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The Unseen Fallout: Chernobyl’s Deadly Air Pollution Legacy

A fascinating new paper The Political Economic Determinants of Nuclear Power: Evidence from Chernobyl by Makarin, Qian, and Wang was

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What do different countries pay for Olympic gold medals?

Via Cremieux, and here is the related Wikipedia page. The post What do different countries pay for Olympic gold medals?

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The French Olympic opening ceremony

I’ve only seen excerpts, but many people are upset.  I can vouch “this is not what I would have done,”

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Not Lost In Translation: How Barbarian Books Laid the Foundation for Japan’s Industrial Revoluton

Japan’s growth miracle after World War II is well known but that was Japan’s second miracle. The first was perhaps

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Argentina fact of the day

La actividad económica creció 2,3% interanual en mayo de 2024 y 1,3% respecto de abri Here is the tweet, here

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Two headlines that make me wish more people studied the principles of economics

Greg Mankiw’s Blog: Two headlines that make me wish more people studied the principles of economics Two headlines that make

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Six Beliefs I Have About Inflation

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

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Matt Yglesias on neoliberalism and economic growth

And it’s worth asking: Is it true that since 1974, policy debate in the United States has been dominated by

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Update on the Supervillains (maybe that’s you)

The law’s price controls will also deter companies from developing new medicines. A study I co-authored estimated that 135 fewer drugs will