Economy
The game theory of the final round of the Candidates
The amazing Gukesh (17 years old!) is half a point ahead with one round remaining today. ...View More
What should I ask Alan Taylor?
He is one of the greatest of living American historians, here is from Wikipedia: Alan Shaw Taylor&nb ...View More
“The Simple Macroeconomics of AI”
That is the new Daron Acemoglu paper, and he is skeptical about its overall economic effects. ...View More
South Africa fact of the day
Two economists from the Harvard Growth Lab (Shah and Sturzenegger) estimate that the average transpo ...View More
Decoupling from China?
Maybe, but maybe not: Amid the current U.S.-China technological race, the U.S. has imposed export co ...View More
The politics of *Civil War* (full of spoilers, do not read)
I saw the film as having very definite politics, and yes I am aware of the pronouncements of the dir ...View More
Dwarkesh interviews Mark Zuckerberg on Llama 3 and more
Dwarkesh interviews Mark Zuckerberg on Llama 3 and more - Marginal REVOLUTION ...View More
Why a Housing Shortage Exists Despite More Houses Per Person
When I post about the skyrocketing price of housing and the need to build, commentators (include som ...View More
What I am nostalgic about
With a group of friends I was having a chat about the merits of the current vs. past America. ...View More
Response from Devin Pope, on religious attendance
All of this is from Devin Pope, in response to Lyman Stone (and myself). Here was my original ...View More
