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The nuclear taskforce's secret weapon • The one reform I'd wave through with a magic wand
The nuclear taskforce's secret weapon
The one reform I'd wave through with a magic wand
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November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The nuclear taskforce's secret weapon • The one reform I'd wave through with a magic wand
Foundations: Why Britain has stagnated • My essay with Samuel Hughes and Sam Bowman
Foundations: Why Britain has stagnated
My essay with Samuel Hughes and Sam Bowman
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Foundations: Why Britain has stagnated • My essay with Samuel Hughes and Sam Bowman
The culture and economics of fertility cannot be separated • Fixing our birth rates will inevitably involve tackling both
The culture and economics of fertility cannot be separated
Fixing our birth rates will inevitably involve tackling both
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The culture and economics of fertility cannot be separated • Fixing our birth rates will inevitably involve tackling both
One weird trick to get data centres built • My post with Sam Bowman over on Consumer Surplus and more
One weird trick to get data centres built
My post with Sam Bowman over on Consumer Surplus and more
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
One weird trick to get data centres built • My post with Sam Bowman over on Consumer Surplus and more
Developing Palo Alto is worth $1 trillion • And every household that lives there now could have $30 million
Developing Palo Alto is worth $1 trillion
And every household that lives there now could have $30 million
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Developing Palo Alto is worth $1 trillion • And every household that lives there now could have $30 million
How to build cut and cover • It may not all be over for the least popular type of tunneling
How to build cut and cover
It may not all be over for the least popular type of tunneling
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
How to build cut and cover • It may not all be over for the least popular type of tunneling
When roads are bad • Roads deliver huge benefits, but they have two big costs
When roads are bad
Roads deliver huge benefits, but they have two big costs
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
When roads are bad • Roads deliver huge benefits, but they have two big costs
The dark secret underlying high infrastructure costs
The dark secret underlying high infrastructure costs
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The dark secret underlying high infrastructure costs
How to think about immigration and housing • Since Brits own Britain, more demand for Britain is generally good for us
How to think about immigration and housing
Since Brits own Britain, more demand for Britain is generally good for us
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
How to think about immigration and housing • Since Brits own Britain, more demand for Britain is generally good for us
Low traffic neighbourhoods are a type of cul-de-sac • Except without the biggest downsides of cul-de-sacs
Low traffic neighbourhoods are a type of cul-de-sac
Except without the biggest downsides of cul-de-sacs
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Low traffic neighbourhoods are a type of cul-de-sac • Except without the biggest downsides of cul-de-sacs
Are we really going to have to do all this again? • Worrying about the Bank of England's plan for a big recession
Are we really going to have to do all this again?
Worrying about the Bank of England's plan for a big recession
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Are we really going to have to do all this again? • Worrying about the Bank of England's plan for a big recession
The dark side of surrogate endpoints • Why not all mechanisms to cut costs in drug approval are worth it
The dark side of surrogate endpoints
Why not all mechanisms to cut costs in drug approval are worth it
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The dark side of surrogate endpoints • Why not all mechanisms to cut costs in drug approval are worth it
Catching crumbs from the market • The market is a collective intelligence that no one truly understands
Catching crumbs from the market
The market is a collective intelligence that no one truly understands
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Catching crumbs from the market • The market is a collective intelligence that no one truly understands
Rents direct market innovation where it's most useful • Don't forget about dynamic efficiency
Rents direct market innovation where it's most useful
Don't forget about dynamic efficiency
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Rents direct market innovation where it's most useful • Don't forget about dynamic efficiency
How crime stops upzoning and densification • And therefore helps cause 'the housing theory of everything'
How crime stops upzoning and densification
And therefore helps cause 'the housing theory of everything'
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
How crime stops upzoning and densification • And therefore helps cause 'the housing theory of everything'
The demographic transition is like an antibiotic • And fertility is like antibiotic resistance
The demographic transition is like an antibiotic
And fertility is like antibiotic resistance
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The demographic transition is like an antibiotic • And fertility is like antibiotic resistance
How crime worsens sprawl • And by creating sprawl, creates big costs for society as a whole
How crime worsens sprawl
And by creating sprawl, creates big costs for society as a whole
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
How crime worsens sprawl • And by creating sprawl, creates big costs for society as a whole
Peer review affects the science we see • Going even deeper on pre-publication peer review
Peer review affects the science we see
Going even deeper on pre-publication peer review
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Peer review affects the science we see • Going even deeper on pre-publication peer review