Archive - MikeDC’s Newsletter

Why is Zach LaVine shooting fewer threes?

Zach's 3PAr has fallen two years in a row. He was at .425 > .401 > .392 It's really weird to me. per 100 possessions, he was at 3PA: 11.4 > 10.0 > 9.6…

Jul 14, 2023 •

March 2023

The SVP failure

In the grand scheme of things the failure of SVB seems due to inflation. It’s the basic cause of SVB’s rapidly expanding balance sheet, and then it’s…

Mar 14, 2023 •

Simple improvement to banking regulations

Arnold Kling looks at the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and argues for mark-to-market accounting for banks. When interest rates go up, the value of a…

Mar 11, 2023 •

February 2023

The US used to assimilate immigrants...

... now immigrants assimilate the US.

Feb 27, 2023 •

November 2022

Magnetic Beliefs

I've never heard it described this way, but it's useful to think of beliefs as having a kind of bi-polar magnetism to people. Approach it from one side…

Nov 16, 2022 •

March 2022

Voter Rationality vs Collective Action

Where does the problem lie, and why does it matter?

Mar 24, 2022 •

OWS Geographic edition

Alex Tabarrok asks what options there are for applying the Operation Warp Speed concept to other issues. So summarizing what do we need for another OWS…

Mar 23, 2022 •

Ukrainian War Issues

Russia didn't meet it's initial goals for winning the war, but it can still win the war.

Mar 2, 2022 •

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