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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 · 18 May 2024 English

That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column. Here is one bit: South Korea, which has the world’s lowest total fertility rate — just above 0.7, far below the …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 18 May 2024 English

Here is a very good Substack post by Oliver Kim, here is the key paragraph: Intuitively, poorer countries have more of their labor forces and consumption baskets tied up in …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 18 May 2024 English

This paper investigate the formation of inflation expectations using Large Language Models (LLMs) based on different text data. Employing a new experimental design, I integrate generative AI with economic analysis …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 17 May 2024 English

1. Sriram Krishnan, memos. 2. Making students compete against GPT for writing assignments. 3. Is the northern Italian city of Lecco the background for the Mona Lisa? 4. In America, …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 17 May 2024 English

WHO estimates that as many as 1 in 6 individuals of reproductive age worldwide are affected by infertility. This paper uses rich administrative population-wide data from Sweden to construct and …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 17 May 2024 English

Here is one very good thread, here is more. Whatever you make think of these personally, my prediction is they will prove very popular with most European electorates, with local …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 17 May 2024 English

The typical plasma donor was younger than 35, did not hold a bachelor’s degree, earned a lower income and had a lower credit score than most Americans. Donors sold plasma …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 17 May 2024 English

In Hollywood movies, the most shameful thing is to be poor. In Bollywood movies, the most shameful thing is to be unmanly or unfeminine. https://t.co/Qd1S02dE5J pic.twitter.com/Oa1b3O6AOR — Whyvert (@whyvert) May …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 16 May 2024 English

LLMs are going to reveal many of the world’s secrets: Does academic writing in economics reflect the political orientation of economists? We use machine learning to measure partisanship in academic …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 16 May 2024 English

Here is the story, via the excellent Samir Varma. The post The New Zealand sheep-to-people ratio continues to fall appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.