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 [[{“value”:”I rarely like adaptations of classics on the big screen, but I give this one (trailer) high marks.  Ralph Fiennes plays Odysseus and Juliette Binoche has the role of Penelope — you cannot imagine better castings.  The film is fully serious, and understands the classic text extremely well, without being slavish to it.  It understands…

 [[{“value”:”1. “First, female innovators are less connected than men. Second, at short network distances, researchers (especially men) adopt women’s ideas less.” 2. China coal consumption fact of the day uh oh. 3. John Cochrane on Bob Hall and consumption. 4. Are high stock prices and tech stagnation compatible? 5. OECD on the macro productivity gains…

 [[{“value”:”1. “First, female innovators are less connected than men. Second, at short network distances, researchers (especially men) adopt women’s ideas less.” 2. China coal consumption fact of the day uh oh. 3. John Cochrane on Bob Hall and consumption. 4. Are high stock prices and tech stagnation compatible? 5. OECD on the macro productivity gains…

 [[{“value”:”1. “First, female innovators are less connected than men. Second, at short network distances, researchers (especially men) adopt women’s ideas less.” 2. China coal consumption fact of the day uh oh. 3. John Cochrane on Bob Hall and consumption. 4. Are high stock prices and tech stagnation compatible? 5. OECD on the macro productivity gains…

 [[{“value”:”What are your top indicators of national aspiration? Percentage of GDP devoted to R&D would be a good conventional indicator. What about some unconventional indicators? My top five: 1) Top marginal tax rate 2) Space Program 3) Distance to travel to mother’s home 4) Tallest statue 5) Cultural exports On these, the US and India…

 [[{“value”:”What are your top indicators of national aspiration? Percentage of GDP devoted to R&D would be a good conventional indicator. What about some unconventional indicators? My top five: 1) Top marginal tax rate 2) Space Program 3) Distance to travel to mother’s home 4) Tallest statue 5) Cultural exports On these, the US and India…

 [[{“value”:”What are your top indicators of national aspiration? Percentage of GDP devoted to R&D would be a good conventional indicator. What about some unconventional indicators? My top five: 1) Top marginal tax rate 2) Space Program 3) Distance to travel to mother’s home 4) Tallest statue 5) Cultural exports On these, the US and India…

 [[{“value”:”What are your top indicators of national aspiration? Percentage of GDP devoted to R&D would be a good conventional indicator. What about some unconventional indicators? My top five: 1) Top marginal tax rate 2) Space Program 3) Distance to travel to mother’s home 4) Tallest statue 5) Cultural exports On these, the US and India…

 [[{“value”:”What are your top indicators of national aspiration? Percentage of GDP devoted to R&D would be a good conventional indicator. What about some unconventional indicators? My top five: 1) Top marginal tax rate 2) Space Program 3) Distance to travel to mother’s home 4) Tallest statue 5) Cultural exports On these, the US and India…

 [[{“value”:”Harvard magazine has an excellent interview with three scientists, Michael Mina, Douglas Melton and Stuart Schreiber, all highly regarded in their fields of life sciences, who have recently left Harvard for the private sector. Why did they leave? Mina tells an incredible story of what happened during the pandemic. At the time Mina was a…