Links 6/18/2023 | naked capitalism
Nature’s 10 Best Animal Dads Treehugger Deep-Sea Footage of a ‘Smiling’ Snailfish Laughing Squid (Re Silc). From 2023, still germane. Gretchen Morgenson: From Wall Street to Journalism (podcast) Barry Rithjholz,…
Firms’ Use of Artificial Intelligence: Cross-Country Evidence on Business Characteristics, Asset Complementarities, and Productivity | naked capitalism
By Flavio Calvino, Economist, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, and Luca Fontanelli, Post-Doctoral Researcher in Economics University Of Brescia. Originally published at VoxEU.…
Opinion | ‘What the Hell Happened to the California of the ’50s and ’60s?’
Pettit has filed plenty of lawsuits under the California Environmental Quality Act, and he thought the courts would ignore Newsom’s attempt to speed up their rulings. “It’s the judges who…
Opinion | The Supreme Court Finally Strikes the Right Balance on Voting Rights
Or would it? In Allen, Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Brett Kavanaugh and the three Democratic-appointed justices said no, not always. Under highly racially polarized voting conditions, Supreme Court authority will…
Opinion | I Thought I Was Fatherless. Then I Realized What a Father Was.
Before listening to the CD, I worried that hearing my donor’s voice might make me feel the loss of a father even more, and at first it did. It was…
The Sunday Read: ‘The High-Risk Feat of Bringing “American Born Chinese” to TV’
Listen and follow ‘The Daily’Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher Almost everyone who reads “American Born Chinese,” Gene Luen Yang’s groundbreaking graphic novel, is a little afraid of Chin-Kee. The…
Egypt Spars With Dutch Museum Over Ancient History
A new Dutch museum exhibit declares, “Egypt is a part of Africa,” which might strike most people who have seen a map of the world as an uncontroversial statement. But…
After a Winter Deluge, California Rivers Are Too Dangerous to Enjoy
Gwyny Pett has been visiting the Kern River for decades, camping there as a girl and then taking her own children, now grown, to splash in shallows so calm they…
He Went After Crypto Companies. Then Someone Came After Him.
When he arrived in London in late January 2022, Kyle Roche was riding high. At just 34 years old, he had established himself as one of the biggest players in…
As Trump Battles Charges, Biden Focuses on the Business of Governing
Talk of federal indictments, classified documents and anything related to the president’s predecessor are out. Bridge repair, “junk fees” and prescription drug prices are in. As President Biden ramps up…