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-Barbenheimer-Eras Tour-Swift-Kelce-huge football ratings-Sphere-Ohtani/Wemby-a fun Oscars-women’s basketball-heel Rock/Wrestlemania Avengers Endgame Pretty nice run for sports/pop culture. https://t.co/xdH3yH7hic — Conor Sen (@conorsen) April 8, 2024 The post The culture that is U.S.A. appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         CommentsIn reply to jimmy. His hatred of Seth Rollins for betraying ... by Ali ChoudhuryIn reply to mkt42. Oh, I forgot Guadians of the Galaxy 1 and...

Yes I will be doing a Conversation with him.  Here is his bio: Brian Winter is the editor-in-chief of Americas Quarterly and a seasoned analyst of Latin American politics, with more than 20 years following the region’s ups and downs. He lived in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico as a correspondent for Reuters before taking on his current role […] The post What should I ask Brian Winter?...

Model this: Students born approximately ten months after the World Cup tend to perform significantly worse in school. Moreover, our results uncover a hitherto overlooked aspect: the same students exhibit significantly higher degrees of mental wellbeing. Here is the full article by Dirk Bethmann and Jae Il Cho, via the excellent Kevin Lewis. The post South Korea fact of the day appeared first on Marginal...

BREAKING: Queen Camilla is taking a break from public duties for some "downtime", which means that NONE of the four most senior royals – King Charles, Queen Camilla, Prince William and Kate Middleton – are working right now. All is not well with the Royal Family. 💁‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/2sgSrM0Otz — Cillian (@CilComLFC) March 2, 2024 In […] The post Kind of like the NBA All-Star...

That is my podcast with Cardiff Garcia, now on-line and with transcript too.  Cardiff proposed a novel approach: Who is the Magic Johnson of economics? Who was the Adam Smith of basketball? On this fun and oddball episode of The New Bazaar, Cardiff speaks with Tyler Cowen, economist and author of GOAT: Who is the […] The post If econs could hoop — The...