Marginal REVOLUTION

Introducing Udio, an app for music creation and sharing that allows you to generate amazing music in your favorite styles with intuitive an...

Jon Hartley is one I know, here is the abstract: This study pushes our understanding of research reliability by reproducing and replicati...

We often hear today that Wokeism and Political Correctness are gradually receding.  Contrary to this opinion, I think that this phenomenon ...

1. Can the Left be happy? (Ross D. in the NYT) 2. Explosive growth from AI automation?   (This paper is economically literature, and uses ...

Konstantin emails me a question: Hey Tyler! You said you tried coffee just once, at a coffee ceremony in an Ethiopian village, as coffee p...

One MR reader, Luca Piron, writes to me:  I found myself puzzled by a thought you expressed during your interview with Professor Haidt. I...

NYTimes : Treasury officials say that they fear that elevated Chinese production targets are causing its firms to produce far more electric...

I will be having a Conversation with him, and please note this is the conversation I want to have, not the one you want me to have.  So what...

The mayor of an Italian island is attempting to solve an animal overpopulation problem with an unusual offer: free goats for anyone who can...

Not only was he a major figure in both financial economics and industrial organization, but he did things too: First, early on Mike decide...

Here is the transcript, audio, and video .  Here is the episode summary: But might technological advances and good old human resilience all...

Martin Gurri has a very good, deep-dive on the current situation in Cuba . The wreckage of the Cuban economy really can’t be exaggerated. ...

Volume 21, Issue 1, March 2024 In Memoriam  (.pdf) In this issue: Executive diversity and firm performance : Beginning in 2015, McKins...

The author is Karthik Muralidharan , and the subtitle is A State-Led Roapmap for Effective Governance.  If you imagine a 600 pp. “state capa...

Indigenous leaders of New Zealand, Tahiti and the Cook Islands signed a historic treaty that recognizes whales as legal persons in a move c...

At Rick’s new site, tetragammaton.com .  You will find many goodies there, Iggy Pop has a playlist there too.  Just scroll through, podcasts...

  I agree Caruana is the clear favorite, but at these odds he seems slightly overvalued and Nepo undervalued?  Keep in mind the margins of...

1.” In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon ,” a two-part special on MGM+ .  It’s time to admit that either he or Bob Dylan is the great...

Piers emails me: You’re a NJ native and great at finding good restaurants. So what are the rules for finding good  old school  American I...

That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column .  Here is one excerpt: First, as a matter of practice, if there is a true AI boom, or the...