11/05/2023 Assorted Links

1. Pope Francis looks at ‘synodal reforms’ to papal election process (Pillar)

2. Survival improvements of marine mammals in zoological institutions mirror historical advances in human longevity (Royal Society)

3. The Human Development Index and related indices: what they are and what we can learn from them (Our World in Data)

4. Minimum wages and housing rents: Theory and evidence (Regional Science and Urban Economics)

5. Tax Incentives and the Supply of Low-Income Housing (Evan Soltas)

6. Liberal Ideals Can Strengthen, Not Weaken, Judaism (UnPopulist)

7. No, We Don’t Need Another ARPA (Issues in Science and Technology)

8. The world economy is defying gravity. That cannot last (Economist)

9. God, Philosophy, Universities. A Selective History of the Catholic Philosophical Tradition (Then Again)

10. Income security for American workers has been rising (Marginal Revolution)