ECONOMY

One of the better pro-natalist Lieder

One of the better pro-natalist Lieder - Marginal REVOLUTION Thank-you! You've been successfully added to the Marginal Revolution email subscription…

3 months ago

Will U.S. cities face a knock-on fiscal crisis from the feds?

Federal money flows to cities in three flavors: direct transfers, indirect transfers, and what we call fiscal dark matter. Direct…

3 months ago

*Rome’s Age of Revolution* – Marginal REVOLUTION

The author is Tim Whitmarsh and the subtitle is Augustus, Empire and the Making of Christianity.  This is the most…

3 months ago

The wisdom of Eli Dourado

How do “international efforts” work? Unlike most of the signatories of the letter, I have been a State Department advisor…

3 months ago

The AEA presidential election – Marginal REVOLUTION

AEA is the American Economics Association, and a new president is needed, here is the candidate and likely winner: PINELOPI…

3 months ago

A natural experiment in economics

To study whether and how academics respond to political pressure, we exploit a natural experiment: the publication in early 2025…

3 months ago

Alec Stapp on the new Science report from Michael Kratsios

Major new report from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Five things in the report I really…

3 months ago

Cross-ethnic casting – Marginal REVOLUTION

I complained about the casting of The Odyssey per se (the blind beggar was best), but in general I do…

3 months ago

My excellent Conversation with Chase Koch

Here is the audio, video, and transcript.  Here is part of the episode summary: Chase and Tyler discuss if any…

3 months ago

My talk at DeepMind – Marginal REVOLUTION

Here is a transcript of my remarks, anything from the audience (Q&A with comments) has been cut out.  Excerpt: The…

4 months ago