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 · 30 July 2012 English
Look for the hutongs (traditional, alley-based neighborhoods) which are not too far from the wealthy areas, but not right on top of the wealthy areas either. At the outer “lip” …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 30 July 2012 English
Paul Krugman and Brad DeLong have criticized Tyler (original and reply) on income mobility. In an effort to clarify, let us consider some simple societies. In each society there are …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 30 July 2012 English
China’s internet economy reached CNY 94.34 billion in the second quarter of 2012, a year-on-year increase of 66.1%. That is from Izabella Kaminska, citing Chinascope.
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 30 July 2012 English
1. Shortage of doctors could worsen with health law. 2. Appreciation of Dream of the Red Chamber. 3. Is algebra necessary?, response here, and the Dickens-Caplan exchange on poverty. 4. …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 30 July 2012 English
It remains neglected, even today. Yet Martin Fackler is on the case when it comes to Japan (or try this link): By speeding the flood of less expensive imported products …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 29 July 2012 English
1. The culture that is Japan. 2. Chongqing video for Karl Marx. 3. A short history of toilet paper, and there is no great stagnation. 4. What are the rates …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 29 July 2012 English
A while ago Bryan and Arnold had an interesting exchange as to whether on-line education might ever “flip” into being a higher-status signal than is currently the case. A conversation …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 29 July 2012 English
Krugman wrote: True, Cowen isn’t advocating a complete caste society — but it’s actually not clear why, since he is suggesting that we’ll be happier as a society if people …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 29 July 2012 English
Here, via Kevin Drum, is statistical evidence that modern pop music is boring or at least more homogeneous than in the past (yes, Tyler already linked to Kevin’s post but …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 29 July 2012 English
The contract [with University of Michigan] reveals that even Coursera isn’t yet sure how it will bring in revenue. A section at the end of the agreement, titled “Possible Company …