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  1. Several good points in Ross Douthat’s interview with Jennifer Frey.
  2. The history of Memorial Day, via WSJ.
  3. Standard GDP accounting glosses over several channels through which the tech capital spending boom is affecting the economy: equity wealth supporting consumption and equity-driven tax windfalls supporting state government budgets. Put differently, if all the AI capex boom were doing is adding half a percentage point to quarterly GDP growth, one might expect little blowback to the rest of the economy when the cycle slows,” according to Bloomberg.
  4. We appreciated attending the final chapel service for the class of 2026 at LPS.