Don’t Look Back In Danger: AEC Looks Backwards and Forwards

Do early risers have a leg up on the rest of us?

  From FT: In his new book The 5 a.m. Club: Own Your Morning, Elevate Your Life, “leadership guru” Robin Sharma lays out an intense daily regimen for personal success, which starts at 4:45 a.m.   He says “there’s something magical” to waking before 5 a.m., when the heart is “more open and pure.”   Could be—and leaders from […]

Hydroxychloroquine vs. COVID-19 (Archived July 22, 2020)

HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE Research Bibliography & Digest   The Economic Standard is gathering medical research about hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19, alone or in combination with other drugs, published (or about to be published) in academic journals. Have a study? Submit citations with brief summaries, ideally from the text itself, via the submissions box below the […]

Yes, it’s time for Germany to spend on infrastructure and environment

  “Make investments possible!” By Hubertus Bardt and Michael Hüther, courtesy of IW Koeln   Germany faces enormous challenges in modernizing its capital stock. After neglecting public investment over the last two decades, it is now necessary to update the infrastructure and gradually reduce the investment backlog.   Managing demographic aging and decarbonising the economy […]