~marginalrevolution | Bookmarks (172)
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Is there Hope for Evidence-Based Policy? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Vital City magazine and the Niskanen Center’s Hypertext have a special issue on the prospects for...
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My Conversation with Fareed Zakaria - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is the audio, video, and transcript. You can tell he knows what an interview is! ...
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Opening Borders - Marginal REVOLUTION
Open borders hasn’t been getting a lot of good press recently but next week Bulgaria and...
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Disparities in psychological traits and incomes - Marginal REVOLUTION
There are pronounced racial, ethnic, and gender gaps in income in the U.S. We investigate whether...
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An RCT for income-sharing agreements - Marginal REVOLUTION
Is this the first one? We conduct a survey-based experiment with 2,776 students at a non-profit...
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Teaching the Solow Model - Marginal REVOLUTION
The Solow model is a foundational model for understanding economic growth. Yet it’s typically not taught...
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How credible is the Milei plan? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is a good Substack essay by Nicolas Cachanosky, excerpt: Inflation expectations depend on what is expected...
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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...