Restaurants and Economic Geography

The most common restaurant cuisine in every state, and a chain-restaurant mystery
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/09/29/chain-restaurant-capitals/
When Georgia Tech researchers provided the latest update of their delightful data on chain restaurants, they also identified a compelling mystery: Places that support Donald Trump also tend to have the most franchise foods. But why? 

The Staggering Cost of Hurricane Ian

Flooding, outages, confusion: Florida reels as Hurricane Ian death toll rises
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/03/hurricane-ian-death-toll-florida
Adjusted for inflation, Ian may be the second-most-costly storm to ever strike Florida, after 1992’s Andrew. A research firm, CoreLogic, has estimated that the storm will incur as much as $47bn in insured losses – $22bn to $32bn in wind damage and $6bn to $15bn in flood damage. 

Hurricane Ian Destroys Swaths of Florida as Residents Face Uncertain Aftermath
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hurricane-ian-destroys-swaths-of-florida-as-residents-face-uncertain-aftermath-11664809611
 
Their paradise lost to Ian, Sanibel residents hope its spirit survives
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/10/02/hurricane-ian-sanibel/

Is the US Labor Market Finally Starting to Cool?

Less Turnover, Smaller Raises: U.S. Job Market May Be Losing Its Sizzle
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/03/business/economy/job-market-recession.html 

Accounting Faces a Popularity Crisis

Accountants work to shed ‘boring’ tag amid hiring crisis [Gated Access]
https://www.ft.com/content/4d014b21-c4f6-4562-ab33-48a51d0312b0
Numbers taking university courses and professional exams have tumbled in the US 

The Continuing Relevance of Mancur Olson's Work

Did a 1982 book predict America’s decline?
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2022/10/2/23380384/mancur-olson-rise-decline-nations-abundance-nimby
Mancur Olson’s The Rise and Decline of Nations shows how small groups can undermine broader prosperity. 

2022 Nobel Prize in Medicine

Nobel in medicine awarded to Svante Pääbo for discoveries on human evolution
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/10/03/nobel-prize-medicine-svante-pbo/ 

Discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2022/advanced-information/

Effective Job-Training Programs

These Job-Training Programs Work, and May Show Others the Way
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/03/business/these-job-training-programs-work-and-may-show-others-the-way.html