Marginal REVOLUTION

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 · 7 December 2012 English

From Barry Shaw:, this is also known as the “eight-state solution”: Dr. Mordechai Kedar of Bar-Ilan University, a Middle East expert…calls his alternative “the Palestinian Emirates.” He visualizes eight emirate-type …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 7 December 2012 English

I’ve seen so many people discuss this topic, but Yusuke Jinnai seems to be making progress on the question. Here is part of his abstract: In this paper, I propose …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 7 December 2012 English

Imagine a Norwegian Proust, albeit more concrete and with less repetition. The Amazon link is here, and you will notice that all nine Amazon reviews give it five stars. Here …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 6 December 2012 English

NYTimes: New York’s cabbies howled when the city began forcing them to take credit cards. Some even went on strike, calling the requirements a kowtow to tourists and a burden …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 6 December 2012 English

Is it better to raise rates or cut loopholes? Maybe conservatives should be preferring the boost in rates. From Kevin Drum: …which is simpler and easier, raising rates or closing …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 6 December 2012 English

From my earlier post, here it is again (and Beckworth here, with links to critics, Krugman here, and see also @ProfSufi on Twitter): As Scott already has stressed, this is …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 6 December 2012 English

1. Film: A rich and rapidly improving genre. My favorites are Lebanon or Waltz with Bashir, with a sentimental nod to Yana’s Friends, which isn’t great but I saw it …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 6 December 2012 English

There is a new paper by Erik Kimbrough and J. Philipp Reiss, of importance for my world view: Spiteful, antisocial behavior may undermine the moral and institutional fabric of society, …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 6 December 2012 English

1. Garett Jones and the role of Fannie and Freddie. 2. The Bloomberg best books of the year list. 3. Rogoff comments on the stagnationists, and are we running out …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 5 December 2012 English

Here is Scott Sumner, gently poking Richard Cantillon and the Austrians: This is a good example of the fallacy of composition. In aggregate, the total level of nominal purchases is …