Marginal REVOLUTION

Or how about a VAT? President Joe Biden will propose almost doubling the capital gains tax rate for wealthy individuals to 39.6%, which, coupled with an existing surtax on investment income, mean...

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1. Does China feel that time is on its side? 2. Further observations on the economics of nuclear power. 3. Good, short non-fiction books. 4. Novavax update. 5. Devon Zuegel Miami notes, recommend...

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NYTimes: A lethal, fast-paced second wave of the coronavirus pandemic has brought India’s health care systems to the verge of collapse and is putting millions of lives and livelihoods at risk. ...

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More than 1.7 million doses of the world’s first malaria vaccine have been administered in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi, benefitting more than 650,000 children! Here is more. The post Africa fact ...

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COWEN: Why does reading Lucan’s The Civil War make more sense in 2021 than it might have 30 years ago? To me, it seems remarkably contemporary — more than Virgil. People are crazy. Th...

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She is a Professor of Classics at the University of Chicago, and recently published a translation of Virgil’s Aeneid.  Here is the audio, visual, and transcript.  Here is part of the summary:...

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1. “Growing up in Salt Lake hugely increases chances of being married in adulthood. In fact, no other city comes close in terms of causal impact on marriage.” 2. Costa Rica is struggling (The...

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A survey of more than 2,600 industry professionals by the Union of Oenologists showed that among those who had caught COVID-19, more than a third said the disease had affected their ability to do...

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Jeremy Horpedahl and Bryan Caplan debate this topic, with Jeremy pointing out that older, wealthier people can have just as high a willingness to pay to reduce risk, if not higher. In all things ...

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1. MIE: Used AmEx card of Michael Jordan sells for 3k. 2. Criticisms of Galef. 3. AEA best paper prizes. 4. MIE: putting product placement in old classic movies. 5. Promising Young Woman is indee...

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That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, here is one excerpt: If the price of Bitcoin were to reach $200,000, Coinbase Chief Executive Officer Brian Armstrong observed recently, half of...

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Here is the announcement.  Here is his home page.  Here is scholar.google.com for him.  Congratulations! The post Isaiah Andrews wins the John Bates Clark medal appeared first on Marginal R...

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VOX: From 2014 to 2019, Campbell tracked more than 1,600 BLM protests across the country, largely in bigger cities, with nearly 350,000 protesters. His main finding is a 15 to 20 percent reductio...

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I will be doing a Conversation with him, here is part of his Wikipedia page: Richard O. Prum (born 1961) is William Robertson Coe Professor of Ornithology, and Head Curator of Vertebrate Zoolog...

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Facebook is making a push into audio, launching a suite of new features that will allow users to host audio conferences and podcasts, in a dash to compete with up-and-coming apps such as Clubhous...

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