Interesting Links for 05-09-2022

[andrewducker]

1. Jaws: but from the shark's perspective

(tags:sharks comic )

2. Why is nobody telling Liz Truss that Tax Cuts for Rich Don't 'Trickle Down,'

(tags:tax economics equality )

3. The grandchildren of pre-Communist Chinese elites are better off than others, despite their parents being no better off

(tags:children grandparents China inequality )

4. Biomaterials are entering a new, impressive, phase

(tags:biology materials technology thefuture )

5. The vast majority of books sell almost no copies

(tags:books publishing )

6. What you should do if there's nothing you can do

(tags:russian advice )

Comments

[mtbc]

2. … because they don't actually care about helping the 99%.

[cmcmck]

Why does nobody tell Tories that there is no such thing as 'trickle down'?

[drplokta]

It seems worth pointing out that the Twitter thread on most books selling almost no copies includes a link to a blog post comprehensively debunking the original. https://countercraft.substack.com/p/no-most-books-dont-sell-only-a-dozen

[andrewducker]

Thank you. I had assumed lifetime sales. I totally agree that if it's yearly sales then it's a completely meaningless number.