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Should the U.S. recognize Somaliland?
I do not myself have a position on this issue, but I found this analysis by...
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Some game theory of Greenland
It is commonly assumed that the U.S. “acquiring” Greenland, whatever that might mean, will result in...
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Tuesday assorted links
1. Stephen Miran makes the case for twenty percent tariffs (WSJ). You can run this one...
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The Borda Count is the Best Method of Voting
It’s well known that the voting methods we use are highly defective, as they fail to...
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What should I ask Greg Clark?
Yes, I will be having a Conversation with him. Gregory Clark the economist. Here is his...
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The circulation of elites, sort of
Is the top tail of wealth a set of fixed individuals or is there substantial turnover?...
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Principles, from Nabeel
14. You don’t do anyone any favors by lurking, put yourself out there! 15. If you...
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Monday assorted links
1. Cairo norms and multiple equilibria? 2. Straussian, clever language though not as sharp as the...
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Canada’s Comparative Advantages
Jay Martin writes a provocative post, Has Canada Become a Jamaican Bobsled Team? if Canada were to become...
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The Acemoglu arguments against high-skilled immigration
Here is Daron Acemoglu’s Project Syndicate piece, mostly critical on high-skilled immigration. Here is the first...
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The Greenland debates
I would say we have not yet figured out what is the best U.S. policy toward...
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My podcast with Andrew Xu
I had fun, and Andrew writes: In this episode, I got a chance to talk with...
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Sunday assorted links
1. Cracks in the silence about Havana Syndrome (Atlantic). 2. “As Rainer Zitelmann, a noted historian...
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Facts about U.S. employment
First, the labor market is no longer polarizing— employment in low- and middle-paid occupations has declined,...
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Canada’s missing entrepreneurs
From John Ruffalo. The post Canada’s missing entrepreneurs appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsCommentsRelated StoriesFacts...
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Companies in Argentina (from my email)
From Krzysztof Tyszka-Drozdowski: Every weekend, I try to go through interesting articles about Argentina. Here’s something from...
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*The Brutalist* (no real spoilers)
As I kept watching, I was thinking “well, this is pretty good but it isn’t great.” ...
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My podcast with Reason
With Liz Wolfe and Zach Weissmueller: The link here contains the YouTube video, text description, and...
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Economics in the Age of Algorithms
Great talk from Sendhil Mullainathan. He discusses how machine learning differs from causal inference, how ML can...
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Saturday assorted links
1. A report on “killing with applause.” 2. Tacit knowledge videos. 3. Turkish chef recreates 8,600...
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Lunar spectrum markets in everything?
Private companies are staking claims to radio spectrum on the Moon with the aim of exploiting...
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Noah Smith on L.A: fire lessons
The best piece I have seen so far, here is one bit: Basically, the lessons I...
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Friday assorted links
1. Perhaps people do not view love as zero-sum. 2. The growing strategic significance of Greenland....
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Congestion Tolls versus Congestion Pricing
New York’s new congestion fee appears to be reducing commuting times on key routes (see Tyler...