Marginal REVOLUTION
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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 · 2 July 2024 English
Big, sudden changes in election probabilities are unusual in American politics, though it seems we just had one. Here are some results, as reported in the FT: US closed higher …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 2 July 2024 English
There is a longstanding debate — for centuries in fact — as to whether you should consider only your national (or regional) interest, or whether you should think in cosmopolitan …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 1 July 2024 English
The German welfare state is generous but this leads to implicit tax rates for those on welfare that can exceed 100%. Here’s a useful summary from the German newspaper Handelsblatt. …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 1 July 2024 English
1. Ronan McGovern on Finland and two Baltics. 2. Was housing overbuilt in Nevada? 3. How much of the universe is legible to intelligence? 4. What are the bottlenecks for …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 1 July 2024 English
I am writing this post on a somewhat bumpy plane ride, so I will try doing it without links. Most of the relevant sources you can find through perplexity.Ai, or …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 1 July 2024 English
To engage with the large literature on the economic effects of slavery, we use antebellum census data to test for statistical differences at the 1860 free-slave border. We find evidence …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 30 June 2024 English
The Gary Becker Papers (117.42 linear feet, 223 boxes) are now open at the University of Chicago: The collection documents much of Gary Becker’s intellectual history. One of his autobiographical …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 30 June 2024 English
We propose a simple explanation for the long-run decline in the US start-up rate. It originates from a slowdown in labor supply growth since the late 1970s, largely predetermined by …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 30 June 2024 English
Have you ever wished that you were a superhero? If so, how much would you be willing to pay to become one? In this study, we measured the economic value …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 30 June 2024 English
1. Newswire data set from Melissa Dell. 2. “At the nuances level, low LS [life satisfaction] was most strongly associated with feeling misunderstood, unexcited, indecisive, envious, bored, used, unable, and …