▽FT.com Asia ●02/11 08:46 Trump to impose 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium importsBillionaire’s daughter can hand back £33mn moth-infested mansion, court rulesTrump, Putin, Xi and the new age of empireThe man on a ‘divine mission’ to traumatise US bureaucratsTrump, Putin, Xi and the new age of empireWhy speculators are still running wild when money is no longer freeBillionaire’s daughter can hand back £33mn moth-in
▽Marginal Revolution ●02/11 07:34 The exhaustion of rentsby Tyler Cowen February 10, 2025 at 2:05 pm inCurrent AffairsEconomicsLawA computer expert who has battled for a decade to recover a £600m bitcoin fortune he believes is buried in a council dump in south Wales is considering buying the site so he can hunt for the missing fortune.James Howells lost a high court case last month to force Newport city council to allow him
▽The New York Times ●02/11 03:45 Trump’s Actions Have Created a Constitutional Crisis, Scholars SayMany law professors have concluded that the nation faces a reckoning as President Trump tests the boundaries of executive power.6 min readTrump Muses About a Third Term, Over and Over AgainPresident Trump’s suggestion that he would seek to stay in office beyond the constitutional limit comes as he has pushed to expand executive
▽Freakonomics Blog ●02/10 19:52 Episode 80Going-Out-of-Business SalesBehind that 70% off sign, there’s a liquidation consultant trying to maximize retailer profits. Zachary Crockett seeks a deal.Follow this showFollow onApple Podcasts Spotify Pocket Casts YouTube93 EpisodesEpisode 78 Porta-Potties Episode 77 Hand Models
▽himaginaryの日記 ●02/10 05:58 2025-02-08ｺﾛﾅ禍支援はどの程度効果的だったのか？と題したｴﾝﾄﾘ（原題は｢How effective was pandemic aid?｣）でﾀｲﾗｰ･ｺｰｴﾝが､Jeffrey Clemens､Philip Hoxie､Stan VeugerのSSRN論文を紹介している｡これは2年半前にｺﾛﾅ禍の財政救済策は効果的な財政刺激策だったのか？ 州･地方政府への補助についての実証結果 - himaginary’s diaryで紹介したNBER論文をｱｯﾌﾟﾃﾞｰﾄしたものだが､要旨の前半に記述された雇用維持ｺｽﾄの推計期間と数字がやや変わっている｡具体的には､前回はWe use an instrumental-variables estimator reliant on variation in congressional representation to analyze th
