Alex Tabarrok
Alex Tabarrok is a professor of economics at George Mason University and with Tyler Cowen a founder of the online education platform MRU.org.
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Blackburn asks Google if employee who criticized her still has a job
“He has had very unkind things to say about me and I was just wondering if you all had still kept him working there,” Blackburn said.
Externalities and Incentives: The Economics of COVID
How can understanding externalities and incentives help us better respond to COVID-19? The benefits of vaccines extend beyond those receiving the shot (e.g. ...
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Economics of Covid
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Alex Tabarrok & Tyler Cowen- EconDuel 2020 Edition
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Tyler Cowen and I interview each other on COVID, then take questions on bus cycles, new edition of our textbook and teaching online. Just prior to the interview we premiered our MRU video on The Economics of COVID, linked below.
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The Erasure of Mesut Özil
A year ago, he was one of the Premier League’s highest-paid players. Now, after angering China and refusing a pay cut, he has simply vanished.
The Center for Study of Public Choice Wednesday Seminar Series
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How to conduct clinical trials while releasing a vaccine - Marginal REVOLUTION
There are many ways to conduct clinical trials while releasing a vaccine—indeed, we can make the clinical trials better by randomizing a phased release. Suppose we decide health care and transit workers should be vaccinated first. No problem–offer...
Joe Biden makes the case for why he should be president
The former vice president talks with Norah O'Donnell about the pandemic, taxes, the Supreme Court, and the "stark" differences between himself and President Trump. O'Donnell also speaks with Mr. Biden's running mate, California Senator Kamala Harris.
Crews vacuum nest of murder hornets, first found in U.S., in Washington State
Workers decked out in heavy protective gear blitzed the first murder hornet nest discovered on U.S. soil, vacuuming up the two-inch insects from a tree cavity in Blaine, Wash., on Saturday.
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@NAChristakis @primalpoly They bagged one hornet, attached a radio transmitter to it and followed it to the nest!
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WSJ News Exclusive | Health Agency Scraps Coronavirus Ad Campaign, Leaving Santa Claus in the Cold
A federal health agency halted a public-service coronavirus advertising campaign funded by $250 million in taxpayer money after it offered a special vaccine deal to an unusual set of essential workers: Santa Claus performers.
Alex Tabarrok
How many times have I said "this just can't be real." And yet the administration continues to deliver. wsj.com/articles/healt… pic.twitter.com/IakuHm3VZJ
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Around 200 'murder hornets' will be 'extracted alive and killed'
The Washington State Department of Agriculture wiped out the nest Saturday to protect native honeybees, marking the first successful attempt to locate and remove a nest on US soil.
How to Vaccinate and Continue Clinical Trials - Marginal REVOLUTION
According to Helen Branswell writing at STAT: There are serious signs the Food and Drug Administration is getting cold feet over the notion of issuing emergency use authorizations to allow for the widespread early deployment of Covid-19 vaccines....
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The FDA is making another mistake. The idea that releasing a vaccine in phases is a threat to clinical trials is a dangerous and false dichotomy and another example of how our leaders lack vision, imagination, and courage. Randomize! Randomize! Randomize!
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Two Companies Restart Virus Trials in U.S. After Safety Pauses
AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson have restarted their late-stage trials after finding that serious illnesses in a few volunteers appeared not to be related to the vaccines.
The 1st International BioDesign Research Conference
The 1st International BioDesign Research Conference
Why Is the West So Powerful—And So Peculiar?
Cultural evolutionary theory has a startling answer: a marriage policy first pursued by the Catholic Church a millennium and a half ago.
Air Pollution Killed A Newborn Every 5 Minutes In 2019
Exposure to air pollution increases the risk of premature and underweight birth, leaving infants vulnerable to health risks, says the 'State of Global Air 2020' report that claims to be the first
How New York’s mis-steps let Covid-19 overwhelm the US
City leaders saw the threat but did not act: why arguments and rivalries among politicians and power groups allowed disaster to unfold
The Lunar Society: 9: Alex Tabarrok - Prizes, Prices, and Public Goods on Apple Podcasts
Show The Lunar Society, Ep 9: Alex Tabarrok - Prizes, Prices, and Public Goods - Oct 19, 2020
The STAR Team - Marginal REVOLUTION
Denver Post: A concerned passerby dialed 911 to report a sobbing woman sitting alone on a curb in downtown Denver. Instead of a police officer, dispatchers sent Carleigh Sailon, a seasoned mental health professional with a penchant for wearing Phish...
Michael Kremer on Economists as Founders (Ep. 107)
Why economists should build more than a body of research.