(Not so) Good Friday links (opens in new tab)

Matt Novak on Bluesky: “Let’s talk about tonight…”. Behold the banality of evil. Scott Sumner: The odd disappearance of the business cycle. In which an economist wonders why everyone is so down on the economy when the numbers tell us that we live in financial nirvana. Well I can think of a few reasons thanks to Kyla Scanlon’s newsletter. Her “Everyone is Gambling and No One is Happy” from December 2025 addresses Sumner’s confusion head on. Joan Westenberg: Why I quit “The Strive”. Westenberg ...