Saturday Assorted Links: Prodigies, Markets, and Heat Deaths
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A Saturday collection of links from Marginal Revolution covers topics including the potential to create more prodigies in empirical sciences, Bronze Age markets, and Europe's status as the world champion of heat deaths. The links also reference a new publication called The Journal of Economic Freedom, a Siena (Houston) fact of the day, and an article by John Burn-Murdoch on economic growth from the Financial Times. Additionally, economist David Holtz is now studying agents at OpenAI, and the post mentions what Dean Ball wants to do.
What’s reported
The article asks whether more prodigies can be created in the empirical sciences.
It references Bronze Age markets.
It questions how Europe became the world champion of heat deaths.
A new publication, The Journal of Economic Freedom, is mentioned.
A Siena (Houston) fact of the day is included.
John Burn-Murdoch wrote on economic growth for the Financial Times, with a chart from the piece.
Economist David Holtz is now studying agents at OpenAI.
The post mentions what Dean Ball wants to do.
Key figures
John Burn-Murdoch (writer for the Financial Times)
David Holtz (economist)
Dean Ball (individual mentioned)
Sources: marginalrevolution.com
