James Robinson – The Narrow Corridor

In a 2019 interview with Yascha Mounk I don’t think the evidence is consistent with the idea that slavery was good for economic development in the United States. If you look at the U.S. South, it was a lot poorer. It had very little manufacturing industry. It was less urbanized. It was much less publicly … Les mer

The Goldfish will learn to walk

GoodAlexander I think it’s interesting to reflect on how I got so blackpilled – and how I’ve finally seen the light it was a process in 2013-2014 – I was working with large scale transaction data at some Asian financial institutions. it became apparent you could use this data (SWIFT) to predict trade flows, in … Les mer

Energi-historien

Fritt etter Jean-Baptiste Fressoz I begynnelsen var tre. Vi brukte trær til oppvarming, matlaging og produksjon av verktøy og byggematerialer. For to milliarder mennesker er dette fortsatt hverdagen, men i Vesten kom den industrielle revolusjon rundt 1800 og kull ble populært. Vi kan kalle det den første energiomstillingen og man skulle tro at forbruket av … Les mer