What is behind the spread of so many mass protests? - Marginal REVOLUTION
One frequent theme is people objecting to a price increase. In Ecuador, a focal point of the protests...
Marriage is underrated for its social and political benefits - Marginal REVOLUTION
The more freedom we have, the more there will be very feminine and masculine subcultures too,...
Academic vita fraud? - Marginal REVOLUTION
A recent study of 180 academic curricula vitae found that 56 percent that claimed to have at least...
Monday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Drone deliveries start in Virginia town. 2. “All the US politicians and pundits and social...
Summers on the Wealth Tax - Marginal REVOLUTION
Larry Summers is my favorite liberal economist because even while maintaining his liberal values he never...
Ranking states by their degree of regulation - Marginal REVOLUTION
Now Mercatus has completed an analysis of state-level regulation. State RegData 1.0 analyzes the administrative codes of 46...
Trust, Airbnb, and Himalayan villages - Marginal REVOLUTION
An excellent short essay, with many points of note, here is one: In Himalayan villages like...
China facts of the day - Marginal REVOLUTION
Sports Business Journal recently estimated that the NBA’s presence in China is worth $5 billion to...
Sunday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. “On average it takes a 30% increase in gdp to raise happiness by the amount that...
Marx vs Mises: Rap Battle - Marginal REVOLUTION
From Emergent Order the studio who brought you Keynes v. Hayek (and round two) comes Marx...
Questions that are rarely asked (from the comments) - Marginal REVOLUTION
Would the two percent wealth tax apply to muni bonds? Because of their tax advantaged status,...
*In the Closet of the Vatican* - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is the highly controversial book by Frederick Martel, subtitled Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy. For some time...
My recent talk at OECD - Marginal REVOLUTION
It covers privacy, Facebook, security vs. competition, Huawei, the proposed digital tax, and recent OECD corporate...
Saturday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. How much could Facebook raise through price discrimination? 2. Snoop Dogg employs a full-time blunt roller....
*Essays One*, by Lydia Davis - Marginal REVOLUTION
Is there anything more enthralling than a writer of supreme intelligence covering topics she understands deeply? ...
Matthew Lilly on Saez and Zucman - Marginal REVOLUTION
From an email: The eye-catching result here is they have consumption taxes being *sharply* regressive, e.g....
A Fine Theorem on RCTs and the new Nobel Laureates - Marginal REVOLUTION
In this vein, randomized trials tend to have very small sample sizes compared to observational studies....
Friday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Idiosyncratic list of the ten great American novels of recent decades. 2. My podcast with...