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Donald Trump's 2018–2019 tariffs adversely affected employment in the manufacturing industries that the tariffs were intended to protect

MIT: Raising State Minimum Wages, Lowering Community College Enrollment

The Catholic Church played a key role in the eradication of Muslim and Jewish communities in Western Europe over the period 1064–1526

Changing from “at-large” to “ward” elections for town council ..

Sheaf Theory Through Examples

Scientists studied how people process temporal and spatial information in working memory using magnetoencephalography and MRI

Public libraries played an important role in American innovation – Between 1883 and 1919, Andrew Carnegie constructed 1,500 public libraries across the US

Weapons in Space Technology, Politics, and the Rise and Fall of SDI

Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy

When Filipino nurses were able to work in the US, it did not cause a "brain drain" in the Philippines

The Sciences of the Artificial by Herbert Simon

Library Genesis in Numbers: Mapping the Underground Flow of Knowledge (2018) [pdf]

Increased oversight of police reduces police misconduct without increasing crime

Austerity in Europe has led to higher vote shares for extreme parties, lower voter turnout, and a rise in political fragmentation

Plato and the Nerd

Handbook of Rationality (2021)

In 2018, the UK introduced a tiered tax on sugar content in soft drinks

Providing temporary financial assistance (averaging nearly $2,000) to those at imminent risk of homelessness significantly reduces homelessness

Automated enforcement of water conservation rules in Fresno, California led to a decrease in summer water use and violations of conservation rules (relative to households subject to in-person inspections)

Higher minimum wages lead to improved quality of care in nursing homes.

For most Americans, housing was a key component in personal wealth accumulation

In the 2016 election in the US, residents of black neighborhoods waited 29% longer to vote and were 74% more likely to spend 30+ minutes at their polling place (relative to white neighborhoods)

The Art of Abduction

A sudden and unexpected nation-wide alcohol sales ban in South Africa reduced injury-induced mortality by at least 14% and sharply reduced violent crimes.

Denmark implemented a reform in 1999 that improved the language training for refugees

Ideas That Created the Future: Classic Papers of Computer Science

The opening of the Öresund bridge between Denmark and Sweden in 2000 caused a 13.5% increase in the average wage of workers in the region

School Closures In 1918 Flu Had No Impact On Educational Or Career Attainment

A surge in tea consumption in 18th century England unintentionally caused a substantial decline in mortality

Germany's temporary protection of 700,000 Yugoslavian refugees during the 1990s caused a subsequent boost in German industry productivity and exports

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