~marginalrevolution | Bookmarks (567)
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No Child Left Behind: Accelerate Malaria Vaccine Distribution! - Marginal REVOLUTION
My post What is an Emergency? The Case for Rapid Malaria Vaccination, galvanized the great team...
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Podcast with Henry Oliver on John Stuart Mill - Marginal REVOLUTION
42 minutes long, Henry and I are both big Mill fans. And here is Henry’s forthcoming...
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Earth fact of the day - Marginal REVOLUTION
This week, the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London published the latest edition of its...
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My Interintellect Salon on GOAT - Marginal REVOLUTION
My Interintellect Salon on Who is the GOAT of economics? Video and audio, with Alaka Halder...
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Monday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Do fertility-boosting genes also shorten expected lifespan? (NYT) 2. An economic theory of the Manila...
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Number Go Up - Marginal REVOLUTION
Number Go Up, Zeke Faux’s account of the wildest excesses of the crypto boom (2020-2022), is...
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University betting markets in everything - Marginal REVOLUTION
Gray and Kornbluth, individually. Via Kalshi. Here is Manifold. The post University betting markets in everything...
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What should UAP disclosure policy be? - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is the subject of my latest Bloomberg column. Here is the opener: There is currently legislation before...
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Freedom of speech for university staff? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Put aside the more virtuous public universities, where such matters are governed by law. What policies...
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Sunday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Polysee: Irish YouTube videos about YIMBY, aesthetics, and economics. 2. Germany political map of the...
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The robustness of Twitter - Marginal REVOLUTION
It has been essential for following the controversy over the university presidents. The conflicts in the...
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Space Tourism Revisited, Again - Marginal REVOLUTION
One of the advantages of writing a blog for 20 years is that you get a...
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Will Rinehart on YIMBY and Sure (from my email) - Marginal REVOLUTION
I won’t double indent, everything that follows is from Will and not from me: “…you put...
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Saturday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. A piece on Magill and free speech, written before the recent brouhaha. 2. “Today, Future...
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What is the political orientation of GROK? - Marginal REVOLUTION
The story is complicated, in any case it is not what you might think. It is...
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Wisconsin DEI markets in everything - Marginal REVOLUTION
In a deal months in the making, the University of Wisconsin System has agreed to “reimagine”...
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The resurgence of crypto - Marginal REVOLUTION
Crypto and bitcoin, among their other uses, are Rorschach tests for commentators. As these institutions evolve,...
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EconEats - AI restaurant recommendations - Marginal REVOLUTION
From Josh Knox: The search tool I’ve always wanted – I trained a custom GPT to...
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Friday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. The culture that is British crunchy hedgehog food markets in everything. 2. Alex & Books...
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Strategic CEO Activism in Polarized Markets - Marginal REVOLUTION
CEOs are increasingly making public statements on contentious social issues. In this paper, we examine what...
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Weird anecdotes about philosophers connected to Oxford - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is one: McTaggart wore his eccentricities with pride. He rode a tricycle. He walked “with...
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The Effect of Public Science on Corporate R&D - Marginal REVOLUTION
We study the relationships between corporate R&D and three components of public science: knowledge, human capital,...
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Thursday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Where is San Francisco housing policy headed? 2. Whole genome sequencing for embryos advances. 3....
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What will you ask the whales? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Sperm whales have equivalents to human vowels. We uncovered spectral properties in whales’ clicks that are...