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 · 24 July 2012 English

In 2022, for example, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are expected to cover about 6 million fewer people than previously estimated, about 3 million more people will …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 23 July 2012 English

MANDATORY sentencing — a key element of Labor’s policy to deter asylum boats — is having the opposite effect, encouraging Indonesian crew attracted by Australia’s relatively high prison pay. Lawyer …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 23 July 2012 English

Economists often reduce complex motivations to simple functions such as profit maximization. Writing in The Economist, Buttonwood ably criticizes such simplifications. Buttonwood is too quick, however, to conclude that simplification …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 23 July 2012 English

Tricky legal dispute in Central America? Sort it out in the London courts. Honduras, the state with the highest homicide rate in the world, is preparing to send appeal cases …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 23 July 2012 English

1. Herbert Vogel, RIP. 2. Pay teachers their bonus in advance, and threaten to take it back. 3. Oprah in India. 4. A result on inattentional deafness. 5. Should we …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 23 July 2012 English

In lieu of the Austerians: Today, Sicily’s regional government has 1,800 employees — more than the British Cabinet Office — and the island employs 26,000 auxiliary forest rangers; in the …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 22 July 2012 English

1. Noah Smith’s dissertation, plus a mention of my most fundamental view: “”Larry Summer’s maxim,“It isn’t easy to understand how the world works.”" 2. Spanish baby stealing as an approach …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 22 July 2012 English

The author is Martin Gilens and the subtitle is Economic Inequality and Political Power in America. A few points: 1. It is an interesting book. 2. It is poorly written …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 22 July 2012 English

Edited by Aaron Edlin and Joseph Stiglitz, the book has many fine short essays by various luminaries…


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 22 July 2012 English

The paper is by Eugene M. Caruso, Kathleen D. Vohs, Brittani Baxter and Adam Waytz. The title of the paper is “Mere Exposure to Money Increases Endorsement of Free-Market Systems …