~marginalrevolution | Bookmarks (37)
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How much of our boom has been an immigration boom? - Marginal REVOLUTION
From Scott Sumner: Matt Yglesias directed me to a new CBO report, which confirms that immigration...
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Will the Argentina province of La Rioja print its own currency? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Maybe so: Milei’s austerity is biting hard in La Rioja, an olive and wine region home...
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Why it is difficult for Milei to rein in inflation - Marginal REVOLUTION
Like the heat in the austral summer, inflation in Argentina is high and showing no sign...
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In Praise of Non-conformity - Marginal REVOLUTION
In this age, the mere example of nonconformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to...
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Did the Trump tariffs help the heartland? - Marginal REVOLUTION
No, but they did get him some votes there: We study the economic and political consequences...
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Milei update, a further report will be pending - Marginal REVOLUTION
🇦🇷Milei's has hit the limits of his reform agenda w/ the govt being forced to rescind...
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What are the actual dangers of advanced AI? - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is the focus of my latest Bloomberg column, 2x the normal length. I cannot cover...
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Two Updates on the Value of Vaccines - Marginal REVOLUTION
1) From the recent annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (abstract...
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Rent Controls - Marginal REVOLUTION
Ryan Bourne has a good rundown on rent controls in Argentina. In 2020 Argentina introduced a...
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Quick tour of Argentina's fiscal deficit (from my email, anonymous author) - Marginal REVOLUTION
I won’t double indent, but this is not by me, though I agree with it: “I...
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Will Milei succeed in Argentina? - Marginal REVOLUTION
I give him a 30-40% chance, which is perhaps generous because I am rooting for him. ...
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World's First Dominant Assurance Contract Platform - Marginal REVOLUTION
In September I alerted you to a crowdfunding campaign to produce a dominant assurance contract/refund bonus...
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Back to the Future: Power Dishwashers! - Marginal REVOLUTION
Why do today’s dishwashers typically take more than 2 hours to run through a normal cycle...