Watchlist Weekly: The Best of the Week Ending March 14, 2026

Mar 13, 2026

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Less Is More

The Hingham Savings annual letter referenced a paper in Nature about the virtues of subtraction. I found this Economist article and this video that summarizes the paper.

History & Economics of Prefab Homes

Construction Physics

The Elusive Cost Savings of the Prefabricated Home

It’s long been believed the constantly rising costs of new home construction, and lackluster improvements in construction productivity more generally, are fundamentally a problem of production methods. Most houses in the US are still built on-site, using manual labor and hand tools, a manner of construction that doesn’t seem all that different from cons…

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Building Marriott at Age 55

This week in Berkshire History

March 9, 1967: Berkshire enters the insurance business with the purchase of National Indemnity and National Fire & Marine Insurance Company.

March 14, 2000: Berkshire acquires a 76% economic interest in MidAmerican Energy Holdings, investing $2 billion.

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