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Url:http://www.marginalrevolution.com/
Author(s):Tyler Cowen
Language:English
Tags:economics, culture
Description:economics and culture
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Popularity:165 Followers

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1. Best-selling authors of the decade (UK).2. What are Californians getting for their state spending?3. Young Ben Bernanke (photo).4. Who really runs monetary policy these days?5. Michael Mandel is...more
2009-12-24
"Late believers": more rational than you think
It's from The Washington Post, but for a moment I thought I was reading Robin Hanson:Santa's spell hasn't been broken for Fiona Penn, either. A 12-year-old student at Carl Sandburg Midd...more
2009-12-24
Nicaragua notes (avoid walls!)
The keys to eating well here are: avoid walls, seek corn, and bow down to the finest white creams and cheeses you are likely to find.  They use cabbage frequently and well and the...more
2009-12-24
What does programmer productivity look like?
I am unable to judge the details of its contents, but this article intrigued me.  The key question is why pay across highly-talented and lesser-talented programmers isn't more unequal.�...more
2009-12-23
Christopher Hayes on China
The article is interesting throughout, here is one good bit:The foremost difficulty is immigration. In English we'd call it "migration," but our translators unfailingly used the word ...more
2009-12-23
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1. Can a current Congress bind a future Congress?2. Don't buy gift cards.3. What's in the Guantanamo gift shop?4. Are pets less "green" than Indians?5. The best food books of the ...more
2009-12-23
Which are the "safest" cuisines?
James Hinckley asks:Which cuisine are you most likely to be satisfied with when dining out?  Which disappoints you the least # of visits?If you were at a shopping center you've never been to b...more
2009-12-23
More on the economics of the decisive Senator
There's been a lot of moralizing about the holdout strategies of Lieberman and Nelson, but under some game-theoretic accounts it is a blessing in disguise, a blessing for Obama at least. ...more
2009-12-23
Yet more evidence for Austro-Chinese business cycle theory
Zhao says Wang charges up to $30,000 per breeding session with Obama.The full story is here.  Get this bit:Last month, a Nanjing breeder paid $234,000 for his purebred pooch, reported the Yan...more
2009-12-22
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1. Kim Peek has passed away; here is a tribute. 2. David Brooks on Kling and Schulz. 3. Iceland VAT now at 25.5%. 4. A new model of the block universe. 5. A critique of the critiqu
2009-12-22

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