Enjoy!
(i) A bunch of random company substack write-ups.
(ii) #157 - Nature Is Healing: Q1 2023 E-commerce Review
Also see: DoorDash and UberEats pushing GrubHub out of Restaurant Delivery— continued consolidation in online food delivery. I also loved this interview with Dara Khosrowshahi.
(iii) The Economic Determinants of Heat Pump Adoption
“Previous research has shown, for example, that the top income quintile receives 60% of subsidies for rooftop solar and 90% of subsidies for electric vehicles. This paper finds that heat pumps are an important exception.” Also see: Heat pumps, heat pumps, heat pumps!!. And Construction Physics: The Birth of the Grid & Part 2 & Part 3.
(iv) JWMason: Varieties of Industrial Policy
Not unrelated to the last bullet. And — A New Path for Industrial Policy in Brazil.
(v) NYT: What Does It Take to Run a Museum? The Job Description Is Changing.
“Zero has changed structurally,” said Claire Bishop, an art history professor at the City University of New York’s graduate center. “The director’s job is to extract as much money as possible from the ultrawealthy, while reassuring them that their values and collection remain secure and unthreatened.”