~marginalrevolution | Bookmarks (95)
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What should I ask Coleman Hughes? - Marginal REVOLUTION
I will be doing a Conversation with him, based in part around his new book The...
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Is El Salvador special? - Marginal REVOLUTION
But Bukele copycats and those who believe his model can be replicated far and wide overlook...
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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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Amsterdam urban engineering - Marginal REVOLUTION
An average of 18 people a year reportedly drown in the city’s canals: often men, late...
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Non-random splat - Marginal REVOLUTION
It is heresy to say this, but I don’t think many people will be listening to...
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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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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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Central African Republic estimate of the day - Marginal REVOLUTION
Published in the journal Conflict and Health last April, the report suggests that the world’s deadliest...
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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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My Conversation with Rebecca F. Kuang - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is the audio, video, and transcript, here is the episode summary: Rebecca F. Kuang just...
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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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South Dakota is trying to hold on - Marginal REVOLUTION
Map of the TFRs by US state for 2023, based on recently released birth data from...
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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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Miss Information - Marginal REVOLUTION
Miss America, Miss United States and Miss USA are three different people. The post Miss Information...
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David Brooks on bureaucracy - Marginal REVOLUTION
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology now has almost eight times as many nonfaculty employees as faculty employees. In...
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Positive noises about Latin America - Marginal REVOLUTION
Latin America has two-thirds of world lithium reserves and about 40 per cent of its copper....
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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...