~marginalrevolution | Bookmarks (568)
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*Native Nations* - Marginal REVOLUTION
The author is Kathleen Duval, and the subtitle is A Millennium in North America. This is...
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Friday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Nandan Nilekani’s vision for the “Finternet” is to enable individuals to transfer any financial asset,...
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Post correction and retraction - Marginal REVOLUTION
Apologies! I took down my post based on this tweet, which upon further reflection struck me...
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Hassan Sayed, banned from Princeton? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Hassan Sayed, a fifth year PhD candidate in economics, it seems was banned from Princeton. Ostensibly...
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The work culture that is German, something about France too - Marginal REVOLUTION
In Germany, robots must obey the sabbath pic.twitter.com/vphLpXAA0e — Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) April 25, 2024 As...
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Trade reform and economic growth - Marginal REVOLUTION
From the excellent Doug Irwin: Do trade reforms that significantly reduce import barriers lead to faster...
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What should I ask Paul Bloom? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Yes I will be doing a Conversation with him. Here is Wikipedia: Paul Bloom…is a Canadian American...
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Thursday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Works in Progress will be running an “Invisible College” in Cambridge, UK. 2. How much...
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The Prisoner's Dilemma of Non-Competes - Marginal REVOLUTION
I agree with Tyler, that the FTC ban on non-competes is overly broad and not tailored...
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The Norwegian ban on smart phones in middle schools - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is a new paper by Sara Abrahamsson. Perhaps there is Norwegian exceptionalism at work, but...
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Why do I prefer current airport procedures? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Michael Stack writes me: “Hi Tyler – you wrote about preferring current airport procedures to pre-9/11...
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It's happening, Reid Hoffman AI twin edition, wwrgs? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Why did I deepfake myself? To see if conversing with an AI-generated version of myself can...
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Wednesday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. U.S. vs. Taiwanese work culture. 2. Albert Wensemius and the rise of Singapore. 3. Unusual...
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Imagine recording and storing everything you read - Marginal REVOLUTION
Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses just got a massive Multimodal upgrade – Meta AI with Vision It...
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What can LLMs never do? - Marginal REVOLUTION
By Rohit Krishnan, he and I are both interested in the question of what LLMs cannot...
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What is the proper policy toward tourists? - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, basically you should charge them fees rather...
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More Tuesday links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. AI Camera turns your images into poetry. 2. Highly capable model locally on your phone....
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Four Thousand Years of Egyptian Women Pictured - Marginal REVOLUTION
In an excellent, deep-dive Alice Evans looks at patriarchy in Egypt using pictures drawn from four...
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Tuesday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. A literalist reading of Civil War. 2. Why it is so hard to get a...
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Hiring discrimination sentences to ponder - Marginal REVOLUTION
Several common measures — like employing a chief diversity officer, offering diversity training or having a...
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Seasonality and the Invention of Agriculture - Marginal REVOLUTION
Forthcoming from the QJE, here is a new paper by Andrea Matanga: The Neolithic revolution saw...
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Monday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Are Indian women stronger relative supporters of Modi? 2. Apple to build on-device AI? 3....
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Deregulate our universities - Marginal REVOLUTION
Take a look at how the number of federal regulations and policies governing research at universities...
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Tying the Knot - Marginal REVOLUTION
Dobbs, of course, was the Supreme Court decision saying that the constitution does not provide a...