A bridge connects Copenhagen and Malmo, and now the price is higher: …the basic price for a one-way car journey across the bridge has been jacked up to 510 Danish kroner, or £58. For the largest vans, it is the equivalent of £218. Research by Sydsvenskan, a regional newspaper in southern Sweden, suggests this is by […]

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30.06.2025

Some European countries have mastered a happiness trick? - Marginal REVOLUTION

Using Eurobarometer data for 21 Western European countries since 1973 we show the U-shape in life satisfaction by age, present for so long, has now vanished. In 13 northern European countries – Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the UK – the U-shape has been replaced by […]

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30.06.2025

Sunday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION

1. What is so special about Uruguay? 2. Luis Garicano on why economic growth will not go crazy with AI. These arguments remain unanswered. 3. Ten ways to rebuild Britain. 4. How should London tax mega marshmallows? 5. Dead lawmakers have not stopped posting. 6. Progress with biological computers? (FT) 7. JSTOR now has an […]

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30.06.2025

C'mon British people, you can do better than this... - Marginal REVOLUTION

I’ve seen estimates that thirty people a day are arreested in the UK for things they say on social media. Other anecdotes of varying kinds continue to pile up: Describing a middle-aged white woman as a “Karen” is borderline unlawful, a judge has said amid a bitter row at a mental health charity. The slang […]

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The world's most expensive toll? - Marginal REVOLUTION

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C'mon British people, you can do better than this... - Marginal REVOLUTION

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