~marginalrevolution | Bookmarks (73)
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Avoiding Repugnance - Marginal REVOLUTION
Works in Progress has a good review of the state of compensating organ donors, especially doing...
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How did Madrid become the capital of European liberalism? - Marginal REVOLUTION
But in the case of Madrid, the last 25 years have been a clear move towards...
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Revisiting the T-Mobile-Sprint Merger - Marginal REVOLUTION
T-Mobile’s takeover of Sprint was controversial among analysts. “If this merger is not anticompetitive,” Eleanor Fox, a...
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The California tax burden is driving people out - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, here is one bit: California’s highest income...
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What should I ask Coleman Hughes? - Marginal REVOLUTION
I will be doing a Conversation with him, based in part around his new book The...
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Is El Salvador special? - Marginal REVOLUTION
But Bukele copycats and those who believe his model can be replicated far and wide overlook...
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How much does status competition lower Korean fertility? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Using a quantitative heterogeneous-agent model calibrated to Korea, we find that fertility would be 28% higher...
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Might a Georgist land tax help revive Detroit? - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is the topic of my Bloomberg column. Maybe they should try it for federalism/discovery purposes,...
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Comparing Large Language Models Against Lawyers - Marginal REVOLUTION
This paper presents a groundbreaking comparison between Large Language Models and traditional legal contract reviewers, Junior...
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Nominal wages are sticky in prison - Marginal REVOLUTION
“The only problem I have with my job is the pay hasn’t increased in over two...
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My TLS essay on the Clinton administration - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is the link, I am reviewing a bad book on the Clinton administration (A Fabulous...
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The economics of illicit sand markets - Marginal REVOLUTION
Very few people are looking closely at the illegal sand system or calling for changes, however,...
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Milei update, a further report will be pending - Marginal REVOLUTION
🇦🇷Milei's has hit the limits of his reform agenda w/ the govt being forced to rescind...
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Surgery is Not FDA Regulated - Marginal REVOLUTION
What would happen if the FDA regulated pharmaceuticals much less than currently? I have pointed to...
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How and why do legal codes differ across red and blue states? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Polarization in the traditional sense is not very important: …this study examined the criminal codes of...
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The Contractual Origins of High-Rent Urban Blight - Marginal REVOLUTION
Have you ever wondered why empty storefronts in major cities stay empty for so long? There...
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Two Updates on the Value of Vaccines - Marginal REVOLUTION
1) From the recent annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (abstract...
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Dose Optimization Trials Enable Fractional Dosing of Scarce Drugs - Marginal REVOLUTION
During the pandemic, when vaccines doses were scarce, I argued for fractional dosing to speed vaccination...
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No One's Name Was Changed at Ellis Island - Marginal REVOLUTION
No one’s family name was changed, altered, shortened, butchered, or “written down wrong” at Ellis Island...
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*The Economist* on Tatu City, Kenya - Marginal REVOLUTION
Take the pig’s ear first. Unveiled in 2008 as a $15bn smart city project, Konza Technopolis...
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My Conversation with the excellent Patrick McKenzie - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is the audio, video, and transcript. Here is part of the episode summary: Tyler sat...
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Hester Peirce on the SEC - Marginal REVOLUTION
As she did on the LBRY case (n.b. I was a LBRY advisor), SEC Commissioner Hester...
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Back to the Future: Power Dishwashers! - Marginal REVOLUTION
Why do today’s dishwashers typically take more than 2 hours to run through a normal cycle...
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Income redistribution through taxes and transfers continues to rise - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is the theme of my latest Bloomberg column, here is the introductory bit: The broader...