Remote Work Boosts Overall Productivity, Says Top Expert
Worth noting @I_Am_NickBloom, probably the leading global expert on remote work, thinks it is boosting aggregate productivity https://t.co/7GCqegmGoC
Affordable Housing Needs Strong Regulation, Not Just Deregulation
The thing about housing deregulation is that lots of marginal cuts can deliver units, but at the end of the day, we aren't going to have affordable housing unless we actually get good regulations. Marginal improvement low hanging fruit will...
Whistleblowing Today: Secrets Spread Instantly Online
Plenty to be unhappy about with the internet, but watching The Insider and if this happened today the tobacco company story would be out so fast. Jeff Wigand would have started a Substack. Or maybe Lowell or Mike Wallace would...
Nostalgic Xerox Tech Tales Spark Immediate Book Purchase
“… about the technicians who serviced xerox copy machines in the 1980”. Ok, I am sold, ordering this book now
China's Domestic Auto Sales Flat Since 2018
Everything else aside, it’s interesting domestic auto sales in China have been basically flat since like 2018
Fans Demand Decades Added to Lancaster Food Coverage
The Philly Inquirer wrote about Lancaster's food scene. Our local paper wants to know what they left out. I think all fans of EconTwitterIRL can agree Decades belongs on the list. Please say so here: https://t.co/QT8alCcMux
Ford's Revamp Deserves In-Depth Journalist Chronicle
It's very interesting what's going on a Ford. I hope some journalist is watching closely, and we get another book like Mary Walton's "Car". She embedded with Ford for two years to document in painstaking and personal detail how they...
Protecting Domestic Trucks Hurts Consumers, Not Competitiveness
I think if you believe domestic truck manufacturers can't compete but we want to guarantee small truck production stays here at a cost to consumers just say that. There is no world where this is boosting global competitiveness or helping...
Is Craigslist's Model Failing Compared to Modern Marketplaces?
Do we regard the Craiglist experimental business model to be failed at this point? Is there anything you go there for rather than FB marketplace or some other dedicated platform?
AI Augmentation Yields Same Profit as Workforce Replacement
AI augmenting workers is just as profitable as AI replacing workers. Augment one worker to double productivity, and you can hire one less worker. The idea businesses have no incentive to invest in augmenting AI only replacing AI is nonsense....
US Auto Policy: Decades of Subsidies, Tariffs, Bailouts
If you're mad about the state of the US auto industry, just remember we've never stopped doing industrial policy there. 1964-today: 25% tariff on light trucks 1966-today: $40 billion in state and local subsidies 1980: $1.5 billion bailout of Chrysler 1981-1994: voluntary...
EV Demand Stalls as Prices Fail to Drop
A claim that one of the things holding back EV demand is that costs have not fallen as expected https://t.co/9UU7Msgfjw
More Weight, Higher Cost: Cars Keep Getting Heavier
One reason, under-appreciated, for why vehicles cost more is they simply put more stuff in them. Here is the average weight of a Ford Explorer over time. Weight = materials = higher cost. https://t.co/YVpZbdRae5
ChatGPT Misidentifies Unpublished Work as Mine or Adam Ozimek
Asked ChatGPT to identify some of my unpublished writing and it has identified the author either as me or Adam Ozimek https://t.co/areOkFCHBQ
Bank‑Owned AI Financial Assistants Ensure Liability and Trust
I can imagine a personal financial assistant AI but you’d want it owned by your bank so that it’s liable. You want the people responsible for your money to be credible at paying it back if the AI messes up.