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Thursday assorted links

1. New Substack on Abundance. 2. Does AI mean the demands on labor go up? 3. This obituary has plenty of interesting information about South Africa’s nuclear program (NYT). 4. Mercatus 1991 fellowship on state-level Indian economic policy. 5. Legal framework for crypto is hitting some snags (NYT). 6. “I find that parental transfers account […] The post Thursday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsIn reply to Kaleberg. You and I were in different branches of . by egl“...

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Michelle Tandler on NYC rent control

This is what I’m seeing: + 2.4 million rent-controlled apartments in a city with a massive housing shortage and 1.4% vacancy rate. + A huge % of these tenants are wealthy, white boomers using the units as pieds-a-terres while they spend their weekends and summers elsewhere. + Meanwhile, the government is using rent control to […] The post Michelle Tandler on NYC rent control appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Related StoriesAI Physicians At LastThomas Sargent is a wise manNegative politic...

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Thomas Sargent is a wise man

The protests began on December 28, initially led by traders and business owners who took to the streets against the rapidly weakening economy, soaring inflation, and the sharp fall in the rial’s value. The currency’s decline has been dramatic: against the Indian rupee, the rial is now valued at just 0.000091 paise, while against the […] The post Thomas Sargent is a wise man appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsPreparations for an airstrike?...

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Not as good as Cowen-Tabarrok

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...

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