1. The value of Ukraine as a pawn has not yet been fully exploited by the US
2. Housing in Denmark and Blackstone
3. “Get Big Fast.” How Amazon Accelerated the Commodification of Literature
4. If Haruki Murakami wins, I will eat one of his fancy T-shirts
5. The creator of the written Cherokee language
6. The Reason Why Americans Spell “Colour” As “Color”
7. Ukraine as John Pilger saw it eight years ago
8. Some of the cringiest revelations in the Elon Musk text dump
1. 4,000 Years of Failed Price Controls
2. A short history of the British pound
3. A more recent history of the British pound
4. TikTok creators are condensing Hollywood movies
5. Green Steel: Decarbonising with Hydrogen-Fueled Production
6. Escalating sanctions against Russia shows Europe’s loss of strategic autonomy, brewing irrationality
1. Professional fakers are charging people up to $150 an hour to sit in their job interviews for them
2. ‘Samarkand Spirit’ to be driven by ‘responsible powers’ Russia and China
3. We tried to buy our way into The Queue. Here’s what we learned
4. Wood burning thread
5. How the Maharaja Mascot Became Air-India’s Adventurous, Yet Controversial, Design Star
6. The punctuation mark
7. Pawnbrokers, winners of Germany’s growing economic crisis
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Philosophical reflections on life, death, and the meaning of life
“Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.”
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“It is inconceivable that policymakers today, aided by their theoretical understanding of the mechanisms and by the statistical information at their disposal, would begin to make the serious errors committed by the governments in 1929-32.” J. Tobin
Steve's body of work spans conflicts, vanishing cultures, ancient traditions and contemporary culture alike - yet always retains the human element.
“Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.”
“Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.”
“Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.”
The New Yorker – “All of his (The Delhi Walla’s) work together may add up to one of the most eccentric and encyclopedic ground-level portraits of a megacity in the Internet age.”
“Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.”
“Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.”
“Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.”
“Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.”
Dedicated to modern money theory (MMT) and policies to promote financial stability and the attainment of full employment.
“Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.”
Macroeconomic research, teaching and advocacy
“Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.”
“Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.”
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