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Wellington, New Zealand

I recent wrote about driving around New Zealand, but I lived in Wellington. Here are a few of my impressions: 1. It is one of the world’s most beautiful cities, top five easily. The best view is from Mount Victoria, incredible vistas are everywhere, and the Victorian homes are very nice too. Very little of […] The post Wellington, New Zealand appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Related StoriesDriving around New ZealandPodcast with Salvador DuarteForward markets in everything, lunar edition

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Politics

The limitations of YIMBYism

The article explores the limitations of YIMBYism (Yes In My Backyard), highlighting the challenges and complexities of housing policy and urban development in addressing affordability and accessibility.

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Geopolitics

What Trump Didn’t Know About Iran

The Trump administration miscalculated how Iran would respond to this war. And the United States, Iran and Israel were brought to the brink of war in the first place because of a whole series of misjudgments and miscalculations going back decades. Ali Vaez is the Iran project director at the International Crisis Group. He was involved in the negotiations that led to the 2015 nuclear deal, and is in fact himself a nuclear scientist. He’s also an author of “How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impa...

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