every couple of years The New York Times will puy out a mindboggling investigative piece that is bfully designed engulfing your sunday. makes me forgive all the idiotic nonsense they publish about india every other day. absolutely insane story. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Illuminated ☀️

Nuestras élites económicas no se dan cuenta (o piensan que es su “mal menor”?) de las amenazas populistas de derecha. Ojo que no es que “se venga”: ya estamos sufriendo las consecuencias (tren chatarra, peajes). Advertencia de ⁦⁦Carlos Meléndez (@eljorobado.bsky.social)⁩ elcomercio.pe/opinion/column…

No critico la decisión puntual del JNE en este caso, ojo (eso que lo hagan, si corresponde, los especialistas). Pero me queda la sensación de que queremos aumentar la “democracia interna” y la calidad de los partidos a punta de “mejores reglas”. Pero esa regulación, al final,

Creo que no se trata de cuestionar el merecimiento de la pensión, ni el hecho de que el trabajo en el Congreso debe ser remunerado. El tema es que la pensión tiene una finalidad: proveer un ingreso a la persona que *ya no puede trabajar*. Los funcionarios públicos deberían,

Mario Zúñiga Otra crítica es que debió inhibirse de participar en la comisión que vio el proyecto. Es claro el conflicto de interés. Podían tener voz, pero no voto. Incluso así tengo dudas.

Anybody who worries more about corporate then government power is [derogatory descriptor omitted]. Corporations don't bomb suspected drug runners. And then do it again to kill any survivors. Corporations don't have concentration camps. Corporations don't start wars of choice. The

Much of the debate over the DMA asks whether it is legally coherent or economically sound. Those questions matter, but they don't explain why this form of regulation emerged, why now, or *why it targets primarily U.S. tech firms. A public-choice lens does. 1/

How the "neoliberal" era reduced poverty and inequality in three charts.

People love to try to dunk on GDP. But we keep using it because it's so informative about the things that matter: child mortality, happiness, education. And, unlike a "happiness" metric, it can actually inform policymakers. My defense of GDP in Vox vox.com/policy/471950/…

30 YEARS OF #HEAT

HAPPENING TOMORROW 🚨 ICLE's man in Brussels Dirk Auer set to testify before a House Judiciary subcommittee about the DMA's impact on US innovation. DMs open if you're interested in speaking with him.

If not the greatest superband, one of the greatest superband for sure. A Beatles, a Stone, a Cream, and an Experience. What else you need when you have this?

HAPPENING SHORTLY ⚖️. Tune in via 🔗 below.

Ponen a Thiago Silva y no a Baressi. Esto lo hizo un nene de 7 años.

The Stones coaxing an early version of Sympathy for the Devil into shape, as Jean-Luc Godard captures proceedings on camera. A fascinating look into a song being built. Olympic Studios. 1968.

Very important testimony from Dirk Auer! 👇🏾

If you missed Dirk Auer's commentary on the DMA and non-tariff regulation at this morning's HJC hearing, check out this TL;DR with Lazar Radic. 🔗