Would a payroll tax cut help avoid a recession? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Right now, probably not. Here is an excerpt from my latest Bloomberg column: The inclination in...
Those new (old) service sector jobs: personal book curator - Marginal REVOLUTION
From the unusual products flogged on health and wellbeing site Goop to her one-of-a-kind beauty habits, Gwyneth Paltrow...
Starbucks monetary policy - Marginal REVOLUTION
Starbucks has around $1.6 billion in stored value card liabilities outstanding. This represents the sum of all physical...
Latitude - Marginal REVOLUTION
Are there systematic trends around the world in levels of creativity, aggressiveness, life satisfaction, individualism, trust,...
Friday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. A pianist’s tips on how to practice (“avoid flow.”) 2. New results on the sheepskin...
Crypto to make your head spin - Marginal REVOLUTION
We analyze a two-country economy with complete markets, featuring two national currencies as well as a...
What I've been reading - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Robert Lawson and Benjamin Powell, Socialism Sucks: Two Economists Drink Their Way Through the Unfree...
The nature of pessimism - Marginal REVOLUTION
Pessimists are happy dreamers. They make the world in their own image and so always manage...
Lie to Me - Marginal REVOLUTION
From A Test of the Micro Expressions Training Tool: The theory behind micro‐expressions posits that when...
The bullish case for ride-sharing services - Marginal REVOLUTION
In a survey by AARP last year, only 29 percent of those over 50 had used...
Thursday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Leela Chess Zero. And the latest in computer chess. And podcast with Ken Regan. And...
Tuesday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Hong Kong Straussians. 2. Pro-Brexit views are pulling more British voters into conservative views on...
The polity that is Poland - Marginal REVOLUTION
A new law that comes into effect in Poland this week will scrap income tax for roughly...
A countercultural take on China - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is what I serve up in my Bloomberg column, note it is a reminder more...
Warsaw notes - Marginal REVOLUTION
I recommend a trip here. Imagine a European country with (roughly) a four percent growth rate...
Wednesday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Poland’s baby bump. 2. Science fiction shorts by Nigerian teens. 3. Why is Joe Rogan...
An email I sent on negative nominal interest rates - Marginal REVOLUTION
Some of the negative nominal premium comes from the fact that you need these govt. securities...
My podcast with Russ Roberts, EconTalker - Marginal REVOLUTION
Russ was the interviewer, he and I both think it is the best discussion we have...