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The economics of the U.S. auto industry, a brief history

From Adam Ozimek: The economic value of the cars being made has climbed substantially through the years. As a result,

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Design Your Own Rug!

For my wedding anniversary, I designed and had hand-woven in Afghanistan a rug for my microbiologist wife. The rug mixes

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The Rising Cost of Child and Pet Day Care

Everyone talks about the soaring cost of child care (e.g. here, here and here), but have you looked at the soaring cost of

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Coffee Break: Fossil Fuels and Health, EPA, AI that Works, and a Belated Retraction

Part the First: The Healthcare Costs of Fossil Fuels.  One would think this is a no-brainer.  Nevertheless, the Current Administration

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Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Poison Gas

Before our current age of nuclear war anxiety, there was widespread concern about an earlier terrifying weapon of mass destruction:

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D’accord !

That is from the French embassy in the UK. The post D’accord ! appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Source link

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Elon Musk Squeezing SpaceX and Tesla for xAI investment

Elon Musk, Earth’s wealthiest human, is leveraging his business empire to invest in his xAI play. SpaceX has ponied up

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Technology Transfer and Development Economics

Willis Carrier invented modern air conditioning around 1904 but technological innovations often take a long time to travel to less

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Greg Mankiw’s Blog: Today I Learned

About Me Name: Greg Mankiw Location: United States I am the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University.

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Trump Accounts are a Big Deal

Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act was signed into law on July 4, 2025. It’s so big that many significant