12/04/2023 Assorted Links

1. The Friedman-lite welfare state and how to make the most of it (hypertext)

2. A Prophet of School Choice (Law & Liberty)

3. Narendra Modi is remaking India’s 1.4m strong military (Economist)

4. World War II R&D and the Takeoff of the US Innovation System (Marginal Revolution)

5. Up from the Liberal Founding (Religion & Liberty)

6. The Military’s Big Bet on Artificial Intelligence (Undark)

7. Archbishop orders future priests to take liturgy oath (Pillar)

8. State Capacity (Our World in Data)

9. The Fatal Conceit of the Caribbean Reparations Movement (Carribean Progress Studies Institute)

10. Millions of new materials discovered with deep learning (Google Deep Mind)