The Return of the MR Podcast: In Praise of Commercial Culture
The Marginal Revolution Podcast is back with new episodes! We begin with what I think is our best episode to
Is it the phones?
Or perhaps we should just credit Sydney Sweeney? That is from Chris Said. The post Is it the phones? appeared
Celebrate Vishvakarma: A Holiday for Machines, Robots, and AI
Most holidays celebrate people, gods or military victories. Today is India’s Vishvakarma Puja, a celebration of machines. In India on
Links 9/14/2025 | naked capitalism
Breathtaking cycling featspic.twitter.com/3YL1zyvvXG — Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 5, 2025 Neoliberalism Comes for the Warfare State Compact Against Re-Enchantment Plough A
The British War on Slavery
In August of 1833 the British passed legislation abolishing slavery within the British Empire and putting more than 800,000 enslaved
Moving on Up
James Heckman and Sadegh Eshaghnia have launched a broadside in the WSJ against the Chetty-Hendren paper The Impacts of Neighborhoods
Coffee Break: Make Polio Great Again, CDC, Institutions and Civilization, and How Animals Emerged
Part the First: Make Polio Great Again! And measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, bacterial meningitis, chickenpox/shingles, cervical cancer, hepatitis B!
Greg Mankiw’s Blog: Dear Committee Members
Like many who spend their lives in the ivory tower, I enjoy academic satires. That includes Richard Russo’s novel Straight
Resources for Teaching Tariffs
Trump has put tariffs on the economics agenda in a way that hasn’t been true for decades. As a new
Singapore’s Pay Model Isn’t India’s: Market Wages vs. Civil-Service Rents
In my post How High Government Pay Wastes Talent and Drains Productivity I pointed to evidence that high government compensation