~marginalrevolution | Bookmarks (564)
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Seasonality and the Invention of Agriculture - Marginal REVOLUTION
Forthcoming from the QJE, here is a new paper by Andrea Matanga: The Neolithic revolution saw...
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Monday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Are Indian women stronger relative supporters of Modi? 2. Apple to build on-device AI? 3....
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Deregulate our universities - Marginal REVOLUTION
Take a look at how the number of federal regulations and policies governing research at universities...
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Tying the Knot - Marginal REVOLUTION
Dobbs, of course, was the Supreme Court decision saying that the constitution does not provide a...
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Arguments that (almost) everyone hates - Marginal REVOLUTION
These are usually worth pondering, as at the very least you will learn something. Here is...
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Guinea pig questions - Marginal REVOLUTION
If someone demographically normal and not especially at-risk wants to serve as a guinea pig, what...
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Sunday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Rasheed Griffith reggae playlist. 2. Poland got rid of compulsory homework for grade school. 3....
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The game theory of the final round of the Candidates - Marginal REVOLUTION
The amazing Gukesh (17 years old!) is half a point ahead with one round remaining today. ...
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What should I ask Alan Taylor? - Marginal REVOLUTION
He is one of the greatest of living American historians, here is from Wikipedia: Alan Shaw...
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"The Simple Macroeconomics of AI" - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is the new Daron Acemoglu paper, and he is skeptical about its overall economic effects. ...
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South Africa fact of the day - Marginal REVOLUTION
Two economists from the Harvard Growth Lab (Shah and Sturzenegger) estimate that the average transport costs...
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Saturday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Ross Douthat on whether the internet is the enemy of progress (NYT). 2. “This year,...
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Decoupling from China? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Maybe, but maybe not: Amid the current U.S.-China technological race, the U.S. has imposed export controls...
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The politics of *Civil War* (full of spoilers, do not read) - Marginal REVOLUTION
I saw the film as having very definite politics, and yes I am aware of the...
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Dwarkesh interviews Mark Zuckerberg on Llama 3 and more - Marginal REVOLUTION
The post Dwarkesh interviews Mark Zuckerberg on Llama 3 and more appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION....
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Friday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Andrej Karpathy on Llama 3. 2. The PEN awards are on the brink of collapse....
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Why a Housing Shortage Exists Despite More Houses Per Person - Marginal REVOLUTION
When I post about the skyrocketing price of housing and the need to build, commentators (include...
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What I am nostalgic about - Marginal REVOLUTION
With a group of friends I was having a chat about the merits of the current...
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Response from Devin Pope, on religious attendance - Marginal REVOLUTION
All of this is from Devin Pope, in response to Lyman Stone (and myself). Here was...
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U.S.A. fact of the day - Marginal REVOLUTION
Latin American immigrants are starting businesses at more than twice the rate of the U.S. population...
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Claims about claims (it's happening) - Marginal REVOLUTION
The craziest LLaMA 3 reveal: The 400B+ version of the model is **on par with Claude...
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Thursday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Interview with Ulrike Malmendier, a regional thinker in the best sense of the term. 2....
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Do protests matter? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Only rarely: Recent social movements stand out by their spontaneous nature and lack of stable leadership,...
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My excellent Conversation with Peter Thiel - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is the audio, video, and transcript, along with almost thirty minutes of audience questions, filmed...