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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 · 15 November 2012 English
That is the new book by the excellent Gurcharan Das and it makes an excellent case for the relevance of a classical liberal approach to the problems of India. Note …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 15 November 2012 English
North Korean-trained economist Zhang Dejiang is expected to head the largely rubber-stamp parliament, while Shanghai party boss Yu Zhengsheng is likely to head parliament’s advisory body, according to the order …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 15 November 2012 English
1. Why don’t Japanese toilets spread to the U.S.? 2. How many states will refuse the Medicaid expansion? Possibly a whole bunch. 3. Is Supersymmetry ailing? 4. Tax hikes vs. …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 14 November 2012 English
Here is a guest post from Stephen Bronars. Excerpt: I estimate that there are over four million fewer labor force participants than what would have occurred if age-adjusted participation rates …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 14 November 2012 English
Adam Davidson offers some interesting remarks. My take is a little more radical. I expect two or three major publishers, with stacked names (“Penguin Random House”), and they will be …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 14 November 2012 English
Turns out the internet really is a series of pipes tubes. Here is a picture from one of Google’s Data Centers. The pipes are for running cooling water. Here is …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 14 November 2012 English
1. The gorilla is not the only thing you miss. 2. Small steps toward a much better world. 3. The new Cass Sunstein book on the way: “Simpler: The Future …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 14 November 2012 English
Alex did not reproduce this passage from his essay on on-line education, so I will did (and Reihan Salaam did): Productivity in education has lagged productivity in other sectors of …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 14 November 2012 English
Nick Schulz does the interview. After they discuss the topic, here is one bit toward the end: We are now working with the University of Chicago Press to launch a …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 13 November 2012 English
Both of these articles are from this evening’s New York Times: U.S. to Be World’s Top Oil Producer in 5 Years, Report Says and: Text Messaging Declines in U.S. for …