May
20
A Few More Disorganized Thoughts on Belausov
I have a few more thoughts based on what I have heard and read over the weekend. A few commentators,
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Yakov Feygin
May
16
On Belausov
First, it's been a long time since I wrote anything in this newsletter. There are many reasons for
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Sep
03
Wagner Group, Private Equity, Historiography
One of my Sunday morning rituals is listening to Mark Galeotti's "In Moscow's Shadows"
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Aug
07
Some Russian Fiscal and Monetary Politics Watching
This post has been a while in coming, and I am behind many things due to some turbulence in my
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May
22
Reading Club Update and The Role of Theory and History (also stuff on dollars and BRI)
A few weeks ago, I did a poll on what to do for a premium feature on this website, and
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May
06
Another note
I am getting a lot of new members here, which is pushing up my fees for running this blog/newsletter.
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Apr
15
Economists We'll Be Talking About: Wassily Leontief
My theory of how economics interacts with policy is a bit more complicated than some more popular accounts. Very good
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Apr
12
Wow...
Hi All,
My mailbox exploded in the past few weeks with notifications that people were signing up for this website.
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Mar
21
Dark Brandon and American Liberal's Disillusionment with Europe
There is a running meme on the internet with relatively left-leaning, younger folks who we'd take to be
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Mar
13
SVB, Bailouts, and How to Regulate Capitalism
The SVB bailout has made me very mad. Not because it is a particularly egregious bailout. Compared to the 2008
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