Magnitude Matters

Economics and other interesting stuff

Essays and analysis about elections, media, sports, poker, and all the other things I care about.

I know enough about public policy, politics, history, the law, and barbecue to have something to say. But my ideas might not always be perfectly done. Hungry for that? Come and get some Undercooked Thoughts!

The antidote to irrational pessimism.

The newsletter of Professor Steve Stewart-Williams. Evolutionary psychology, sex differences, nature and nurture, science, philosophy, and more.

Pondering price theory, past and present. A weekly newsletter covering all things economics.

Reporting and commentary on civil liberties and the criminal justice system. Plus other stuff.

News, views, and commentary from a free market point of view. I moved from Blogger to Substack in December 2023. For previous posts back to 2011 see my Blogger page at https://johnhcochrane.blogspot.com

improving social epistemology, rewarding reasoned discourse

P(A|B) = [P(A)*P(B|A)]/P(B), all the rest is commentary.

Dad Saves America is dedicated to exploring the ways we can raise our kids to become capable adults ready to thrive in a free society... and want to keep it that way.

A world made of gears. Doing both speed premium short term updates and long term world model building. Currently focused on weekly AI updates. Explorations include AI, policy, rationality, medicine and fertility, education and games.

Letters about the roles of play in human evolution, child development, culture, and daily living

New and underrated ideas to improve the world. Visit our website: worksinprogress.co

Sorting through themes related to my in-progress book, First World Problems. Don't hold your breath.

The home bartender's guide. Tips, tricks, techniques, and recipes. A new edition most every Friday, and sometimes in between.

Thoughts on immigration, economics, social science, public policy, and more

Writer and author, especially on legal subjects. Cato Institute, election law, and Maryland civic stuff.

1) Find what's true and make it useful. 2) Publish every other Tuesday. 3) Photo cred: my dad.

This is a blog on why we believe and do what we do, why we pretend otherwise, how we might do better, and what our descendants might do, if they don't all die.

Ideas about a wide variety of subjects

Foreign policy, American politics, and social science

How housing costs got here and where they're going.

Economic analysis of current issues, with a free market bent plus thoughts on other issues of liberty.

Thoughts on Political Economy and Other Things

Reasonable thoughts about philosophy, politics, and other interesting stuff.

Weekly personal essays on wealth, status, and family from someone with generational wealth, writing with transparency.

Life in Israel during and after October 7

Longtime movie enthusiast, Nathan Chandler, breaks down and reviews the movies that shape our lives.

Demystifying federal spending, tax, budget, and economic policy. 100% free.

Decision making in an uncertain world.

Caplan and Candor

Lee Bressler, Jew with the mind of a champion, tells stories and discusses current events.

Your weekly rhetorical assault on the news cycle, the people who make it, and occasionally ourselves.

OU Sooners Football

Nostalgia for the Neoliberal Era

Politics minus bile plus jokes. Avowed independent and comedian Andrew Heaton interviews authors and thought leaders about policy and big thinky stuff. A refuge from Red Team vs. Blue Team slapfights.

Creative market solutions to thorny hot button issues

My personal Substack

all models are wrong, but some are useful

How Innovations in Law, Governance, Education, and Community Can Solve World Problems

A former congressman spills on Congress and makes the practical case for the principles of liberty.

Hamhanded metaphors and questionably interesting thoughts

Trying to end the Great Stagnation 🚀