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Trump's strategy for bringing down prices might work in the short term, but the long-term costs could be very high
Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta Compute, a bet that winning in AI means winning with infrastructure; this, however, means retreating from Reality Labs
Grievance Politics, French Style Every French motorist is required to keep a reflective yellow vest (gilet jaune) in their car for safety in case of a roadside breakdown. But when gas prices went up sharply in 2018, these yellow vests took on a new meaning: French citizens started donning them as an act of protest, taking over traffic circles throughout the country. Already struggling to make ends meet, the protesters were worried about how they would afford to drive to work, and they needed ...
Russia is preparing a new economics textbook for university students that aims to challenge what its authors call a “myth” that democracy drives economic growth and to revive the socialist economic theories of Soviet leader Josef Stalin, the head of a Kremlin-linked advisory body said. Moscow has ramped up efforts to enforce its view of […] The post Not as good as Cowen-Tabarrok appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.        CommentsThere was a man from Ad F...
Happy New Year! I know it’s a bit late to say, but it never quite feels like the year has started until the new edition of our 10 Breakthrough Technologies list comes out.  For 25 years, MIT Technology Review has put together this package, which highlights the technologies that we think are going to matter…
Her new book is a genuine engagement with the ideas of the new hard right. Listen now on the Dishcast
The three main parties – Labour, Tory and Reform – are increasingly English institutions
Hundreds of protesters are believed to have been killed or injured, and many more detained