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What should our community do to improve safety for migrants at sea?

A collision between a speedboat carrying migrants and a Greek coast guard patrol vessel off the eastern Aegean island of Chios late Tuesday has left at least 14 migrants dead, while a search and rescue operation involving patrol boats, a helicopter and divers was underway in the area, the coast guard says

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Economy

Bankruptcy and Mass Torts After Harrington v. Purdue

The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma has had major implications for the use of bankruptcy as a mass-tort resolution mechanism. Researchers analyzed Harrington’s potential impact; in this report, they present their findings

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Economy

To everything, turn, turn, turn

Afternoon all, Big week for turning around in Westminster. The highlight (so far as we’re concerned) was a welcome upside surprise on monthly growth – the no-fun caveat for which is that on more reliable longer-term measures we’re actually growing even slower than our dismal recent track record. For those wanting to know more about how to pull those levers, we have a sneak peak of our big growth paper below that we’ll be launching on Monday. If you’re a big fan of entertaining but informative...

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Culture

“Can AI help us find God?”

That is the title of my latest Free Press piece. Here is one excerpt: Religious knowledge has become easy to access with as much detail as you might wish. You can learn about Vatican II or the Talmud ad infinitum. But it may mean something different to practitioners when it does not come from another […] The post “Can AI help us find God?” appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsI don't think that Eliezer will find this at all reassuring. by skyzyksRelated StoriesPodcast with Salvador ...

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