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Of course the crypto prices fell first, over the weekend.  I think Bitcoin fell by about 15 percent? You can think of crypto as a hedge against illiquidity, rather than against inflation, or against the decline of America, or whatever.  There are not enough liquid assets!  So sometimes solvent economies go tails up, because debtors […] The post I think crypto performed well in...

Post and selection done by Shruti Rajagopalan, no further indentation: Krishna Saproo is a BS-MS student at IISER Pune and founder of Maunitva Nirakaran. His research studies the impact of music on the cognitive behavioral system and explores the efficacy of Sangeetha Chikithsa, an ancient Indian therapeutic technique using music, in addressing mental health concerns. […] The post Emergent Ventures India, seventh cohort appeared...

1. One list of the most cited philosophers. 2. Politicized scientists lose credibility on Twitter. 3. Global polarization around social issues. 4. Cats grieve the death of other pets, including dogs. 5. Percentages of various national populations that speak English. 6. Think before you post. The post Friday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         CommentsIn reply to One-Punchline Man. It’s really sad...

You will find it here.  As I note on the list itself: “Here is an idiosyncratic list of some of my favorite classical performances. Some tasks drive you crazy if you think too long about them, and this is one of those — best that I did it quickly!” The post My “favorite classical performances” playlist for Rick Rubin appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION....

Here is the audio, video, and transcript.  Here is part of the episode summary: Together Paul and Tyler explore whether psychologists understand day-to-day human behavior any better than normal folk, how babies can tell if you’re a jerk, at what age children have the capacity to believe in God, why the trend in religion is […] The post My excellent Conversation with Paul Bloom...

From Steve Landsburg in the WSJ: Here’s an economics brain teaser: Apples are provided by a competitive industry. Pears are provided by a monopolist. Coincidentally, they sell at the same price. You’re hungry and would be equally happy with an apple or a pear. If you care about conserving societal resources, which should you buy? […] The post What aspiring economists aren’t being taught...

1. Dynamic inconsistency in great apes. 2. New results against HIV.  They seem pretty spectacular. 3. Feasibility of keeping Mars warm with nanoparticles. 4. At the bottom of his post, Noah responds on vibes. 5. David Wallace-Wells on Covid vs. bird flu (NYT). 6. Does the Sahm rule apply right now? (Bloomberg) The post Thursday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         CommentsIn...

In 2000 the Clay Mathematics Institute offered a $1 million prize to anyone who could solve any of the seven Millennium Problems. Namely, the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture, Hodge conjecture, Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness, P versus NP problem, Riemann hypothesis, Yang–Mills existence and mass gap, and the Poincaré conjecture. Only the Poincare conjecture has been solved. As an economist, it is […] The post An Economist Solves the Millennium Prize...

I am here only briefly, and earlier I had visited the city perhaps seven or eight times, typically when passing through.  But not within the last twenty years.  My main impressions are thus: 1. The city itself has not radically changed in quite a while.  Everything seemed familiar, and the types of stores were pretty […] The post Walking around Frankfurt appeared first on...

Just an interesting update: Chinese cars are rapidly replacing European & American cars in the city. An improvement in terms of comfort. Luxury cars still only European. Housing prices in Minsk are reaching highs not seen since 2016. Government bodies that deal with the sales of properties are booked out 2 weeks. (Not common) Subjectively, […] The post Life in Belarus update (from my...

Noah writes: I would love an update to this @tylercowen post, explaining why the vibes have seemingly shifted back! I don’t think the vibes have shifted back at all, and here is my earlier post.  To cite one key point, MZ referred to Trump being “bad ass,” and it still has not created anything close […] The post Have the vibes shifted back? appeared...

1. Horpedahl reviews Haidt. 2. Paul Davidson, RIP. 3. A neoliberal case for Walz? (not necessarily endorsing, I do not yet know enough to say, but some contrarianism is called for here).  And ChinaTalk, Tim Walz on China. 4. “Joss Naylor, the English King of Racing Up Mountains, Dies at 88.” (NYT) 5. “On average, […] The post Wednesday assorted links appeared first on...

