Marginal Revolution
Comment delays
There is a slight glitch in the WordPress system, but your comments will appear eventually. Ap ...View More
Google signs contract for small modular nuclear reactors
Since pioneering the first corporate purchase agreements for renewable electricity over a decade ago ...View More
Letters of recommendation
We analyze 6,400 letters of recommendation for more than 2,200 economics and finance Ph.D. graduates ...View More
The economics of haunted houses
Running a haunted house can be a risky—if not scary—business. The barrier to entry is high, the ove ...View More
Kevin Bryan on the contributions of AJR
A very good Columbus Day thread. Adblock test (Why?)
Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson Win Nobel Prize for Institutions and Prosperity
The Nobel prize goes to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson for their work on instituti ...View More
Conversations with the new Laureates
Here is my earlier CWT with Acemoglu, and with Simon Johnson. We’ll have to try to get to James Robi ...View More
What surprised you the most this year?
What has surprised you the most this year? The development of decentralized training for AI models, ...View More
Tomorrow’s Nobel
Alas, I am at a day-long event tomorrow, and from an unfavorable time zone, so probably won’t have m ...View More
“California officials cite Elon Musk’s politics in rejecting SpaceX launches”
Elon Musk’s tweets about the presidential election and spreading falsehoods about Hurricane Helene ...View More
