~marginalrevolution | Bookmarks (562)
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Is Science a Public Good? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Science seems like a public good; in theory, ideas are non-rivalrous and non-excludable. But the closer...
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Will the Argentina province of La Rioja print its own currency? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Maybe so: Milei’s austerity is biting hard in La Rioja, an olive and wine region home...
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One reason why the disinflation proved so manageable - Marginal REVOLUTION
From a new and important paper by Xiwen Bai, Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Yiliang Li, and Francesco Zanetti:...
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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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The Global Distribution of College Graduate Quality - Marginal REVOLUTION
We measure college graduate quality—the average human capital of a college’s graduates—for graduates from 2,800 colleges...
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Tuesday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. “…we demonstrate that when an organism needs to adapt to a multitude of environmental variables,...
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My Upstream podcast with Erik Torenberg - Marginal REVOLUTION
Tyler, here are links to your appearance on Upstream, titled “Tyler Cowen on Harvard, the GOAT...
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The Gershwins on free trade (that was then, this is now) - Marginal REVOLUTION
In 1927, George and Ira Gershwin put on a musical satire about trade and war entitled...
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Monday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Clock speed. 2. Marlon Brando (short Twitter video) names his actor GOAT. 3. A Woke...
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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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New data on media bias - Marginal REVOLUTION
In this study, we propose a novel approach to detect supply-side media bias, independent of external...
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John Stuart Mill on women, as explained by TC - Marginal REVOLUTION
It’s interesting to think of Mill’s argument as it relates to Hayek. So Mill is arguing...
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Amsterdam urban engineering - Marginal REVOLUTION
An average of 18 people a year reportedly drown in the city’s canals: often men, late...
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Sunday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. The pessimistic view on Ethiopia. 2. Inside the NBA’s chess club. 3. Brian Goff on...
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The GPT-4 imaginary lie-based supply curve - Marginal REVOLUTION
New GPT4 prompt engineering tip: If you're tipping your GPT4, it's better to promise to tip...
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Non-random splat - Marginal REVOLUTION
It is heresy to say this, but I don’t think many people will be listening to...
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Zvi Mowshowitz covers my podcast with Dwarkesh Patel - Marginal REVOLUTION
It is very long, very detailed, and very good. Interesting throughout! Excerpt: Dealing with the third...
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Saturday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Hans Niemann okie-dokie. And a response. 2. Should more British homes be built using straw?...
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Vaccine Induced Social Amnesia - Marginal REVOLUTION
NYT: In 2022, there were 941 reported cases of measles in the World Health Organization’s European...
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Student Demand and the Supply of College Courses - Marginal REVOLUTION
From a recent Jacob Light paper: In an era of rapid technological and social change, do...
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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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Dengue vaccine seems to be working? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Dengue outbreaks can affect 390 million persons yearly. In a trial involving 16,235 persons in Brazil,...
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Religion and the ideological gender gap - Marginal REVOLUTION
The key insight is that women have always been more [economically] left-wing than men, but that...
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Friday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. “Europe regulates its way to last place” (WSJ). 2. “Throughout the twentieth century…graduate-educated women married...