OR: The Three Sirens of Entropy| www.experimental-history.com
Estimating the returns to public R&D, using data| mattsclancy.substack.com
OR: "Look, ma! I'm pretending to cure cancer!"| www.experimental-history.com
KFF’s latest Health Tracking Poll examines the public’s views and use of an an increasingly popular class of prescription drugs used for weight loss and to treat diabetes or prevent heart attacks or strokes. The poll finds 12% of adults report having taken one of these GLP-1 drugs, which include Ozempic, Webovy and Mounjaro. This includes 6% who say they are currently taking one of the drugs.| KFF
This piece is noticeably longer (twice the length) than the others on this Substack.| www.freaktakes.com
What quantitative data is there about violent deaths in non-state societies?| Our World in Data
The most influential researchers have long believed so dogmatically in one theory of Alzheimer’s that they thwarted alternative approaches.| STAT
Why and where do children work? How did child labor change over time?| Our World in Data
In order to make progress against poverty in the future, we need to understand poverty around the world today and how it has changed.| Our World in Data
The short version of the paper I just published| www.experimental-history.com
Why the greatest scientific experiment in history failed, and why that's a great thing| www.experimental-history.com
Child mortality remains one of the world’s largest problems and is a painful reminder of work yet to be done. With global data on where, when, and how child deaths occur, we can accelerate efforts to prevent them.| Our World in Data
