Jerry Z. Muller
@jerryzmuller
Author, speaker, Emeritus Professor of History. The Tyranny of Metrics; The Mind and the Market; Conservatism: An Anthology, and more.
Jolani’s TV station accidentally exposed the kidnapping of Druze women & children at the hands of forces loyal to the self-appointed president, then the interviewer was asked to cut the interview. There are now dozens of confirmed cases of kidnapped of Druze civilians in Suwayda
This is all thanks to the 21 states who put out that diplomatically moronic statement the other day. We all knew this was likely after that. Europe can never help itself.
BREAKING: The mediators (Qatar and the US) were so outraged by Hamas’ response to the hostage deal ceasefire proposal that they didn’t even share it with Israel and just demanded that Hamas come back with a new one.
"If we used Bartov’s logic, every major war would be called genocide."
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Another example of the economic illiteracy of so much of the academic left. marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…
Canada used to be such a civilized country. Its captured sectors now make US progressives look sane by comparison.
Nurses in Canada now have to denounce “white, European-centric” medicine as part of their professional ethics obligations. The Canadian Nurses Association 2025 Code of Ethics is a far-left loyalty oath, not a guide for healthcare professionals! junonews.com/p/new-ethics-c…
This thread contains a deep insight about the nature of knowledge.
Expertise isn't about having more working memory, it's about needing less of it. Experts automate many components in long-term memory and can recognise meaningful patterns instantly, bypassing the need to process individual elements. ⬇️ 🧵
In his 2007, THE LAST DAYS OF EUROPE: EPITAPH FOR AN OLD CONTINENT, Walter Laqueur examined demographic and economic trends and concluded that Europe was becoming a museum culture. @TylerCowen updates that account. open.substack.com/pub/bariweiss/…
Not an AI expert but it seems like closing the US to Chinese students isn’t a good move.
🚨 BREAKING: Detailed list of all 44 people in Meta's Superintelligence team. — 50% from China — 75% have PhDs, 70% Researchers — 40% from OpenAI, 20% DeepMind, 15% Scale — 20% L8+ level — 75% 1st gen immigrants Each of these people are likely getting paid $10-$100M/yr.
Upshot of this story: MAGA cronies are upset that Slater isn't taking the same transactional, unprincipled approach to slavishly rewarding Trump's allies and punishing his enemies that Ferguson and Carr have adopted at the FTC and FCC. MAGA eats anyone with integrity.
Scoop: Internal friction with the Justice Dept team that fights monopolies has led to private conversations in the Trump admin about whether to push out some staff in the antitrust division or to work to smooth out the issues, sources told @CBSNews. Gail Slater, who in March took…
The most hilarious part of this plan is definitely the assertion that they will make groceries cheaper by sourcing them wholesale. Does he think the folks at Gristedes run down to Whole Foods every morning and grab a couple dozen cartons of eggs to sell?
Wait wait wait wait… Mamdani’s plan to offer cheap groceries comes from bulk pricing? Hahahahaha
CUNY Chancellor explains that the removal of a swastika was delayed so that the NYPD could investigate it as a hate crime. Stefanik pays no attention to this perfectly reasonable explanation. She's grandstanding, as rudely as possible.
🔥 Elise Stefanik Grills CUNY Chancellor Over Antisemitism and Administrative Failure Rep. Elise Stefanik didn’t hold back during today’s hearing, confronting CUNY Chancellor Félix Matos Rodríguez over repeated, documented acts of antisemitic harassment on his watch—and his…
Another instance of economists "proving" what every informed historian already knew.
Interesting paper out as editor's choice in the latest QJE
Slovenian model becomes trophy wife and inadvertently saves Ukraine.
Trump on Putin: “I go home and I tell the First Lady, ‘you know I spoke to Putin today, we had a wonderful conversation,’ she says ‘oh really? Another [Ukrainian] city was just hit.’”
"the United States led China in 60 of 64 frontier technologies, such as A.I. and cryptography, between 2003 and 2007, while China led the United States in just three. In the most recent report, covering 2019 through 2023, the rankings were flipped on their head. China led in…