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Here is David Merkel's tenth rule : The more entities manage for total return, the more unstable the financial system becomes. The...

In a previous post I discussed a paper by John Geanakoplos on the Leverage Cycle (due to appear in the NBER Macroeconomics Annual later th...

Here is Ta-Nehisi Coates on the subject of cultural ancestry, at the end of an expansive post on slavery, the Civil War, and Robert E. Lee...

Albert Hirschman is 95 years old today. Four decades ago, he published Exit, Voice and Loyalty , a slim volume that contains more insi...

In a fascinating post on joke-theft in the world of stand-up comedy, Kal Raustiala and Chris Sprigman describe the manner in which social n...

Theoretical Economics is among the most prestigious journals specializing in economic theory, with a stellar editorial board and high quali...

Over on the Aleph Blog, David Merkel has promised a "long set of irregular posts" about what he calls "the rules." Here...