There's a lot to argue about with the open access model as it is currently being implemented. This is one good take on the issue.

I’m seeing some “free market” simps defending Nature’s 12k open access fees. Guess it’s time to bring this back around.

Finally, a quote taken from the masterpiece, 'Power and Plenty,' by Findlay and O'Rourke about the British planters of Jamaica: “formerly rude and of mean birth, men of their wits, which have here advanced their fortune”. Stay tuned for more - next up, the corn laws!

I will add two recent papers on the issue which I find fascinating and germane to the issue. Stephen Redding Joachim Voth nber.org/papers/w30451 and Clark, Kevin Hjortshøj O'Rourke and Taylor aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

I will leave you hanging on this one. I suggest you have a look at 'One from the Many: the Global Economy since 1850' for a brief introduction to the topic. global.oup.com/academic/produ… 3/N

Yeah, as an economic historian I might add the lack of indoor sanitary devices, no regular garbage pickup in the city, no sewage, and no clean running water in the home. If the smell of one smoker in front of your office door now bothers you, well, just try 1900 Pittsburgh...

My great honor to sound the keynote at the 70th Owens Conference on globalization tomorrow, at SMU/Dallas Fed.

I’ll speak on the root cause of chaos at the Southwest border. Audience should fasten seatbelts. And I’m excited to learn from Adam Posen Peterson Institute +many others.