~marginalrevolution | Bookmarks (572)
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Rent Controls - Marginal REVOLUTION
Ryan Bourne has a good rundown on rent controls in Argentina. In 2020 Argentina introduced a...
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Quick tour of Argentina's fiscal deficit (from my email, anonymous author) - Marginal REVOLUTION
I won’t double indent, but this is not by me, though I agree with it: “I...
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*The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America* - Marginal REVOLUTION
By Coleman Hughes, coming soon! The post *The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind...
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Monday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Noah Smith on the California Forever Project. 2. Corporations defending DEI. 3. More on ice...
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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, Covid spending wasn't the only factor, but... - Marginal REVOLUTION
Barro, CPI rate correlation with covid spending in 37 countries pic.twitter.com/AD47gPTbYb — 161phi (@161phi) January 21,...
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Social improvements that don't create countervailing negative forces - Marginal REVOLUTION
Let us say you favor policy X, and take steps to see that policy X comes...
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2024 is already an incredible year for cinema - Marginal REVOLUTION
There is: Poor Things The Delinquents [Los Delincuentes], from Argentina, tragicomedy. The Teacher’s Lounge All of...
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The David Network - Marginal REVOLUTION
I am pleased to have spoken at their yearly conference yesterday. If I understand them correctly...
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Will Milei succeed in Argentina? - Marginal REVOLUTION
I give him a 30-40% chance, which is perhaps generous because I am rooting for him. ...
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Boosting fertility by subsidizing child-bearing for *young* women - Marginal REVOLUTION
From Vidya Mahambare: Several countries have grappled with a longstanding dilemma – how to reverse the...
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Settembrini and the continuing relevance of classical liberalism - Marginal REVOLUTION
Adrian Wooldridge has an excellent Bloomberg column on this topic, promoting the relevance of Thomas Mann,...
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Saturday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Did proxenia grants help ancient Greece grow? 2. Bob Lawson tribute to Jim Gwartney. 3....
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Miss Information - Marginal REVOLUTION
Miss America, Miss United States and Miss USA are three different people. The post Miss Information...
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What I've been reading - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Hannah Ritchie, Not the End of the World: How We Can be the First Generation...
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Who feels the pinch of status competition? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is one interesting hypothesis: Despite the persistence of anti-Black racism, White Americans report feeling worse...
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Friday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Are some Latin American countries “quiet quitting” the war on drugs? 2. “We find that...
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David Brooks on bureaucracy - Marginal REVOLUTION
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology now has almost eight times as many nonfaculty employees as faculty employees. In...
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Brazil fact of the day - Marginal REVOLUTION
Brazil’s productivity — the output per hour worked, crucial to raising a nation’s prosperity — grew...
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Open AI will partner with Arizona State University - Marginal REVOLUTION
OpenAI on Thursday announced its first partnership with a higher education institution. Starting in February, Arizona...
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Meta, the forward march of progress - Marginal REVOLUTION
Just in case you don't want to click over to the other sites, Big Zuck update...
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Thursday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Why doesn’t the Davos set sound more intelligent? (Only a partial diagnosis) 2. New and...
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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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Positive noises about Latin America - Marginal REVOLUTION
Latin America has two-thirds of world lithium reserves and about 40 per cent of its copper....