Bryan Caplan Interviews Chris Rufo

Bryan Caplan interviews Chris Rufo on his best-selling *America’s Cultural Revolution*. In this wide-ranging interview, Rufo tackles some tough questions, including: How bad were the founders of critical theory, really? How fake is Continental philosophy? What would Rufo had done if he’d had Freire’s job in Guinea-Bissau? Are […]

Streaming price wars

August 24, 2023 Almost the weekend! Ready or not, pumpkin spice season is upon us. In today’s big story, we’re looking at how streaming providers don’t seem likely to stop bumping prices anytime soon.   What’s on deck: Markets: Nvidia’s second-quarter earnings did not disappoint. Tech: Check out […]

Let’s Dispel a Myth Real Fast

Peter R. Quiñones Aug 23, 2023 Look, a lot of us want to believe we’re above things that society portrays as common. Most people don’t want to embrace the term “normie” when it comes to themselves. One of the ways many people express their “rebelliousness” is by claiming […]

California Lawmakers Propose Unemployment Benefits for Striking Workers

California Lawmakers Propose Unemployment Benefits for Striking Workers Plus: GOP hopefuls debate tonight, Canadian link tax backfires, and more… ELIZABETH NOLAN BROWN California lawmakers are proposing extending unemployment benefits to workers who are on strike. Striking workers would be eligible to collect unemployment payments after two weeks. The proposal […]

Google’s headache

August 23, 2023 Halfway there! Hell hath no fury like a billionaire protecting one of their beach homes. In today’s big story, we’re looking at the chaos surrounding Google’s augmented-reality plans and how it highlights a bigger weakness at the tech giant.   What’s on deck: Markets: A […]

What Makes Texas So Successful?

by Peter Zeihan on August 23, 2023 ***NOTICE OF WEBSITE DOWNTIME*** We will be making some updates to our website zeihan.com on Wednesday, August 23, starting at 8:00 pm MST. Impacts may last a few hours. We appreciate your understanding. Any further updates will be posted to Twitter.  […]

‘Hip-hop Owes Female Rappers More,’

Hip-hop turned 50 this month and while much of the surrounding conversation has focused on celebrating rap’s past (how a Bronx “back-to-school jam” exploded into a cultural juggernaut) and its future (it is indeed very much female), writer and culture critic Shamira Ibrahim is spending the present excavating […]

What does population decline mean for China?

What does population decline mean for China? Scott Rozelle on a globally invisible issue shaping the lives of millions of the country’s rural kids. Sean Nangle / The Signal (Originally published 2023 | 03.14) China’s worldwide competition with the United States regularly captivates global attention—as with Washington recently shooting […]

The Lighthouse: A New Argentina? | Academic Hucksters in the Sciences | Getting Disney–DeSantis Right

August 22, 2023  •  Weekly Newsletter Javier Milei and Argentina’s Clarion Call Alvaro Vargas Llosa (The Beacon) Is Argentina finally, and dramatically, turning away from Peronism and socialism? First-round voting put a libertarian-leaning presidential candidate, Javier Milei, at the top of the heap. If Milei maintains his lead […]