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Forever wars and the costs of collective forgetting
There’s a measles outbreak happening close to where I live. Since the start of this year, 34 cases have been confirmed in Enfield, a northern borough of London. Most of those affected are children under the age of 11. One in five have needed hospital treatment. It’s another worrying development for an incredibly contagious and potentially…
How this war ends is as uncertain as the reasons for starting it
The New Statesman sits down with the Welsh First Minister
For some while I have wondered what would happen if the U.S. military sought to assist Mexico in taking out one of the top drug lords. I suppose now we are finding out. A few points: 1. There is a good chance a few more drug lords will be hit. It makes no sense to […] The post I guess Mexico is solving for the equilibrium? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Comments4. John Bolton would like a word! by ChrisUsing “take out” to mean kill or destroy is nauseating, and . by Take OutIn reply t...
An economic revival can’t happen without a political transformation
Labour's instinct is not to give the left what they want, but to chastise them for even wanting it
The most successful economics blog in the world is called Marginal Revolution. That is not an accident…. Consider a few common mistakes that reappear whenever marginal thinking is abandoned: Treating the owner’s biography—wealth, identity, status—as if it entered the firm’s marginal conditions. It does not. Confusing redistribution with allocation. Redistribution is a legitimate political choice, but […] The post Sebastian Galiani on the Marginal Revolution appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTI...
Saratoga Schaefer's Trad Wife is trying to make a political point about domestic submission