NYT Columnist and Duke Professor Frank Bruni says that college students viewing the world through an oppressor vs. oppressed paradigm has led them to advocating for Hamas and not even stopping to learn about what happened in Israel on October 7.

'A lot of college students in…

When the Palestine protesters tell you what they're protesting for, believe them.

Tsubame Industries has built a 3.5-ton 'Gundam' robot exoskeleton.

Priced at $3 million per system, they aim to sell systems for disaster relief or space missions.

There seem to be certain designs that humans are obsessed with bringing into reality - maybe that's enough?

There's a mistaken belief that South Korea's industrial policy succeeded because it took an export-oriented approach rather than import substitution.

An FT piece cites Hyundai as an example. But South Korea basically banned the import of foreign cars until 1987. 1/ 🧵

Female economics Nobel prize winners are rare sightings 🔍and when you have two of them at once it's magic! 🪄
LSE & STICERD were delighted to host Professors Esther Duflo and Claudia Goldin for each of their public lectures this evening 👑💪 #LSEEconomics #econtwitter

Ghanaians excited with return of their 'crown jewels' - but there's a catch. It's only a loan...

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Can we start a letter-writing campaign to convince Carl Shapiro and Hal Varian to write a new edition of Information Rules?

It's incredibly prescient about the evolving digital economy (in 1999!), but a new version could cover so many great examples from the past 25 years.

the future of waterloo is in good hands

My 19yr old is at the DMV to get her driver’s permit.

How should I respond? Wrong answers only.