decker, an economist, writes in-depth posts explaining recent economics research, such as whether pandemic-era air rage really rose and how many people work from home. He also shares clever findings from other fields, like geology and atmospheric science, in an accessible way.
Chartbook is Adam Tooze's newsletter on economics, geopolitics and history, offering longer and more freewheeling analysis than his journalism. Recent issues feature curated top links alongside essays on topics like US current account and AI investment, Treasury markets, Indonesia's economic crisis, and historical episodes.
Noah Smith's blog covers economics, AI, politics, and culture, including essays on film, AI progress, and political critique. Readers get long-form analysis mixing policy commentary with personal reflections on current events.
Data-driven explainers that put public policy numbers into context using charts and datasets, such as UK tax levers, pensions and the ages of world leaders. The author compiles her own data and shows how large each issue is relative to the whole.
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