Ursula von der Leyen: Beyond Redemption
Yves here. Our own Nick Corbishley has often criticized Ursula von der Leyen’s corruption and her willingness to advance a predictably bad neoliberal/neocon policy agenda. […]
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Wednesday’s Cross Links – Marginal REVOLUTION
1. How can people be like this? Men do absolutely nothing on long-haul flights. 2. I bet, I’m flying to France today btw. 3. Working […]
Focus on what we say, not what we do
For years, developed economies have been teaching poor countries what to do to improve their economies. Often referred to as the “Washington Consensus”, we have […]
Is the narrowing gender pay gap about collectives?
That’s the theme of a new NBER working paper by Jaime Arellano-Bover, Nicola Bianchi, Salvatore Lattanzio, and Matteo Paradise. Here is the abstract: This paper […]
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What is the biggest mistake there is?
I’m not referring to disagreements, I’m referring to obvious mistakes made by smart, intelligent people. Let me turn the microphone over to Ariel Pakes, who […]
“What’s Wrong With Depression and Its Treatment”
I do not endorse these views, but it is interesting to ponder: Depression is not a disease or disorder but rather an evolutionary adaptation to […]
What Do Joseph Stiglitz, George A. Akerlof, Sir Angus Deaton, Claudia Goldin, Sir Oliver Hart, Eric S. Maskin, Daniel L. McFadden , Paul R. Milgrom, Roger B. Myerson, Edmund S. Phelps, Paul M. Romer , Alvin E. Roth, William F. Sharpe, Robert J. Shiller, Christopher A. Sims, and Robert B. Wilson Have In Common?
(1) They were all awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, and (2) they opposed the economic agenda of […]
Truly Tariffying: A (Economic Policy) House of Horrors
I was taking a rare vacation trip (most trips are work related for me), when my wife and I decided to check into the inn […]
A new beginning for Magnus Carlsen Fantasy Chess
Now the project he created, Fantasy Chess, is scaling up from an experiment to a business-based startup. Led by CEO Mats André Kristiansen, a former […]