Skewed wealth distributions: theory and empirics / Islam and economic performance: historical and contemporary links / Childhood circumstances and adult outcomes: Act II / The formation of expectations, inflation, and the Philips curve / The sound of silence: A review essay of Nancy McLean’s “Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America” / Riddles and models: A review essay on Michel de Vroey’s “A History of Macroeconomics from Keynes to Lucas and Beyond” / Finance and Economic Deployment in the very long run: A review essay / The case for imposing cashlessness: A Review article.