Archive - Everything is a Trolley

Trade Deficits and Solvency: Correlation not Causation

What happens if we apply Elon’s favored “first-principles” approach to trade deficits.

Apr 8 •

March 2025

Responding to Bryan Caplan on Relative Status vs. Absolute Welfare

Bryan Caplan recently wrote that if people primarily cared about relative income—simply being richer than those around them—they would frequently choose…

Mar 25 •

November 2024

Against Tit-for-Tat as a Heuristic

This is probably obvious to some of you, but flawed humans like me need reminding

Nov 21, 2024 •

October 2024

Against Open Borders: Building America's Human Capital Portfolio

The US immigration system has almost everything entirely backwards.

Oct 6, 2024 •

September 2024

August 2024

Liquid vs. Illiquid Careers

Note: This is the first post in a series of posts about career liquidity.

Aug 3, 2024 •

July 2024

Adverse Selection by Life-Saving Charities

GiveWell, and the EA community at large, often emphasize the "cost of saving a life" as a key metric, $5,000 being the most commonly cited…

Jul 10, 2024 •

June 2024

May 2024

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