Maximum Progress

Should We Have Kept The American Empire?

Arguments Against Renouncing Empire

Aug 30 • 

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Is Air Travel Getting Worse?

More delays, fewer accidents, and lower prices

Aug 11 • 

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July 2025

AI Copyright Cases Will Shape the Future

OR: Intellectual Property isn't About Property

Jul 24 • 

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Notes On Northern Italy

Why Italy is less woke than Germany and other observations

Jul 10 • 

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June 2025

Does CPS Investigate One Third of All Children in the US?

And what, if anything, should be done?

Jun 27 • 

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The Puzzle of Historical Preservation

Pretty old buildings

Jun 13 • 

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May 2025

Evolutionary Models of Fertility

Fertility rates have been falling all around the world for decades.

May 30 • 

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How to Find Ancient Assyrian Cities Using Economics

The coolest trade econ paper I know

May 23 • 

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Post-Malthusian AI

And other ways around a superhuman bind

May 10 • 

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Kyle Harper on the Roman Industrial Revolution

Further evidence for the Printing Press Theory

May 1 • 

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April 2025

Jane Jacobs Can Fix American Cities, Even Though She Helped Break Them

American cities are dysfunctional.

Apr 25 • 

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New Results on Fertility and Growth

Should we believe them?

Apr 18 • 

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