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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A Black Marxist Scholar Wanted to Talk About Race. It Ignited a Fury.
The cancellation of a speech reflects an intense debate on the left: Is racism the primary problem in America today, or the outgrowth of a system that oppresses all poor people?
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A Black Marxist Scholar’s talk on race cancelled. Conservative, alt-right political correctness in action. Wait....wut???
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Rapid screening tests that prioritize speed over accuracy could be key to ending the coronavirus pandemic
Testing large numbers of people regularly would reduce the spread of the coronavirus in the US. Laboratory testing is slow and expensive, but rapid screening tests could be the answer.
Alex Tabarrok
Rapid screening tests that prioritize speed over accuracy could be key to ending the coronavirus pandemic via @TC_Africa
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Cognitive and academic benefits of music training with children: A multilevel meta-analysis
Music training has repeatedly been claimed to positively impact children’s cognitive skills and academic achievement (literacy and mathematics). This claim relies on the assumption that engaging in intellectually demanding activities fosters...
The Supply and Demand Model Predicts Behavior in Thousands of Experiments - Marginal REVOLUTION
It is sometimes said that economics does not predict. In fact, Lin et al. (2020) (SSRN) (including Colin Camerer) find that the classic supply and demand model predicts behavior and outcomes in the double oral auction experiment in thousands of...
WHO urges public to avoid routine dental cleanings during pandemic
The World Health Organization has issued new guidance advising people to postpone routine dental cleanings amid the coronavirus pandemic.
410- Policing the Open Road — 99% Invisible
Before the twentieth century, most Americans rarely came into contact with police officers. But with more and more drivers behind the wheel, police departments rapidly expanded their forces and increased officers’ authority to stop citizens who...
Trump: ‘A lot of people’ think Edward Snowden ‘not being treated fairly’
President Trump polled his aides on Thursday about whether he should let anti-surveillance whistleblower and leaker Edward Snowden return to the US from Russia without going to prison, saying he wa…
In N.Y.C.’s Coronavirus Surge, a Frightening Echo of the 1918 Flu
This spring, death rates rivaled those seen during the country’s deadliest pandemic, a new study finds. “What 1918 looked like is basically this.”
President’s update on autumn 2020 undergraduate education
In an email to the university community, President Marc Tessier-Lavigne announces adjustments to Stanford’s plans for the undergraduate autumn quarter due to continuing public health conditions.
What India did to stop COVID-19 and how well it worked
India specialist Shruti Rajagopalan on how to handle COVID-19 on a budget.
Justice Department Finds Yale Illegally Discriminates Against Asians and Whites in Undergraduate Admissions in Violation of Federal Civil-Rights Laws
The Department of Justice today notified Yale University of its findings that Yale illegally discriminates against Asian American and white applicants in its undergraduate admissions process in violation of Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The...
PRIVATE EDUCATION IN INDIA: A NOVEL TEST OF CREAM SKIMMING
Students in private schools routinely outperform those in public schools both in the United States and around the world. But do private schools make students better or do they simply cream skim bette...
Let it flow: Trump Administration eases showerhead rules
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump Administration wants to change the definition of a showerhead to let more water flow, addressing a pet peeve of the president who complains he isn't getting wet...
College Democrat Chats Reveal Plan to Engineer and Leak Alex Morse Accusation
“This will sink his campaign,” predicted a College Democrat leader hoping to work for Rep. Richard Neal.
Vaccine for major common cold virus could be ready for use by 2024
A clinical trial involving 420 people suggests that a vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus – a major cause of common colds – is safe and effective
Air pollution is much worse than we thought
Ditching fossil fuels would pay for itself through clean air alone.
The Contemporary Impact of Black G.I.s in Europe in WWII - Marginal REVOLUTION
Abstract: Can attitudes towards minorities, an important cultural trait, be changed? We show that the presence of African American soldiers in the U.K. during World War II reduced anti-minority prejudice, a result of the positive interactions which...
Sumner Redstone now communicates with an iPad programmed with his own voice spouting a profanity
Media mogul Sumner Redstone has resorted to communicating through an iPad preloaded with clips of his voice saying "yes," "no" and what he REALLY thinks.
U of I to expand COVID saliva testing nationally
The Executive Committee of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees on Monday created a new university-related organization as part of a broad effort to expand the reach of saliva-based testing pioneered by U of I researchers that supports...