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May 11, 2026 13 min

Why does Resource Extraction Produce Such Concentrated Wealth?

from The Diff Hosted by Byrne Hobart

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  1. 0:00 Why does Resource Extraction Produce Such Concentrated Wealth?
  2. 8:30 RLHF
  3. 10:17 When Will AI Show Up in Labor Market Data?
  4. 11:16 Aligning Incentives
  5. 12:00 Local Volatility
  6. 12:41 FDE Shortage

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