Sunday links: universal hypocrisy
Tadas Viskanta
Abnormal Returns
1 day ago
2 MIN READ
Markets
- We only know about structural breaks in retrospect. (humbledollar.com)
- Stuart Kirk, “The wisdom of crowds has never lain in the consensus. It lies in the disagreement.” (ft.com)
Business
- Companies are choosing ‘signature scents’ for their offices. (ft.com)
- Bezos’ big bet on Trump is paying off. (wsj.com)
Regulation
- Laws last longer than executive orders. (thebulwark.com)
- Policy volatility is the consequence of removing independence from independent agencies. (axios.com)
Law and order
- Efforts to identify non-citizen voting have been spectacularly unsuccessful. (indianacapitalchronicle.com)
- Why is the Supreme Court ramping up security spending? (politico.com)
Conflicts of interest
- Trump admits his children receive ‘insider tips.’ (irishstar.com)
- Trump, himself, earned more from crypto in 2025 than any other crypto firm. (marginalrevolution.com)
- Who made (and lost) money with the TRUMP memecoin. (nytimes.com)
- The trading in Trump’s brokerage accounts is off the charts. (wsj.com)
National security
- What happens when you remove experienced military officers, en masse? (justsecurity.org)
- National security officials are apparently still using Signal to communicate. (theatlantic.com)
Foreign policy
- The U.S. is running out of allies that we have not alienated. (danieldrezner.substack.com)
- What principles underlie American foreign policy? (thebulwark.com)
Autocracy
- A look at the world leaders who have become spectacularly rich in office. (giftarticle.ft.com)
- Why autocrats lean toward the same aesthetic. (seeingredasia.substack.com)
Jobs
- How to better measure the effects of AI on employment. (agglomerations.eig.org)
- Why big corporate subsidies rarely live up to the hype, jobs-wise. (boondoggle.substack.com)
Economy
- One year in, a look at how the OBBBA has played out for the budget deficit. (nbcnews.com)
- Who pays credit card interchange fees? (nber.org)
- The economic schedule for the coming week. (economicweekly.substack.com)
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