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Economic growth sentences to ponder, Argentina fact of the day - Marginal REVOLUTION

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Sometimes I feel like focusing on policies that only affect growth rates by a few tenths...
Sometimes I feel like focusing on policies that only affect growth rates by a few tenths of a percentage point feels small. But then I remind myself that the difference between the United States and Argentina over the last 120 years was 0.5 percentage point. pic.twitter.com/Pd6SIg1FwS — Jason Furman (@jasonfurman) April 17, 2024 The post Economic growth sentences to ponder, Argentina fact of the...

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Wednesday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION

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1. Lyman Stone criticizes the Pope paper on church attendance. Good criticisms, see also the points...
1. Lyman Stone criticizes the Pope paper on church attendance. Good criticisms, see also the points by Sure and others in the comment section. This paper doesn’t seem to hold up? I’ll gladly publish a response by the author, otherwise a withdrawal might be in order? 2. Good critique of the AGI concept. And AI […] The post Wednesday assorted links appeared first on...

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Why is the Biden Administration Against Fee Transparency in Education? - Marginal REVOLUTION

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President Biden has made a big deal of simplifying fees: The FTC is proposing a rule that…would...
President Biden has made a big deal of simplifying fees: The FTC is proposing a rule that…would ban businesses from charging hidden and misleading fees and require them to show the full price up front. The rule would also require companies disclose up front whether fees are refundable. This would mean no more surprise resort fees […] The post Why is the Biden Administration Against...

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Barcelona escalates its role in the war against tourism - Marginal REVOLUTION

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…residents of La Salut neighbourhood in Barcelona are celebrating a move to wipe themselves off the map. For...
…residents of La Salut neighbourhood in Barcelona are celebrating a move to wipe themselves off the map. For years, residents had complained that they could not get home because the number 116 bus was always crammed with tourists visiting Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell. The park is the city’s second most popular attraction after the Sagrada Familia basilica. […] The post Barcelona escalates its role in the...

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The Ludwig von Mises comeback - Marginal REVOLUTION

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That is the subject of my latest Bloomberg column. Here is one excerpt: The Austrian economist Ludwig...
That is the subject of my latest Bloomberg column. Here is one excerpt: The Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises is having a moment, especially in Latin America. Argentine President Javier Milei admires Mises, and he has adopted some Misesian ideas, such as the notion that “the middle of the road leads to socialism.” Milei used to be an academic […] The post The Ludwig von Mises comeback appeared...

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Charlotta Stern and Fabio Rojas - Marginal REVOLUTION

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Sociology and Classical Liberalism in Dialogue: Freedom is Something We Do Together https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666961331/Sociology-and-Classical-Liberalism-in-Dialogue-Freedom-is-Something-We-Do-Together Direct link to...
Sociology and Classical Liberalism in Dialogue: Freedom is Something We Do Together https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666961331/Sociology-and-Classical-Liberalism-in-Dialogue-Freedom-is-Something-We-Do-Together Direct link to pdf: https://rowman.com/WebDocs/SociologyLiberalism.pdf The post Charlotta Stern and Fabio Rojas appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsIn reply to dearieme. “Looking after neighbours” seems ... by MIn reply to Anti-Gnostic. To take it a short, happy step ... by Anti-GnosticIn reply to Evolutionist. “Reminiscent of a certain British ......

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Does the NYT not recognize child abuse? - Marginal REVOLUTION

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“I have one partner now with three kids. He is transmasc, and he’s radical about the...
“I have one partner now with three kids. He is transmasc, and he’s radical about the way he raises them. They’re radically home-schooled. They’re 17 and nonbinary, 6 and 5. They know everything in age-appropriate ways. They’ve seen their mommy undergo the transmasc experience, seen their mom become who they really are.” 5 and 6! […] The post Does the NYT not recognize child...

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Data on private security forces - Marginal REVOLUTION

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From a recent paper: We bring novel data to bear on these questions, presenting the largest...
From a recent paper: We bring novel data to bear on these questions, presenting the largest empirical study of private security to date. We introduce an administrative dataset covering nearly 300,000 licensed private security officers in the State of Florida. By linking this dataset to similarly comprehensive information about public law enforcement, we have, for […] The post Data on private security forces appeared...

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Tuesday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION

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1. Paul Christiano appointed to USG Head of AI Safety. 2. Further worries about the anti-cavity...
1. Paul Christiano appointed to USG Head of AI Safety. 2. Further worries about the anti-cavity thing. I don’t pretend to know the answers here, but this has not been thought through well enough. And SSC update. 3. Fritz Peterson, RIP, MIE. Very 1970s. 4. The economic research policymakers actually need. 5. Doris Day: A […] The post Tuesday assorted links appeared first on...

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LDS and indeed USA fact of the day - Marginal REVOLUTION

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Thus, approximately 1 out of 7 people who I classify as a Latter-day Saint attends [religious...
Thus, approximately 1 out of 7 people who I classify as a Latter-day Saint attends [religious service] weekly. And: However, only 5% of Americans attend services “weekly”, far fewer than the ~22% who report to do so in surveys. Oh, and this: The religions with the longest average visit duration are Orthodox Christians (116 minutes), […] The post LDS and indeed USA fact of...

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The progress in Progress Studies - Marginal REVOLUTION

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Here is a very good article by Ronald Bailey of Reason magazine. Excerpt: The contours of...
Here is a very good article by Ronald Bailey of Reason magazine. Excerpt: The contours of the new progress movement stretch from the Human Progress project at the libertarian Cato Institute to the “eco-modernist” initiatives at the Breakthrough Institute and the Pritzker Innovation Fund. Four relatively new groups at the forefront of the pro-progress forces […] The post The progress in Progress Studies appeared...

