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Problems of Interplanetary and Interstellar Trade. Indeed, somebody had to start researching on this topic, at some point :-). Here’s the part I like best in the concluding remarks: “Perhaps, the establishment of a solar system monetary union would permit the free flow of capital […]”
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Giuseppe Bertola on why offshoring and immigrant employment are good, using the Italian context. Link to the VoxEU article, link to the background research paper.
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Our Moldavian neighbours are not too happy (if you are searching for the happiest Europeans instead, see here):
It was in Moldova that Weiner began to see, or, rather, failed to see, the building blocks that make a culture happy. “While I did meet some people I liked, Moldova is the least happy country on the planet,” Weiner says. “People go to great lengths to see their neighbors fail. Completely seriously, it is a very morose place. I’ve never been so glad to leave a country.”
- Pythagoras follow-up (well, almost…): Geometrical Music Theory (the shorter perspective, the longer report, both in a recent number of Science).
