Saturday assorted links
1. Notes on Oman. 2. Colin McGinn on best philosopher ever. 3. Owner wants to give away Green Mountain Campus. 4. More on rising tensions
Germany projection of the day
Germany’s population is projected to shrink by nearly 5 per cent within 25 years — a significantly steeper decline than previously forecast, according to an
Minimum wage hikes and robots
This paper studies how minimum wage policy affects firms’ adoption of automation technologies. Using both state-level measures of robot exposure and novel plant-level data on
That Was Then/This is Now
Hat tip: Logan Dobson. The post That Was Then/This is Now appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Source link
Effective tax rates for billionaires
Here is the tweet, here is the source data. The post Effective tax rates for billionaires appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Source link
*You Have No Right to Your Culture: Essays on the Human Condition*
By Bryan Caplan, now on sale. From Bryan’s Substack: My latest book of essays, You Have No Right to Your Culture: Essays on the Human Condition, flips
Fear of larger wars in East Africa
This is one of my major worries for 2026 and beyond. The ethnic and tribal conflict in Ethiopia is not finished, and it killed 700,000
The share of factor income paid to computers
Via Kevin Bryan. The post The share of factor income paid to computers appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Source link
The Tyranny of the Complainers
Some years ago, Dourado and Russell pointed out a stunning fact about airport noise complaints: A very large number come from a single individual or
The US Leads the World in Robots (Once You Count Correctly)
If you search for data on robots you will quickly find data from the International Federation of Robotics which places South Korea in the lead