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A portrait of Portugal - Marginal REVOLUTION

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…at least half of a population of ten million depend on the state in some way—35% are...
…at least half of a population of ten million depend on the state in some way—35% are retirees, 10% government workers, and another 5% receive either unemployment benefits or integration benefits. They would see a country with less youth than they once saw; they would see what is in fact, after Italy, the second-oldest country in […] The post A portrait of Portugal appeared first...

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Monday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION

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1. Should we change species to save them? (NYT) 2. Mechanical watch. 3. Why is it...
1. Should we change species to save them? (NYT) 2. Mechanical watch. 3. Why is it called Martingale? And “With French under fire, Mali uses AI to bring local language to students.” 4. McDonald’s new marketing: Billboards that smell like its French fries. 5. Erwin Dekker on the history of economic thought. 6. Strawberries and the […] The post Monday assorted links appeared first on...

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The Adderall Shortage: DEA versus FDA in a Regulatory War - Marginal REVOLUTION

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A record number of drugs are in shortage across the United States. In any particular case,...
A record number of drugs are in shortage across the United States. In any particular case, it’s difficult to trace out the exact causes of the shortage but health care is the US’s most highly regulated, socialist industry and shortages are endemic under socialism so the pattern fits. The shortage of Adderall and other ADHD […] The post The Adderall Shortage: DEA versus FDA...

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Michael Cook on Iran - Marginal REVOLUTION

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Our primary concern in this chapter will be Iran, though toward the end we will shift...
Our primary concern in this chapter will be Iran, though toward the end we will shift the focus to Central Asia. We can best begin with a first-order approximation of the pattern of Iranian history across the whole period. It has four major features. The first is the survival of something called Iran, as both […] The post Michael Cook on Iran appeared first...

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GPT-4-Turbo still doesn't answer this question well - Marginal REVOLUTION

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“Name three famous people who all share the exact same birth date and year.” Usually it...
“Name three famous people who all share the exact same birth date and year.” Usually it fails, the most common failure being it names someone with the correct date but the incorrect year. Telling it to “reason step by step” is no panacea either. And if you want to make it harder, ask for more […] The post GPT-4-Turbo still doesn’t answer this question...

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Sunday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION

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1. Austrian economist Walter Block is now a columnist for Israel Hayom. 2. Progress against dengue....
1. Austrian economist Walter Block is now a columnist for Israel Hayom. 2. Progress against dengue. 3. Faith Ringgold, RIP (NYT). 4. The world of competitive quizzing (NYT). Good piece. 5. Post-fight interview, with profanity, and Mises. 6. U.S. homicide rates are plummeting (WSJ). The post Sunday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Comments1. Is Walter still defending the undefendable here? by...

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The Culture that is Germany - Marginal REVOLUTION

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FT: When it launched its fully automated stores four years ago, Germany’s regional supermarket chain Tegut...
FT: When it launched its fully automated stores four years ago, Germany’s regional supermarket chain Tegut billed the experiment as a window into the future of shopping. But the Fulda-based retailer has since been embroiled in a legal fight over a centuries-old principle enshrined in the German constitution: Sunday rest. Be they robotic or staffed […] The post The Culture that is Germany appeared...

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*The Carnation Revolution* - Marginal REVOLUTION

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The author is Alex Fernandes, and the subtitle is The Day Portugal’s Dictatorship Fell. A very...
The author is Alex Fernandes, and the subtitle is The Day Portugal’s Dictatorship Fell. A very good and well-written book, here is one short excerpt: The First Republic is sixteen years of unrelenting chaos, one that sets the scene for the fascist state that follows it. Between 1910 and 1926 Portugal goes through eight presidents […] The post *The Carnation Revolution* appeared first on...

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Samuelson-Stolper, writ anew - Marginal REVOLUTION

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At Sansan Chicken in Long Island City, Queens, the cashier beamed a wide smile and recommended...
At Sansan Chicken in Long Island City, Queens, the cashier beamed a wide smile and recommended the fried chicken sandwich. Or maybe she suggested the tonkatsu — it was hard to tell, because the internet connection from her home in the Philippines was spotty. Romy, who declined to give her last name, is one of […] The post Samuelson-Stolper, writ anew appeared first on...

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Iranian drone launch - Marginal REVOLUTION

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Saturday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION

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1. Sorry people, but I’m not convinced by the whole anti-cavities thing. Stuart Richie also comments....
1. Sorry people, but I’m not convinced by the whole anti-cavities thing. Stuart Richie also comments. 2. Thirty minute talk by the great Gašper Beguš. You need to remove timing between the clicks! 3. A recent paper on AI and labor markets. I don’t quite follow the central intuitions, but possibly important? 4. Ukraine report. […] The post Saturday assorted links appeared first on...

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Voxsplainer on smart phones and teen mental health - Marginal REVOLUTION

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A very good piece, by Eric Levitz, note Vox is not renowned for defending Big Tech....
A very good piece, by Eric Levitz, note Vox is not renowned for defending Big Tech. The post Voxsplainer on smart phones and teen mental health appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsIn reply to M. It was obvious in the late 2000s when Facebook ... by BillyboyIn reply to Michael Stack. So…uh…what's up with the ... by Michael StackIn reply to Billyboy. Either...

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Should I trust this paper? - Marginal REVOLUTION

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We examine the relation between earnings information content and the use of trust words, such as...
We examine the relation between earnings information content and the use of trust words, such as “character,” “ethics,” and “honest,” in the MD&A section of 10-K. We find that earnings announcements of firms using trust words have lower information content than earnings announcements of firms that do not use trust words. We also find that […] The post Should I trust this paper? appeared...

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