We often set aside articles that are longer, deserve a re-read, are broader in scope…or just for fun - for weekend reading. Below are some from this week - pour yourself a hot cup of coffee & enjoy...

• No Mercy No Malice 2025 Predictions (Prof G)

• Happening Now: Making Synthetic Fuel from Water, sunlight, and CO2 (Chemical Engineer)

• The Truth About Musk, From His Biographer: A viral Bluesky thread introduced tens of thousands around the world to a first glimpse of a forthcoming biography of Elon Musk. Here - in a single essay—is some of what the world just learned. (Proof)

• Childhood cancer deaths in the United States have declined six-fold over the last seventy years (Our World in Data)

• America’s Health Insurance Grinches: A Scathing Indictment of “Market” Economics: The country’s flawed insurance model, driven by greed, leads to inefficiency, inequality, and denied care - a colossal scam that has sparked fury across the nation. (Institute for New Economic Thinking)

• The Monarch of Mar-a-Lago - by Niall Fergusson (TFP)

• Migration Into America’s Most Flood-Prone Areas Has More Than Doubled Since the Start of the Pandemic: Nearly 400,000 more people moved into than out of the most flood-prone counties in 2021 and 2022 - a 103% increase from the prior two years. The counties most vulnerable to wildfires and heat have also seen more people move in than out as the housing affordability crisis pushes Americans into disaster-prone areas. (Redfin)

• Five images that explain why the LA fires spread so fast (BBC)

• Is There Something More Radical than MAGA? JD Vance Is Dreaming It. In a candid series of conversations, Vance revealed an ominous philosophy behind his first year in office. (Politico)

• Legalization of online sports betting generates an 8% increase in credit card debt among sports betters. The poor are disproportionately affected: low-income households spend 32% more on betting than high income households. (SSRN)

• Nikki Glaser Opening Monologue 82nd Annual Golden Globes (YouTube)

• 50 Things a Man Should NOT Know (Esquire)

• US Wealth Inequality (Federal Reserve bank of St. Louis)
  

What are you reading or listening to?