~marginalrevolution | Bookmarks (98)
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We need YIMBY for the U.S. power grid - Marginal REVOLUTION
The amount of new transmission line installed in the United States has dropped sharply since 2013, when...
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My excellent Conversation with Marc Rowan - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is the video, audio, and transcript, taped in his Apollo office in NYC. Here is...
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Public Choice Outreach 2024! - Marginal REVOLUTION
Please apply and send your students to the 2024 Public Choice Outreach Conference! The conference is...
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Tide turning in Washington State? - Marginal REVOLUTION
From an MR reader: Good story here about one man in Washington state fighting the battle...
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A pessimistic account of the Milei reforms - Marginal REVOLUTION
Eduardo Costantini, a billionaire property developer, supports Milei’s plans but describes his handling of Congress as...
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The Ability to Concentrate is Increasing?! - Marginal REVOLUTION
Distraction is everywhere. As I write this post, I pause to check twitter. Phones are omnipresent...
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Is Bidenomics working? - Marginal REVOLUTION
It is too soon to say, as I express in my 2x the usual length Bloomberg...
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Kind of like the NBA All-Star game - Marginal REVOLUTION
BREAKING: Queen Camilla is taking a break from public duties for some "downtime", which means that...
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Canada fact of the day - Marginal REVOLUTION
*NEW* Canada's GDP grew by 1.1% between the 4th quarter of 2022 and 2023, while its...
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Solve for the equilibrium? - Marginal REVOLUTION
At $US15,000, BYD’s new Qin EV is already being touted as a “Corolla killer”, as the...
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What should I ask Fareed Zakaria? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is Fareed’s home page, here is Wikipedia: Fareed Rafiq Zakaria…is an Indian-American journalist, political commentator, and...
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Claims about Iran (from the comments) - Marginal REVOLUTION
I’ve chatted with a lot of Iranians online in the past few years (they’re in Iran)....
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Why don't nations buy and sell territory more? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Egypt has agreed to a $35bn deal with the United Arab Emirates to develop the town of Ras el-Hekma...
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Dwarkesh Patel with Patrick Collison - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is my episode with @patrickc We discuss: – what it takes to process $1 trillion/year–...
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Israel facts of the day - Marginal REVOLUTION
GDP declined by an annualised 19.4 per cent compared with the third quarter. On a pure...
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Equatorial Guinea facts of the day - Marginal REVOLUTION
After the discovery of oil in the mid-1990s, per capita income soared and catapulted the country...
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Well-functioning democracy for neither me nor for thee? - Marginal REVOLUTION
I have been following only snippets of the debate over whether Biden should step down as...
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U.S. equity market dominance - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column: The worldwide dominance of US equities is...
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Is some deterrence being restored? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Iran, eager to disrupt U.S. and Israeli interests in the Middle East but wary of provoking...
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Average is Over, love and romance edition - Marginal REVOLUTION
The dating site Tinder reports that, in 2023, 41 percent of Gen Z users were open...
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How did Madrid become the capital of European liberalism? - Marginal REVOLUTION
But in the case of Madrid, the last 25 years have been a clear move towards...
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Markets in everything, Korean opening bid edition - Marginal REVOLUTION
“We will continue to do what we can as a company to solve the low birth...
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Trump's threat to let Putin invade NATO countries - Marginal REVOLUTION
I don’t usually blog on “candidate topics,”or “Trump topics,” but a friend of mine asked me...
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Lithium - Marginal REVOLUTION
WEF 2002: The world could face lithium shortages by 2025, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says,...