~marginalrevolution | Bookmarks (34)
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*Build, Baby, Build*, by Bryan Caplan - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is my blurb for the book: “Bryan Caplan is a pioneer in the use of graphic...
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The Puzzling Law and Economics of Out-of-State Tuition - Marginal REVOLUTION
Bryan Caplan has a good post on out-of-state tuition: [State schools] almost always charge students from...
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Haiti vs. the Dominican Republic - Marginal REVOLUTION
I am setting aside most of the cultural and “macro” issues, and just considering policy, in...
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The Continuing Influence of Fast Grants - Marginal REVOLUTION
Fast Grants, the rapid COVID funding mechanism created by Tyler, Patrick Collison and Patrick Hsu continues...
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Hazlett on T-Mobile/Sprint - Marginal REVOLUTION
Tom Hazlett whose op-ed on the T-Mobile Sprint merger I quoted earlier writes me: A few...
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Shruti Rajagopalan interviews Doug Irwin - Marginal REVOLUTION
Doug of course is one of the top trade economists. Here is the audio, video, and...
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Access to Medical Data Saves Lives - Marginal REVOLUTION
ProPublica: In January, the Biden administration pledged to increase public access to a wide array of...
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Give Innovation a Chance - Marginal REVOLUTION
Elizabeth Currid-Halkett writing in the NYTimes discusses her son’s muscular dystrophy and his treatment with the...
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Avoiding Repugnance - Marginal REVOLUTION
Works in Progress has a good review of the state of compensating organ donors, especially doing...
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Revisiting the T-Mobile-Sprint Merger - Marginal REVOLUTION
T-Mobile’s takeover of Sprint was controversial among analysts. “If this merger is not anticompetitive,” Eleanor Fox, a...
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The California tax burden is driving people out - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, here is one bit: California’s highest income...
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How much does status competition lower Korean fertility? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Using a quantitative heterogeneous-agent model calibrated to Korea, we find that fertility would be 28% higher...
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Might a Georgist land tax help revive Detroit? - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is the topic of my Bloomberg column. Maybe they should try it for federalism/discovery purposes,...
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My TLS essay on the Clinton administration - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is the link, I am reviewing a bad book on the Clinton administration (A Fabulous...
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The economics of illicit sand markets - Marginal REVOLUTION
Very few people are looking closely at the illegal sand system or calling for changes, however,...
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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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Surgery is Not FDA Regulated - Marginal REVOLUTION
What would happen if the FDA regulated pharmaceuticals much less than currently? I have pointed to...
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The Contractual Origins of High-Rent Urban Blight - Marginal REVOLUTION
Have you ever wondered why empty storefronts in major cities stay empty for so long? There...
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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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Dose Optimization Trials Enable Fractional Dosing of Scarce Drugs - Marginal REVOLUTION
During the pandemic, when vaccines doses were scarce, I argued for fractional dosing to speed vaccination...
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*The Economist* on Tatu City, Kenya - Marginal REVOLUTION
Take the pig’s ear first. Unveiled in 2008 as a $15bn smart city project, Konza Technopolis...
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My Conversation with the excellent Patrick McKenzie - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is the audio, video, and transcript. Here is part of the episode summary: Tyler sat...
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Hester Peirce on the SEC - Marginal REVOLUTION
As she did on the LBRY case (n.b. I was a LBRY advisor), SEC Commissioner Hester...
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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...