Siguniang Mountain: A Hiking Journey at the Foot of Snow-Capped Peaks
So close, so beautiful
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The world will never be the same again after you step into this strange and wonderful garden of thought. And when you look back on this experience many years later, even the things you didn't understand at the time have matured --Samuelson
What Are We Really Opposing When We Fight Monopoly?
The Three Questions of Ultraman Tiga: What is monopoly, why should we oppose it, and how do we oppose it?
Shanxi Datong Engagement Case Second Trial: An Economic Perspective on Judicial Spirit and Execution
An economic perspective on the second trial of the Shanxi Datong engagement case, focusing on judicial spirit, procedural justice, and information asymmetry.
Distortion or Surprise: Making Policy Evaluation Interesting
An introduction to three papers and how their research design makes policy evaluation narratives more compelling.
The modernity of detective fiction
This post draws on Tuili Da Wuxian to think about the narrative appeal of detective fiction and, above all, its relationship to modernity.
Existentialism and Social Science: Flowers Blooming from Nothingness
Some reflections on my existential crisis last year, together with a few memorable lines, ending with a meditation on the value of studying the social sciences.
The Origin of Rich Species: A Lamp Can Light a Room Dark for a Thousand Years
The Origin of Rich Species challenges the mainstream academic reading of the Malthusian trap and builds a Darwinian view of economic history.
The Mathematical History of Economics
Reading notes on Shi Shuzhong’s book about the development of mathematical tools in economics.