'In July 2022, the price of a used Tesla Model Y (2021 model year) was $71,000. Today, it’s $32,000, reports Edmunds.'
via The Washington Post

Not unusual now to see research reports from banks with 2 pages of content and 6 pages of risk disclosures, which feels like a metaphor for the country as a whole.

Impossible to overstate the impact shale had on the US oil and gas sector.

How does any president have the ability to spend a trillion dollars on anything without congressional action?

Hospital systems have justified horizontal mergers for years claiming that larger scale will lower costs and raise quality. We now have the 3rd study showing that merged systems, even if in different markets, materially raise prices & don't improve quality measures.
via STAT

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How many cities would approve a 13-story building of affordable & chronically homeless housing in midtown + do a zoning variance to allow it to have a larger footprint + have neighbors show up in support + unanimous vote by Planning Comm? It's why Houston leads nation in housing.

Cool job alert:

Vice President of Career Education and Training Arnold Ventures

Salary range: $200-300k

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I used to think decarbonization was hard because voters prioritized the goals of the energy system in the following order:
1) Affordable
2) Reliable
3) Secure
4) Clean

But I missed one. The actual order of prioritization is:
1) Jobs
2) Affordable
3) Reliable
4) Secure
5) Clean

Since 1990, Pomona College
# of students: +17%
# of tenured faculty: -3%
# of administrators: +454%

via The Washington Post

Data showing a plateau in both fentanyl-related and total drug-overdose deaths is the first positive news in the field since the current epidemic started.

Anecdotal, but I’ve had several conversations in recent years with people who hire undergrads for highly competitive jobs (tech, finance, consulting etc) that are moving away from the Ivies and towards flagship state universities, citing better cultural and professional fit.

The lesson of late for cities and colleges is to be very deliberate during quiet times to define what behavior is not allowed and the repurcussions and stick to it. Once violations get selectively overlooked, it's almost impossible to reset standards while maintaining legitimacy.

A strong hypothesis but even better a pilot program with a rigorous evaluation system built into it — too few funders sincerely want to find out whether or not their ideas work.

Kudos to Purdue Boilermakers for the innovative ways it’s serving its community:
1) Has not raised tuition since 2012
2) Created STEM-focused charter high schools to increase # of underrepresented students at Purdue via preferred admission
3) Partnered with comm college Ivy Tech to offer