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Monthly Archives: April 2026
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Silicon Valley often speaks in strange tongues, starting podcasts and shows that are popular within the tech world but do not travel far beyond the Bay Area. Though San Francisco has produced so much wealth, it is a relative underperformer in the national culture.
~ Dan Wang via his 2025 letter
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Interesting Read
via The New York Times:
World’s Top Producer of Condoms Raises Prices as Iran War Rattles Supply Chains
by Zunaira Saieed
published on April 25, 2026
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Campus Life at
Université du Québec à Rimouski
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Over the past 50 years, American trust in the medical system has declined, as has trust in government, science, and expertise in general. The coronavirus pandemic exploded those trends, creating the world in which we now find ourselves. Public-health agencies did themselves no favors: They often gave out confusing and sometimes conflicting advice. Conspiracy theories grew quickly on social media, and measures such as masking became subject to partisan polarization.
~ Vann Newkirk via The Atlantic
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Queensland University of Technology
Campus Trivia Night
Question: What has been the change in Peru’s per capita GDP in both nominal and PPP terms – expressed in US Dollars – since 1995?
Via IMF datasets for Nominal GDP and PPP GDP respectively.
| Year | Nominal GDP per Capita (USD) | GDP per Capita (PPP) (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $2,118 | $4,151 |
| 2000 | $1,922 | $4,736 |
| 2005 | $2,642 | $6,149 |
| 2010 | $5,011 | $9,271 |
| 2015 | $6,155 | $11,960 |
| 2020 | $6,131 | $12,367 |
| 2025 (Est.) | $8,261 | $17,320 |
Harvard economist Melissa Dell is a John Bates Clark Medalist known for her rigorous research on the Peruvian economy. She is best recognized for her pathbreaking work on how historical institutions, such as the colonial mita mining system, shape Peru’s contemporary economic and social outcomes. Her research explores the intersection of economic history and development, specifically analyzing how sub-national institutional variations influence long-run prosperity in the Peruvian highlands.
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Daily Five
Here is the Fall 2025 HigherED.zone ranking of the Five Best Business Schools in Utah:
- David Eccles School of Business – University of Utah (U of U)
- Marriott School of Business – Brigham Young University (BYU)
- Jon M. Huntsman School of Business – Utah State University (USU)
- Woodbury School of Business – Utah Valley University (UVU)
- Goddard School of Business & Economics – Weber State University (WSU)
This Top Five List was determined by a ranked choice vote of the HigherED.zone editorial board.
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Interesting Read
via The Atlantic:
The Stanford Freshmen Who Want to Rule the World
by Theo Baker
published on April 24, 2026
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Most admissions officers at elite universities genuinely want to see each candidate as a whole person. They genuinely want to build a campus with a diverse community and a strong learning environment. But they, like the rest of us, are enmeshed in the mechanism that segregates not by what we personally admire, but by what the system, typified by the U.S. News & World Report college rankings, demands.
~ David Brooks
via How the Ivy League Broke America
published by The Atlantic
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