Wednesday Links – 2 September 2026

Study: Climbing at least six flights a day reduces the likelihood of a major cardiovascular issue, like stroke or heart attack.

Should Robert E. Lee’s portrait hang at West Point?

12 OECD countries had individual net wealth taxes in 1990. By 2017, only four OECD countries still had them.

The new pancreatic cancer drug will cost $480,000 a year.  (NYT)

Electronic medical records: The industry became exceptionally good at documenting encounters…. What it never became particularly good at was helping individuals assemble those encounters into a coherent picture of their health over time.