Thursday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION

Brief

Tyler Cowen's "Thursday assorted links" (Feb 19, 2026) curates six items: a piece on the Saudi–UAE rift; research asserting U.S. crime is at record lows not explained by data artifacts; a query about apparent bearish signals from the LDS Church; cross-country alcohol mortality in Europe; Australia as a partial model for the FDA; and a call for new aesthetics invoking Uccello, Correggio, and Tiepolo.

title: Thursday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
author: Tyler Cowen
contenttype: article
publication: Marginal REVOLUTION
published: 2026-02-19T00:00:00
sourceurl: https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/02/thursday-assorted-links-540.html?utmsource=rss&utmmedium=rss&utm_campaign=thursday-assorted-links-540

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Thursday assorted links by Tyler Cowen February 19, 2026 at 11:41 am 1. On the Saudi-UAE rift. 2. Record low U.S. crime rates are real, not an artifact of data issues. 3. Is the LDS Church suddenly bearish? What do they know? 4. Alcohol death rates in Europe, by country. 5. Australia as a partial model for the FDA. 6. “A new aesthetics will be cool, sexy, and soaring or will never transpire. Three artists who should be forebears of a new art: Uccello, Correggio, Tiepolo.“