~marginalrevolution | Bookmarks (569)
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Russia facts of the day - Marginal REVOLUTION
A further bump in real wages of up to 3.5 per cent is expected this year,...
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Friday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Two Patrick Collison citations on mentorship. 2. The refrigerator anecdote. 3. Nick Whitaker puts forward...
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Markets in Everything: Fentanyl Precursors - Marginal REVOLUTION
Reuters: To learn how this global industry works, reporters made multiple buys of precursors over the...
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Which are the most effective subsidies for green energy? - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, here is one excerpt: A recent study finds that,...
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My excellent Conversation with Alan Taylor, on American history - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is the audio, video, and transcript. Here is the episode summary: Tyler and Taylor take...
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From Google DeepMind (it's happening) - Marginal REVOLUTION
We’re presenting the first AI to solve International Mathematical Olympiad problems at a silver medalist level....
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Thursday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Malaysia to build a large AI and data centre next to Singapore (FT). 2. The...
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Overturn Euclid v. Ambler - Marginal REVOLUTION
An excellent post from Maxwell Tabarrok at Maximum Progress: On 75 percent or more of the...
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My podcast with Peter Singer and Kasia de Lazari-Radek - Marginal REVOLUTION
Lots of fresh material and debate, they question me, lots of philosophy, here are the links. ...
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Who uses ChatGPT? - Marginal REVOLUTION
By Anders Humlum and Emilie Vestergaard: We study the adoption of ChatGPT, the icon of Generative...
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Be there or be square! - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is the link. The post Be there or be square! appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION....
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Wednesday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Rationing child care in Canada. 2. Does war reinforce gender stereotypes? 3. HIV vaccine in...
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Cuba Libre! Part 2 - Marginal REVOLUTION
In April I posted, following an excellent piece by Martin Gurri, that 4% of Cuba’s population...
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France faces glut of unwanted Olympics tickets - Marginal REVOLUTION
The number of unwanted Paris Olympics tickets available for resale has hit more than a quarter...
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Kamala Harris economic record - Marginal REVOLUTION
As a presidential candidate, Ms. Harris proposed replacing Mr. Trump’s 2017 tax cuts with a monthly refundable...
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One of my favorite Stravinsky pieces - Marginal REVOLUTION
The post One of my favorite Stravinsky pieces appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsAnyone have...
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Introducing Llama 3.1 - Marginal REVOLUTION
Read about it here, use it here. Here is some video. Bravo! The post Introducing Llama...
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Tuesday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. James Scott was working on rivers when he died. 2. Jonathan Swift, microfinance pioneeer. 3....
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Does Income Affect Health? (an RCT) - Marginal REVOLUTION
This paper provides new evidence on the causal relationship between income and health by studying a...
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What I've been reading - Marginal REVOLUTION
James J. Walsh, The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries. Eccentric, published long ago, not correct, yet full...
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Monday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. A simple theory of U.S. home prices. 2. Raising welfare in lab rodents. 3. The...
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Not Lost In Translation: How Barbarian Books Laid the Foundation for Japan's Industrial Revoluton - Marginal REVOLUTION
Japan’s growth miracle after World War II is well known but that was Japan’s second miracle....
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The employment effects of a guaranteed income - Marginal REVOLUTION
By Eva Vivalt, Elizabeth Rhodes, Alexander W. Bartik, David E. Broockman, Sarah Miller, Here is the...
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*Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI* - Marginal REVOLUTION
By Anil Ananthaswamy, an excellent book, it will make the end of year best non-fiction list. ...