Best of #econtwitter - Week of July 21, 2024: paper summaries
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Idiosyncratic favorites
^quote: “Meiji development didn’t gradually increase growth rates as institutions improved; rather, a very rapid increase in manufacturing happened only after Japan succeeded in codifying about as much knowledge as Germany had in 1870”. Chart:
^new Killingsworth paper; Bloomberg coverage
^rip
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Great summary as always, thanks. On the topic of money and happiness, I must share this: https://inexactscience.substack.com/p/dont-update-too-much-on-money-happiness