Maybe so: Using thousands of essays written by 11-year-olds in 1969, we construct an index measuring girls’ conformity to gender norms then prevalent in Britain. We link this index to outcomes over the life-cycle. Conditional on age-11 covariates, a one standard deviation increase in our index predicts a 3.5% decline in lifetime earnings, due to […] The post Is there too much gender conformity?...

I will not double indent: “Dear Tyler, I am a great fan.  I am currently focused on Guinea (Conakry) and wondered what you might have posted about the country over the years. My search for “Guinea” in Marginal Revolution results in 50 posts: In 13 of them you are referring to “guinea pigs”. In 9 […] The post MR and Guinea (Conakry), a short...

The president of Bangladesh on Tuesday appointed Muhammad Yunus, a pioneer in microfinance and a Nobel laureate, to oversee an interim government, accommodating demands by protesters and offering a reprieve for a country scarred by violence. The plans for a new government were announced a day after Bangladesh’s authoritarian leader, Sheikh Hasina, resigned and fled the […] The post An economist as interim leader of...

Here goes, enjoy!  It is a very good one. Here are Rick Rubin playlists from other people, including Carlos Santana. The post Tyler Cowen world music playlist for Rick Rubin appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.      Related StoriesTyler Cowen playlist for Rick RubinThe French Olympic opening ceremonyOne of my favorite Stravinsky pieces 

1. Could Rome have had an Industrial Revolution? 2. Video on the yen carry trade. 3. How Harvard decided to tenure Jim Duesenberry. 4. More life on icy moons? Are you celebrating yet? 5. Canada is trying to tax its athletes more (NYT). 6. Russell Kaplan predictions for the future of software engineering. 7. Some […] The post Tuesday assorted links appeared first on...

Houston First, the city’s tourism department, revealed that it is paying $90,000 per year for three years — meaning the city will invest a whopping $270,000 to have the Michelin Guide here in Houston. Holly Clapham-Rosenow, Houston First’s chief marketing officer, says the city redirected some of its budget from various departments to the guide, which […] The post Houston France markets in everything appeared...

This paper estimates the long-run impacts of banning affirmative action on men and women from under-represented minority (URM) racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Using data from the US Census and American Community Survey, we use a difference-in-differences framework to compare the college degree completion, graduate degree completion, earnings, and employment of URM […] The post The Long-Run Impacts of Banning Affirmative...

Via Scott Sumner. The post That was then, this is now, German edition appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         CommentsGermans are saying the poor results are a result of younger ... by Peter AkuleyevNow do the winter Olympics. by JPIn reply to Ska. Golf already had a full supply of individual ... by Steve SailerIn reply to Steve Sailer. Nonsense. The real Steve Sailer...

1. Rothfeld on Canetti. 2. New Euripides fragments discovered? 3. Varying observations on Bangladesh. 4. Wedding with lightsabers. 5. Seretse Khama. 6. Jake Seliger is entering hospice. The post Monday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         CommentsIn reply to mkt42. “Why Euripides? Now they are in ... by FCIn reply to SB. If the bride and groom are happy, why should ......

https://x.com/peruvian_bull/status/1820199767336702052?s=61 The cheery point, if you wish to go that route, is that both the Japanese stock market and yen simply are back to December 2023 levels. The post A thread on Japan appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         CommentsIn reply to Bryan. > Trump's policies are massively ... by PHintonIn reply to Prester John. In a world where prices of things ... by...

Here is the source. The post England and Wales fact of the day appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         CommentsIn reply to Mike in TX. Falling crime is an European wide ... by JSKIn reply to Steve Sailer. Steve Sailer — that link does not ... by MikeIn reply to Anti-Gnostic. AG, are you saying some anarchic ... by windowpaneAh one can get lost...

To summarize the new results: An international team of researchers recently discovered that oxygen is being made by potato-shaped metallic nodules deep under the surface of the Pacific Ocean. In July, their findings, which throw into dispute the concepts of oxygen production, were published in the Nature Geoscience jonal. The discovery could lead to a […] The post Dark oxygen: jubiliant for others, cry...