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new book *Big Business*, marginalrevolution.com, Conversations with Tyler, Bloomberg Opinion.
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American unreality
The unmasking of the bourgeois belief in objective reality has been so fully accomplished in America that any meaningful struggle against reality has become absurd.” Anyone reading this might think it a criticism of America. The lack of a sense of...
Claims emailed to me, probably true claims at that - Marginal REVOLUTION
Un-convinceable people are frustrating to talk to. But being around only convinceable people, you just end up at the average belief. Having a diverse variety of unconvinceable people to sample from (and move away from when it gets to be too much),...
L'Occidente in lockdown. “Sul Covid abbiamo solo opzioni difficili. Ci aspetta un tempo spaventoso ma affascinante”
"La Cina mi spaventa, ma non diventerà la prima potenza mondiale. Temo la distruzione dell'ordine pubblico in un grande paese. Voi italiani sopravvalutate troppo le vacanze". Intervista a Tyler Cowen, l'economista libertario più influente d'America
Land Use without Zoning, New Edition
The new edition of this landmark study explains the book’s role as a foundational text in the law and economics of urban land use and describes how it has informed more recent scholarship....
The World’s Best Bureaucrat
As chairman of the Federal Reserve during the pandemic, Jerome Powell has managed to do something almost unimaginable in Washington: a good job.
Christina Romer | Women in Economics
The fourth episode of our Women In Economics series is on Christina Romer, macroeconomic historian and former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers durin...
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Christina Romer video from MRU!: youtube.com/watch?v=vZiYpF…, really great.
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Fresh coronavirus vaccine hope as elderly respond well
Older people have a strong immune response to Oxford’s vaccine, raising hopes that it will protect all sectors of society.Although the research cannot prove that the vaccine protects against disease
Oxford Covid vaccine works in all ages, trials suggest
Vaccine being trialled by Oxford University and AstraZeneca offers hope for all age groups
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.
NASA’s SOFIA Discovers Water on Sunlit Surface of Moon
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the Moon.
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...
AstraZeneca says its coronavirus vaccine triggers immune response among adults
The announcement is likely to boost hopes of a Covid vaccine being developed before the end of the year.
Windsor Castle: Changing hundreds of royal clocks
This weekend, the horological conservator at the royal castle will be changing 400 clocks by hand.
The non-linearity of Covid-19 response - Marginal REVOLUTION
My colleague Bryan Caplan has some comments on the topic, here is also Robin Hanson here and here. I think both are trying to fit the Covid battle too much into a framework of equating marginal benefit and marginal cost. While that MB = MC...