Slow Boring • 195 likes • 02 May 22 Overtreatment in American health care is a problem An entrepreneurial, market-oriented system has some downsides.
Slow Boring • 191 likes • 09 May 22 Winning after Roe People want the vast majority of abortions to be legal
Slow Boring • 177 likes • 16 May 22 Greedflation is fake America needs fussy technocracy, not new rounds of populism
Slow Boring • 171 likes • 19 May 22 Words aren't magic The most important part of "messaging" is picking defensible policies
Slow Boring • 147 likes • 23 May 22 Understanding Effective Altruism's move into politics It's not about crypto
Slow Boring • 135 likes • 04 May 22 Republicans have changed a lot since 2008 The biggest problem with Elon Musk's stolen meme
Slow Boring • 130 likes • 24 May 22 Expensive energy is really bad There's no economic recovery without an oil production recovery
Slow Boring • 129 likes • 12 May 22 Solving problems by letting people do things Unlocking blocked transactions in kidneys, plasma, and more
Slow Boring • 126 likes • 26 May 22 Does the Bush-era poverty cure deserve a comeback? I'm skeptical anyone has any really good marriage-promotion ideas
Slow Boring • 126 likes • 11 May 22 Democrats have changed a lot since 2012 Moving left on economics — but also on climate, race, and a bunch of other things
Slow Boring • 112 likes • 03 May 22 Do investor-owned single-family homes cause drug overdoses? I mean, obviously, no they don't
Slow Boring • 103 likes • 25 May 22 Remote work is boosting housing demand and driving inflation Joe Biden has a plan to increase supply
Slow Boring • 100 likes • 17 May 22 A straightforward solution to the formula crisis Adopt Canadian guidelines for older babies
Slow Boring • 99 likes • 10 May 22 Half the population dying and then returning five years later would be a really big deal Think of the supply-chains!
Slow Boring • 98 likes • 29 Apr 22 April mailbag brings May takes The Twitter takeover, my fake job, and a world without Pearl Harbor
Slow Boring • 93 likes • 18 May 22 Let's use unspent Covid funds to make great next generation vaccines The case for more BARDA funding
Slow Boring • 83 likes • 06 May 22 Don't leak the mailbag Heroic bloodshed, the case against means-testing, and What's Up With Secretary Pete
Slow Boring • 69 likes • 20 May 22 Birthday mailbag Bill Clinton, pro wrestling, and dredging dredging dredging
Slow Boring • 67 likes • 13 May 22 Multiverse of Mailbag TV shows that should've been movies, Schumer decisions that didn't make sense, and more
Slow Boring • 65 likes • 27 May 22 Memorial Day mailbag Upvotes, O'Malley, and my scoldy no-fun views on gambling
Slow Boring • 63 likes • 14 May 22 The problem with flexible average inflation targeting Nobody — including the Fed — is clear on what it means when inflation is high
Slow Boring • 24 likes • 24 May 22 Slow Boring Book Club: Streets of Gold Join us for a conversation about immigration with Professor Leah Boustan