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Marginal Revolution is the blog of Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok, both of whom teach at George Mason University. MR began in August of 2003 and there have been new posts daily since that time. In numerous reviews and ratings over the years Marginal Revolution has consistently been ranked as the best or one of the best economic blogs on the web, but it is more (and less) than that, also representing the quirks of its authors.


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Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 13 May 2024 English

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Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 12 May 2024 English

Just to confirm:– Climate change is unprecedented risk– Mass adoption of EVs is vital– Adoption has slowed bc lack of low-priced options– US companies unable/unwilling to make low-priced EVs– China …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 12 May 2024 English

1. Is it people on the Left who have a better sense for the visual arts? 2. Boat painting regulatory arbitrage? 3. The Dublin portal. 4. Gideon Lewis-Kraus samples flying …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 12 May 2024 English

A top Wall Street regulator has proposed outlawing election betting in the U.S. derivatives markets, with officials warning that the activity poses a threat to the sanctity of American elections. …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 12 May 2024 English

The subtitle is Hw Popular Misconceptions about Inflation, Prices, and Value Create Bad Policy. I am happy to have blurbed this book, here is part of the Amazon description: Was …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 11 May 2024 English

1985 — World oil production will fall below world needs 1990 — North America will no longer be a reliable source for food export 1995 — The nations of the …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 11 May 2024 English

That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, and here is the basic setting: Apple unveiled a record stock buyback plan last week even as it increased its dividend …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 11 May 2024 English

1. A guy visits Chinese electric cars. 2. What Benjamin Manning is up to with LLMs and economics. 3. Roland Fryer on signaling and the protests (WSJ). 4. Henry Oliver’s …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 11 May 2024 English

An excellent book, here is the UK Amazon link, I am not sure of the U.S. plans. The subtitle is What Late Bloomers Can Tell You About Success and Reinventing …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 11 May 2024 English

My dad always used to say that the way you build wealth is by building equity in your home. My housing plan would help Americans achieve homeownership by giving households …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 10 May 2024 English

1. The teens who make friends with AI chatbots. 2. How Tolkien nixed a Beatles LOTR film. 3. Adam Thierer on state-level regulation of AI. 4. Samo Burja on Mexican …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 10 May 2024 English

The author is Kirk Goldsberry, and the subtitle is Mapping the Remarkable Transformation of the NBA. I enjoyed this book very much, and the visual are excellent. The prose reads …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 10 May 2024 English

German far-left vandals break through police lines and run for Tesla’s Gigafactory, hoping to disrupt production. These people clearly hate both fossil fuel cars and electric cars. They are modern-day …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 10 May 2024 English

Solar is powering a large share of California’s energy needs during the day and batteries are now powering a significant share at night. NYTimes: Since 2020, California has installed more …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 10 May 2024 English

You heard from Alex on that topic recently, here is my contribution in the form of a Bloomberg column: According to new research from economists at the University of Oregon …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 9 May 2024 English

The US has some of the lowest electricity prices in the world. Shown below are industrial retail electricity prices in EU27, USA, UK, China and Japan. Electricity is critical for …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 9 May 2024 English

There were significant differences in SI between psychologists and AI’s ChatGPT-4 and Bing. ChatGPT-4 exceeded 100% of all the psychologists, and Bing outperformed 50% of PhD holders and 90% of …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 9 May 2024 English

Israel and Iran bombed each other like three weeks ago and now oil prices are low enough that the SPR [Strategic Petroleum Reserve] is looking at buying That is from …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 9 May 2024 English

Maybe by less than people had thought, here is a new ReStat paper by Gillian Brunet: I use newly-digitized contract data on U.S. war production spending over 1940-1945 to analyze …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 9 May 2024 English

1. Berkeley festival of smart internet writers, you can apply to go. 2. Lyman Stone on urban density and fertility. 3. Joseph Heath articles, some about Canada. 4. Using social …