~marginalrevolution | Bookmarks (29)
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What should I ask Paul Bloom? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Yes I will be doing a Conversation with him. Here is Wikipedia: Paul Bloom…is a Canadian American...
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Tying the Knot - Marginal REVOLUTION
Dobbs, of course, was the Supreme Court decision saying that the constitution does not provide a...
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Guinea pig questions - Marginal REVOLUTION
If someone demographically normal and not especially at-risk wants to serve as a guinea pig, what...
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The Adderall Shortage: DEA versus FDA in a Regulatory War - Marginal REVOLUTION
A record number of drugs are in shortage across the United States. In any particular case,...
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UNOS Kills - Marginal REVOLUTION
I’ve long been an advocate of increasing the use of incentives in organ procurement for transplant;...
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Another Thursday link - Marginal REVOLUTION
Scott Alexander rules against Lab Leak as most likely. Of course this is not the final...
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Sentences of note - Marginal REVOLUTION
COVID-19 vaccination reduced the risk of post-COVID-19 cardiac and thromboembolic outcomes. These effects were more pronounced...
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In Conversation with Próspera CEO Erick Brimen & Vitalia Co-Founder Niklas Anzinger - Marginal REVOLUTION
During my visit to Prospera, one of Honduras’ private governments under the ZEDE law, I interviewed...
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As it should be - Marginal REVOLUTION
The next time you send your doctor an email, don’t be surprised if they charge you...
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What can be learned from Singaporean health care institutions? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Besides the usual, that is. Max Thilo of the UK has a new and excellent study...
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U.S.A. yikes fact of the day - Marginal REVOLUTION
Between January 2016 and December 2022, the monthly antidepressant dispensing rate increased 66.3%, from 2575.9 to...
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It's happening - Marginal REVOLUTION
Is DNA all you need? In new work, we report Evo, a genomic foundation model that...
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Genetic Insurance - Marginal REVOLUTION
Genetic testing identifies disease risk, enabling individuals to dodge environmental triggers, optimize treatments, and improve planning....
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Monopolized organ collection - Marginal REVOLUTION
The nation’s 56 organ procurement organizations collect organs — mainly kidneys — from deceased donors at...
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Access to Medical Data Saves Lives - Marginal REVOLUTION
ProPublica: In January, the Biden administration pledged to increase public access to a wide array of...
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Give Innovation a Chance - Marginal REVOLUTION
Elizabeth Currid-Halkett writing in the NYTimes discusses her son’s muscular dystrophy and his treatment with the...
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Avoiding Repugnance - Marginal REVOLUTION
Works in Progress has a good review of the state of compensating organ donors, especially doing...
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Do recessions benefit our health? - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, here is one excerpt: The human and economic costs of recessions...
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Hurry up, people - Marginal REVOLUTION
Accelerating these vaccines by one week saves >156,000 lives. pic.twitter.com/WdcqckPnaY — Maxwell Tabarrok (@MTabarrok) February 5,...
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Scientific Talent Leaks Out of Funding Gaps - Marginal REVOLUTION
Lack of speed kills: We study how delays in NIH grant funding affect the career outcomes...
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Vaccine Induced Social Amnesia - Marginal REVOLUTION
NYT: In 2022, there were 941 reported cases of measles in the World Health Organization’s European...
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Dengue vaccine seems to be working? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Dengue outbreaks can affect 390 million persons yearly. In a trial involving 16,235 persons in Brazil,...
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Surgery is Not FDA Regulated - Marginal REVOLUTION
What would happen if the FDA regulated pharmaceuticals much less than currently? I have pointed to...
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Why hasn't the opioid epidemic converged to manageable levels? - Marginal REVOLUTION
There is a new NBER working paper on this very good question by David M. Cutler...