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February 14, 2026

Britain’s ā€˜Turkish Barber’ Phenomenon

Most visitors to Britain will probably head straight for Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London, or Shakespeare’s Stratford. But should you wander off the tourist trail, you’ll soon notice a curious abundance of Turkish barbershops. It might seem strange enough that these hairdressers are literally everywhere. Stranger still is that there’s rarely anyone in any […] The post Britain’s ā€˜Turkish Barber’ Phenomenon appeared first on The American Conservative

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🌱 Environment
February 04, 2026

Microbes could extract the metal needed for cleantech

In a pine forest on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the only active nickel mine in the US is nearing the end of its life. At a time when carmakers want the metal for electric-vehicle batteries, nickel concentration at Eagle Mine is falling and could soon drop too low to warrant digging. But earlier this year, the…

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šŸ“ˆ Economy
February 08, 2026

Sebastian Galiani on the Marginal Revolution

The most successful economics blog in the world is called Marginal Revolution. That is not an accident…. Consider a few common mistakes that reappear whenever marginal thinking is abandoned: Treating the owner’s biography—wealth, identity, status—as if it entered the firm’s marginal conditions. It does not. Confusing redistribution with allocation. Redistribution is a legitimate political choice, but […] The post Sebastian Galiani on the Marginal Revolution appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTI...

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