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Economics blog by Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok covering economics, culture, and ideas.

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Lifestyle and living standards arbitrage

Since the Eisenhower administration, the U.S. hasn’t collected comprehensive statistics on the number of citizens leaving. Yet data on residence permits, foreign home purchases, student enrollments and other metrics from more than 50 countries show that Americans are voting with their feet to an unprecedented degree. A millions-strong diaspora is studying, telecommuting and retiring overseas. […] The post Lifestyle and living standards arbitrage appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Related ...

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What I have been learning doing New Aesthetics

Patrick offered his observations here, I will add a few points of my own. I very often think in terms of regions and geographic places. Currently, artistic movements (of most sorts, not just “New Aesthetics”) seem to lack a centrality of place. New York City is no longer the center of the art world, high […] The post What I have been learning doing New Aesthetics appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Related StoriesNew Aesthetics awardsRoss Douthat on what AI money should learn from the gold...

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Politics

Supply is elastic, installment #1637

With deadly precision, the Trump administration has launched dozens of attacks on small boats in the waters off South America, killing nearly 200 people in a campaign U.S. officials say is meant to curb the flow of illicit drugs to the United States. But almost nine months into the operation, epidemiologists, addiction scientists and public […] The post Supply is elastic, installment #1637 appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsIs the implication European airlines are snuggling cocain...

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Geopolitics

Those new service sector economics jobs?

Russia has passed a law authorizing its central bank and other financial institutions to repel drone attacks with their own defense systems, as the country struggles to defend against Ukrainian strikes. The law, passed by Russia’s lower house of parliament on Tuesday, will allow staff at Russia’s central bank to be armed and to operate […] The post Those new service sector economics jobs? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsIn reply to Calvin Hobbes. “Escalating” HOW, exactly? By ....

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Economy

How Much Has Shale Gas Saved U.S. Consumers?

It may seem like a distant memory now, but as of the mid-2000s, U.S. natural gas production had been flat for a decade, and the U.S. was importing liquefied natural gas (LNG), with plans to import much more. Then shale gas happened. Advances in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling caused U.S. natural gas production to […] The post How Much Has Shale Gas Saved U.S. Consumers? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Related StoriesAI in gdpSeven ways to avoid losing your job to AI*How to...

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Politics

What should I ask Richard Hanania?

Yes, I will be doing a Conversation with him. Richard does have a new book coming out, Kakistocracy: Why Populism Ends in Disaster. While I liked the book (and blurbed it), I do not feel our conversation about the book would be that interesting — too much beating up on the stupidities of other people, […] The post What should I ask Richard Hanania? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsIf “wokeness is just civil rights law”, why did “high . by JBAsk him if libertarianism is populism ...

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Culture

My excellent Conversation with Toby Wilkinson

Here is the audio, video, and transcript. Most of all, we cover Ptolemaic Egypt. Here is part of the episode summary: Tyler and Toby cover how Alexander took over the empire almost without a fight, why Alexandria became the Manhattan of the ancient world, whether the era was as philosophically fertile as it was scientifically, […] The post My excellent Conversation with Toby Wilkinson appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsThe following quotation reminds me a bit of ancient China: . b...

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*How to Win a Trade War: An Optimistic Guide to an Anxious Global Economy*

That is the new Soumaya Keynes book, out today. I was happy to have blurbed this book, and here is an essay, on export restrictions, based on the book. The post How to Win a Trade War: An Optimistic Guide to an Anxious Global Economy appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Related StoriesDwarkesh in the DatacenterQuarantine sentences to ponder, that was then this is now edition…A Beautiful Theory Falls to Ugly Data

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Culture

Can liberals be pacifists?

This is mostly a podcast about Benjamin Britten, and in particular his War Requiem, with Rebecca Lowe (former singer and conductor, in addition to philosopher and also her current role at Mercatus). Here is the YouTube, here is the transcript and further listening links. Excerpt: LOWE: Yeah, so we should think about what it means for […] The post Can liberals be pacifists? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsSince you're going to be interviewing Martha Nussbaum, it . by JWCWhat abo...

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Technology

Seven ways to avoid losing your job to AI

That is the theme of my latest Free Press column, here is one excerpt: Principle five: Run experiments. This is a more general version of the healthcare point. AI will generate so many new ideas and hypotheses, including for drugs and medical devices, but not only. Become a tester. Test new battery designs, new educational techniques, […] The post Seven ways to avoid losing your job to AI appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Related StoriesRobin (it’s happening)A Beautiful Theory Falls to U...

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Culture

New Aesthetics awards

Patrick Collison tweets: Tyler and I just published a list of the recipients of the New Aesthetics grants: https://newaesthetics.art/grants. Thank you very much to all who applied. There were far more applications than we expected. We funded 28 grantees and are excited to see what they create. My reflections on the whole thing: • Though […] The post New Aesthetics awards appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsWhat about the architect for the ballroom? Does he deserve an . by raywardRe...

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Emergent Ventures winners, 54th cohort

Kenny Guo, Krish Chhajer, Luthira Abeykoon Mudiyansela, Toronto, quantum computing. Jolie Gan, Calgary/SF, a publication on science and meta-science. Hudson Mitchell-Pullman, 16, San Diego, how users interact with LLMs to learn. Adnan Manna, 17, Amman, Jordan, finding exoplanets. Heloise Hoffman, Stanford, biomedical research to cure her own rare disease. M.F. Libano-Monteiro, Portugal/LSE, economics education through […] The post Emergent Ventures winners, 54th cohort appeared first on Margi...

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