Elsewhere on Friday . . . 

— An all-party parliamentary group has gotten rugged (Guardian)

— A St Louis Fed paper on “inhabitants and GDP developments surrounding the Black Dying pandemic of the early 14th century and the function of technological progress, particularly in agriculture.”

— Blockchain bonds? Blockchain bonds. (Bond Vigilantes)

— The perfect sports activities tales reply urgent questions you by no means knew you had. On this case: what if Rocky Balboa was only a chill little man? (New York Occasions)

— Some less-chill guys are regretting leaving funding banking as their enterprise capital corporations lower prices and hunt for offers (Insider)

— A complete mapping of probably the most documented conflict in historical past (The Economist)

— The Wall Avenue Woke Wars (probably the most cursed headline in historical past, through Puck, metered paywall)

— Matt Levine on whether or not slam dunks are securities (Bloomberg)

— A brand new Polycrisis e-newsletter on debt and energy in Pakistan (Phenomenal World)