~marginalrevolution | Bookmarks (567)
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My interview with Sam Matey - Marginal REVOLUTION
He is a podcaster who mainly does transcripts. Our discussion was largely but by no means...
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New results on intergenerational progress - Marginal REVOLUTION
The full paper title is “Has Intergenerational Progress Stalled? Income Growth Over Five Generations of Americans,”...
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What is wrong with movies these days? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is one bit from a longer and very interesting essay by Vicky Osterweil: This kind...
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Monday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. GPT-automated peer reviews? 2. How does Russia make missiles? (Kamil Galeev) 3. Carrying costs >...
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Who are currently the most influential thinkers/intellectuals on the Left? - Marginal REVOLUTION
I was discussing this question with some others, and I don’t find it so easy to...
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Haiti vs. the Dominican Republic - Marginal REVOLUTION
I am setting aside most of the cultural and “macro” issues, and just considering policy, in...
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Sunday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. A YIMBY victory in Wellington, New Zealand. And boarding houses are underrated. 2. Eric Lombardi...
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Gatekeeping is Apple's Brand Promise - Marginal REVOLUTION
Steve Sinofsky, former president of Microsoft’s Windows division and now a VC, has an excellent deep...
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Austin Vernon on drones and defense (from my email) - Marginal REVOLUTION
I think they still favor the defensive. On the front line they make movement, hence offense,...
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My podcast with Thomas Burnett - Marginal REVOLUTION
Thomas is at the Templeton Foundation, here is the link (with transcript), here is one bit:...
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Thomas Saving, RIP - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is an appreciation from Texas A&M. The post Thomas Saving, RIP appeared first on Marginal...
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Saturday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Nobel Laureate Roger Myerson added to Russia’s black list. 2. IABD publications are now all...
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Do current trends in drone technology favor offense or defense? - Marginal REVOLUTION
At first people thought that drones favored defense, since Ukraine, in its war against Russia, was...
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Some triumphs of 19th century liberalism - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is an outline of part of my lecture. I presented “free trade” (NB: it wasn’t...
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Steve Levitt on the future of economics - Marginal REVOLUTION
It’s really, right now, I think the profession is very inward-looking. It’s rewarding people who do...
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Friday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Casey Handmer on how to feed the AIs. 2. What we would like to know...
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The El Salvador tax reform - Marginal REVOLUTION
El Salvador’s Congress approved on Tuesday a reform to remove income taxes previously imposed on money...
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Milei update - Marginal REVOLUTION
The shock therapy administered by Milei and his economy czar Luis Caputo right after the Dec....
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Non-binary gender economics - Marginal REVOLUTION
Economics research has largely overlooked non-binary individuals. We aim to jump-start the literature by providing data...
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Thursday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. “Could an AI replace all music ever recorded with Taylor Swift covers?” 2. European Parliament...
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Jon Hartley podcast episode with Steve Levitt - Marginal REVOLUTION
Steve Levitt anecdote: economics has found its Bill Laimbeer. Other excellent anecdotes in the thread. And...
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Indigenous Charter Cities - Marginal REVOLUTION
A charter city is a special zone with a charter granting significant autonomy from the host...
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Marc Andreessen and I talk AI at an a16z American Dynamism event - Marginal REVOLUTION
a16z has issued the talks from that event, and we are issuing it too, as a...
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Those new service sector jobs, squatter removal edition - Marginal REVOLUTION
Via the excellent Samir Varma, hail to Handyman Flash Shelton: After local law enforcement couldn’t help,...