~marginalrevolution | Bookmarks (161)
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Is an Economic Growth Explosion Imminent? - Marginal REVOLUTION
On the road, I haven’t had a chance to read this paper yet, but I pass...
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*Build, Baby, Build*, by Bryan Caplan - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is my blurb for the book: “Bryan Caplan is a pioneer in the use of graphic...
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The Puzzling Law and Economics of Out-of-State Tuition - Marginal REVOLUTION
Bryan Caplan has a good post on out-of-state tuition: [State schools] almost always charge students from...
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Scenarios for the Transition to AGI - Marginal REVOLUTION
By Anton Korinek and Donghyun Suh, in a new NBER working paper: We analyze how output...
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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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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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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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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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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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Milei update - Marginal REVOLUTION
The shock therapy administered by Milei and his economy czar Luis Caputo right after the Dec....
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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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Steve Levitt is retiring from academia - Marginal REVOLUTION
In latest @CapAndFreedom ep, Steve Levitt talks his career & retiring as @UChicago prof while still...
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The Canadian economy is a worthwhile Canadian initiative - Marginal REVOLUTION
Contrary to some recent claims, the Canadian economy is not falling apart, and now I have...
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Claude 3 Opus does Austrian economics - Marginal REVOLUTION
TC: Let’s say you were Peter Boettke, and looking to pen a critique of Kirzner’s theory...
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DEI vs. the Chips Act - Marginal REVOLUTION
The Hill has a good op-ed by Matt Cole and Chris Nicholson on how labor and...
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Which U.S. firms have grown in profitability? - Marginal REVOLUTION
China’s admission into the WTO in 2001 heralded a new era of globalization, increasing both import...
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What are the exact elasticity assumptions behind the terms of trade argument [for tariffs]? - Marginal REVOLUTION
“The terms of trade argument for protectionism relies on specific assumptions about the elasticities of demand...
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Austin Vernon on utilities (from my email) - Marginal REVOLUTION
I agree with the anonymous email, and I’ve written about customers going off-grid or doing microgrids...
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Small countries, big firms - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, here is one excerpt: From both a...
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My excellent Conversation with Marc Rowan - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is the video, audio, and transcript, taped in his Apollo office in NYC. Here is...