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 · 9 October 2012 English
…the for-profit weather forecasters rarely predict exactly a 50 percent chance of rain, which might seem wishy-washy and indecisive to consumers. Instead, they’ll flip a coin and round up to …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 9 October 2012 English
I am a big fan of this book. The Amazon link is here, and the Kindle edition should be coming in less than a week.
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 9 October 2012 English
Tyler and I are here in Seoul for different conferences but we arranged to meet for lunch in Insadong. I arrived early and found a restaurant which didn’t look at …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 28 September 2012 English
1. “Warum schon die deutsche Einheit ein Fehler war,” from the excellent Wolfgang Münchau. 2. The Daily Mail on whether economics and finance students have more sex. Guess which major …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 28 September 2012 English
Maybe Alex’s request wasn’t quite specific enough. Where should I (we) eat in Seoul, and what should we order? What are the general principles for finding good food in Korea, …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 28 September 2012 English
From Brad Allen: I was watching the Dark Knight on a bus yesterday evening (I’m not sure how familiar you are with the movie) – there was a scene that …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 28 September 2012 English
The NotFound project searches for missing children in the EU using website error pages Maybe these days you spend more time looking at 404 pages than milk cartons. The story …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 28 September 2012 English
On how politics works, for whom I am voting, and why we should be (somewhat) optimistic about the ending of the great stagnation. You can watch it here.
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 28 September 2012 English
Imagine an America in which anyone can download and print a gun in their own home. They wouldn’t need a license, a background check, or much technical knowledge, just a …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 28 September 2012 English
9.38 years, measured in terms of citations over time. That is from the new and excellent book by Samuel Arbesman, The Half-Life of Facts:Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration …