A chronological survey of chess set design from the 7th century Afrasiab ivory pieces in Central Asia through colonial-era export sets from India and China, tracing how materials, craftsmanship, and cultural traditions shaped chess artifact design across regions and centuries.
A randomized study of US H-2B visa lotteries shows that restricting low-skill foreign workers shrinks businesses without creating American jobs. Researchers found that firms denied visas simply became smaller rather than hiring domestic workers, suggesting low-skill immigrants and American workers are poor substitutes.
A visual atlas documenting chess pieces from the 7th century to the 1900s, organized by material: ivory sets from Samarkand to Lewis Chessmen, wooden standardized designs from Selenus to Staunton and modernist interpretations, and ceramic pieces including Persian examples.
Parker Lewis critiques bitcoin treasury companies' use of preferred equity as structurally flawed, arguing direct bitcoin ownership is superior. CoinMarketCap expands its crypto ETF tracking dashboard to include Solana, XRP, and HYPE flows alongside Bitcoin and Ethereum.