~marginalrevolution | Bookmarks (562)
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Wednesday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. “Authors who were perceived as female responded at similar rates regardless of the pronouns in...
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*Scarce and Valuable Economic Tracts* - Marginal REVOLUTION
Three big volumes, about 1800 pp., these books reprint the true classics behind the origins of...
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FTX Customers Poised to Recover All Funds Lost in Collapse - Marginal REVOLUTION
Some of the recoveries stemmed from successful investments that Mr. Bankman-Fried made during his FTX tenure....
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IQ matters more at the very top - Marginal REVOLUTION
We document a convex relationship between earnings rank and cognitive ability for men in Finland and...
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The new economics of gold investment? - Marginal REVOLUTION
The real, inflation-adjusted, price of gold is high. Historically, a high real gold price has been...
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Tuesday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. “Taken together, our findings confirm that restricting future fossil fuel use will accelerate current-day consumption.”...
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My choral music playlist for Rick Rubin - Marginal REVOLUTION
You will find it here, recommended. The post My choral music playlist for Rick Rubin appeared...
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The Fiscal Impact of Low-Skill Immigration - Marginal REVOLUTION
Low-skill immigrants have low wages and thus don’t pay much in taxes but they do use...
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When are mental health interventions counterproductive? - Marginal REVOLUTION
The researchers point to unexpected results in trials of school-based mental health interventions in the United...
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The evolution of university governance - Marginal REVOLUTION
This David Pozen piece is excellent, non-partisan, and uses plenty of economic reasoning. Here is just...
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Questions that will be increasingly asked - Marginal REVOLUTION
Sam Altman asks if our personalized AI companions of the future could be subpoenaed to testify...
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Monday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Why is reading declining for middle schoolers? 2. mRNA vaccines against cancer. 3. Fifty late...
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What should I ask Velina Tchakarova? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Yes, I will be doing a Conversation with her. She runs a geopolitics firm, hails from...
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*Shock Value: Prices and Inflation in American Democracy* - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is the new and very useful book by Carola Binder, mostly a very good economic...
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Sunday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Claims about social resilience (NYT). 2. “Macau is trending toward 0.49 births per woman in...
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Interview with Cliff Winston - Marginal REVOLUTION
An excellent interview of economist Cliff Winston with Joe Lonsdale covering occupational licensing, barriers to entry...
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Frank Stella, RIP - Marginal REVOLUTION
The post Frank Stella, RIP appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsIn reply to Gdanning. I...
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U.S.A.-India fact of the day - Marginal REVOLUTION
US ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, has emphasized the remarkable success of Indian immigrants in the...
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Will Sri Lanka have gdp-linked bonds? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Negotiations to finally bring an end to Sri Lanka’s long-running $13bn debt default could result in...
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Thwarted markets in everything, antiquities remain underpriced - Marginal REVOLUTION
An auction house has withdrawn 18 ancient Egyptian human skulls from sale after an MP said...
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Saturday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Incels vs insings, “Half of Malmö Consists of Guys Who Dumped Me.” 2. Will agentic...
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Who was the wealthiest man in the world in the 1830s? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Wu Bingjian, better known in the west as ‘Houqua’, or sometimes ‘Howqua’, was the most successful...
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Economists' predictions from 1980 - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, here is the intro: Out of curiosity,...
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Edge Esmerelda - Marginal REVOLUTION
From Devon Zuegel: “Edge Esmeralda is a month-long “popup village” for people who believe the future...