Friday Links – 29 August 2025

Moore v, Krugman

Study:  the first vaccine dose reduced the risk of COVID-19 death by 52.6% in those aged 80 years, supporting existing evidence of a strong protective effect in older adults.

“The $50 billion rural hospital rescue fund is a fraud.”

Is AI politically biased?

Katrina recovery spending:

The federal government spent more than was spent (adjusted for inflation) on the post-World War II Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe or for the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan after the Sept. 11 attacks.

The results:

Today, New Orleans is smaller, poorer and more unequal than before the storm. It hasn’t rebuilt a durable middle class, and lacks basic services and a major economic engine outside of its storied tourism industry.