Cat and Bear's Blog

Interesting study on Russian real wages before and after 1917.

Found a new study: Implicit land taxes and their effect on the real economy.

Jared Diamond's Guns, Germans & Steel (GG&S) is highly flawed.

Henry George has some spicy words on a number of different groups in his The Condition of Labour.

Digging up some old musings on the 2022 Sept/Oct print issue of Foreign Affairs, in which there was Timothy Synder's absolutely blessed article on Ukraine, a a really good article on Putin's view of history, and a decent article on how America must support

In response to endless examples of people making quips about mud pies or working hard to dig random holes, Marx's theory does not ignore utility.

Recently read an interesting discussion of Marxism and Ralwsianism by Professor Joseph Heath.

Looking at these two articles in conversation: Neoliberalism can reduce well-being by promoting a sense of social disconnection, competition, and loneliness and The Politics of Lonliness.

With the US-Iran war kicking off, I was looking some stuff about the first Gulf War and stumbled onto this article which seems quite relevant and prescient.

When it comes to immigration, a larger labour pool allows for increased specialisation, which increases productivity, and leads to real increases of wealth.