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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. A mass death does not by itselfproduce a boom afterwards: expectinga pandemic to renew an economy onits own misreads what followed theBlack Death. AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: History does not repeat itself, but patterns of human behaviour do, and what always follows an economic crisis is political upheaval. — tap to centre the map on it History does not repeatitself, but patterns of humanbehaviour do, and what alwaysfollows an economic crisis is… JH James Holland — holds since 2025-05-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: The current tech layoffs are pandemic over-hiring correcting itself, with AI as the convenient excuse. — tap to centre the map on it The current tech layoffs arepandemic over-hiringcorrecting itself, with AI asthe convenient excuse. DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI risk is probably a totally manageable problem that will be brutally mismanaged, the way pandemic response was. — tap to centre the map on it AI risk is probably a totallymanageable problem that willbe brutally mismanaged, theway pandemic response was. RG Ryan Greenblatt — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: The software job losses of the past few years were caused more by the end of zero-interest-rate money and the post-COVID crash than by AI. — tap to centre the map on it The software job losses of thepast few years were causedmore by the end ofzero-interest-rate money and… HW Hillel Wayne — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Industrialisation is still a live path for poor countries today, despite all the post-pandemic pessimism. — tap to centre the map on it Industrialisation is still alive path for poor countriestoday, despite all thepost-pandemic pessimism. NS Noah Smith — holds since 2025-07-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Handing out cheques during Covid and accepting the inflation was less damaging than price controls and rationing would have been. — tap to centre the map on it Handing out cheques duringCovid and accepting theinflation was less damagingthan price controls and… JC John H. Cochrane — holds since 2024-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: The long decline in mortality is not guaranteed to continue: new shocks and old unsolved diseases can reverse it. — tap to centre the map on it The long decline in mortalityis not guaranteed to continue:new shocks and old unsolveddiseases can reverse it. SD Saloni Dattani — holds since 2024-01-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Government borrowing through the financial crisis and the pandemic was a good trade, because it repaired household balance sheets. — tap to centre the map on it Government borrowing throughthe financial crisis and thepandemic was a good trade,because it repaired household… BC Ben Carlson — holds since 2026-08-28 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. Holds Ada Palmer Read this korrent →