1. Does monopsony power induce firms to stay small?

2. Currentzis conducting the War Requiem.

3. “You survived because your opponents were correct, and this says something about the way our world is built.”

4. Did three different groups settle South America?

5. The China-shocked towns are coming back? (NYT)

6. What housing bubble?

7. Sam Enright links.

8. PC on Arab novels.  And a response from Hussein Mansour.

9. What is Progress Engineering?

10. Milei’s popularity is falling.  I am a fan and he has done many great and good things, but the victory march has been premature for some while now.  Quite simply it is hard to overcome a bad political culture.