Sunday Thread + Mailbag

Deep Dives

Explore related topics with these Wikipedia articles, rewritten for enjoyable reading:

• YIMBY 13 min read

  Housing policy and zoning reform is a recurring theme in Slow Boring, and understanding the YIMBY movement provides context for many policy discussions

• Median voter theorem 12 min read

  Political strategy and electoral math are frequent topics in this publication, and this theorem underlies many arguments about winning coalitions

• Baumol effect 15 min read

  Discussions of why things cost more over time, particularly in healthcare and education, frequently reference this economic concept