Month: August 2024

Kamala Harris’s proposed federal ban on price gouging might irritate academics—but it makes sense to everyone else. @ZephyrTeachout makes the case for ignoring the economists:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/08/economists-kamala-harris-price-gouging/679547/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Trump Isn’t Finished

The damage inflicted on the nation during the former president’s first term in office pales in comparison to what he will do if he is elected to a second term.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/21/opinion/trump-second-term-2025.html?smid=em-share

The family structure we’ve held up as the cultural ideal for the past half century has been a catastrophe for many, @nytdavidbrooks writes. It’s time to figure out better ways to live together.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/03/the-nuclear-family-was-a-mistake/605536/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Harris Plans to Ban Grocery ‘Price Gouging.’ What Does the Evidence Say?

Price increases when demand exceeds supply are textbook economics. The question is whether, and how much, the pandemic yielded an excess take.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/business/economy/kamala-harris-inflation-price-gouging.html?smid=em-share

Nick Bostrom’s Home Page

https://nickbostrom.com/

A disparate group of thinkers argues that the reign of human beings on Earth is nearing its end, Adam Kirsch writes. Should we welcome our demise?

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/01/anthropocene-anti-humanism-transhumanism-apocalypse-predictions/672230/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

We’re Underestimating the Risk of Human Extinction

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/03/were-underestimating-the-risk-of-human-extinction/253821/

An Oxford philosopher argues that we are not adequately accounting for technology’s risks—but his solution to the problem is not for Luddites.

Where Does JD Vance’s Ideology Really Come From?

The vice-presidential candidate has right-wing friends in high places.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/10/opinion/jd-vance-right-wing-intellectual.html?smid=em-share

Do Politicians Realize How Difficult and Rare Immigrating to the U.S. Legally Actually Is?

People who wish to come to America in search of a better life deserve a fair shot.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/opinion/immigration-us-legal.html?smid=em-share