ECONOMY

Why is America less of a 24/7 society?

It’s deeply odd to me that America is a far less 24/7 hour society today than it was 10, 20,…

1 month ago

Stanislaw Lem foresaw drones – Marginal REVOLUTION

This was published in English (and Polish) in 1986 under the title One Human Minute: So it was not humanoid…

1 month ago

Why drugs are here to stay (from my email)

This is anonymized, I can vouch that the person is very smart and has excellent taste: Some thoughts [referring to…

1 month ago

Law professors prefer AI over peer answers

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly promoted as educational tutors, yet most evaluations focus on domains with a single ground…

1 month ago

The political right continues to gain ground in Latin America

A leftist senator and a rightwing populist outsider who calls himself “The Tiger” will go to a run-off presidential election…

1 month ago

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…

2 months ago

What I’ve been reading – Marginal REVOLUTION

1. Paul Mendes-Flohr, Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent.  A beautifully written, first-rate intellectual biography of Buber.  It…

2 months ago

India fertility facts of the day

Ten notable facts from India’s new SRS Statistical Report 2024 published two days ago: 1) India’s total fertility rate (TFR)…

2 months ago

John Burn-Murdoch on phones and fertility

From my email: Hi folks, appreciate the discussion of the piece here, as ever. I just wanted to chime in…

2 months ago

South Korea facts of the day

When I was young, the South Korean model was generally lumped in with places like Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong…

2 months ago