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- Comeback
- spying
- November 11, 2026
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Spying makes a comeback
That is the theme of my latest Free Press article, here is one excerpt: It may look like merely the latest story of a wealthy, powerful man making an irresponsible…
- RCTs
- underpowered
- November 10, 2026
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Are RCTs underpowered?
Maybe so: We study the statistical credibility of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in development economics and the optimal allocation of resources to replication. Using 745 principal-hypothesis tests from 190 articles…
- assorted
- links
- November 10, 2026
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Tuesday assorted links
1. AI as a normal technology. 2. Hayek for our time, by Cass Sunstein, free download for two weeks. 3. Works in Progress is looking for business and finance writers.…
- Audit
- Checking
- November 10, 2026
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Checking the AI audit of Saez and Zucman’s research.
From SaneCite: We checked the anonymous AI audit of Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman’s research that Marginal Revolution featured on 28 Oct: all 147 problems it calls serious enough to…
- Godzilla
- spoilers
- November 10, 2026
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*Godzilla: Minus Zero* (no spoilers)
This is a morally serious movie (really). And Ghidorah stars! The whole thing is about twenty minutes too long, but mostly very good. And like many in the Godzilla series,…
- brutally
- case
- November 10, 2026
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*Unbeatable: The Brutally Honest Case for Free Markets*
That is the new and forthcoming book from Bryan Caplan, University of Chicago Press. Excerpt: Real-world free markets deliver one broad benefit that flies under the radar of economic theory:…
- assorted
- links
- November 9, 2026
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Monday assorted links
1. What WWII looked like, four and a half minute video. 2. Intellectual Deep Web, YouTube channel. 3. Complete works of Schelling, and no I do not mean Thomas. 4.…
- economics
- honeypots
- November 9, 2026
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The economics of honeypots
Of course as an economist I am always wondering what the equilibrium is. And, in this case, what is the scarce factor? It seems that in the case under current…
- Lines
- Power
- November 9, 2026
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End the State Veto on Power Lines
It’s one of the peculiarities of American regulatory history that a natural gas pipeline can cross state lines with a single federal permit, but oil and electricity must run a…
- Krier
- Ricardian
- November 9, 2026
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Seb Krier, Ricardian?
Here is the initial post. In the comments Michael Wiebe notes: “So progress per R&D dollar fell by 63%, even while progress per year doubled.” File under: David Ricardo, underrated.…
