~marginalrevolution | Bookmarks (48)
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*Star Maker*, by Olaf Stapledon - Marginal REVOLUTION
Nnow though it was generally assumed in intellectual circles that the best was yet to be,...
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*Revolusi* - Marginal REVOLUTION
The subtitle is Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World, and the author is David...
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R.I.P. The Scottish Enlightenment 1697-2024 - Marginal REVOLUTION
The Scottish Enlightenment will die on April 1st 2024, exactly 327 years, eight months and 24...
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My excellent Conversation with Marilynne Robinson - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is the audio, video, and transcript. Here is the episode summary: Marilynne Robinson is one...
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Haiti vs. the Dominican Republic - Marginal REVOLUTION
I am setting aside most of the cultural and “macro” issues, and just considering policy, in...
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Some triumphs of 19th century liberalism - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is an outline of part of my lecture. I presented “free trade” (NB: it wasn’t...
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How good a song is Quarter to Three? - Marginal REVOLUTION
You know, the 1961 #1 hit by Gary U.S. Bonds? I’ve been thinking about this question...
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19th century British economic thought (another outline for my class) - Marginal REVOLUTION
1760-1830, typically considered peak of Industrial Revolution Malthus, first decade of the 19th century Ricardo’s Principles,...
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Shruti Rajagopalan interviews Doug Irwin - Marginal REVOLUTION
Doug of course is one of the top trade economists. Here is the audio, video, and...
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Revisiting the T-Mobile-Sprint Merger - Marginal REVOLUTION
T-Mobile’s takeover of Sprint was controversial among analysts. “If this merger is not anticompetitive,” Eleanor Fox, a...
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Early French economics, my lecture notes - Marginal REVOLUTION
Early French moralists, some of them Jansenists: Pierre Nicole, La Rochefoucauld, etc. Invisible hand, idea of...
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My notes/outline on the rise of Scottish economic thought - Marginal REVOLUTION
1650s, wars with England, invasions, Cromwell repels the Scots 1690s – Darien Scheme in Panama, Scots...
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Is Science a Public Good? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Science seems like a public good; in theory, ideas are non-rivalrous and non-excludable. But the closer...
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The Gershwins on free trade (that was then, this is now) - Marginal REVOLUTION
In 1927, George and Ira Gershwin put on a musical satire about trade and war entitled...
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My TLS essay on the Clinton administration - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is the link, I am reviewing a bad book on the Clinton administration (A Fabulous...
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Matriline versus Patriline: Social Mobility in England, 1754-2023 - Marginal REVOLUTION
Greg Clark may well be the most important social scientist of the 21st century. His use...
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If econs could hoop - The New Bazaar - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is my podcast with Cardiff Garcia, now on-line and with transcript too. Cardiff proposed a...
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From the beginning, "neoliberalism" was an obnoxious term - Marginal REVOLUTION
It was meant as an insult, implying that Mises – a marginalist – was trying to...
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What happened in 17th century England (a lot) - Marginal REVOLUTION
East India Company founded — 1600 Shakespeare – Hamlet published 1603 England starting to settle America...
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What should I ask Benjamin Moser? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Yes I will be doing a Conversation with him. Here is one outdated bit from his...
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My Conversation with Rebecca F. Kuang - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is the audio, video, and transcript, here is the episode summary: Rebecca F. Kuang just...
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No One's Name Was Changed at Ellis Island - Marginal REVOLUTION
No one’s family name was changed, altered, shortened, butchered, or “written down wrong” at Ellis Island...
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Duke History of Economic Thought Summer Institute - Marginal REVOLUTION
The Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University will be hosting another Summer...
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Argentina fact of the day - Marginal REVOLUTION
The country was not quite as rich in the early days as it is sometimes made...