With a group of friends I was having a chat about the merits of the current vs. past America. Battle of the Ancients and Moderns! I generally favor current times, but not unconditionally. So I promised them a list of what I missed from the past. To be clear, these are personal judgments, not claims […]

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20.04.2024

The politics of Civil War (full of spoilers, do not read) - Marginal REVOLUTION

I saw the film as having very definite politics, and yes I am aware of the pronouncements of the director — ignore them! I am writing about the movie, what was on the screen. The seceding states — California, Texas, and Florida — all have substantial Latino population segments. The core political message is that […]

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20.04.2024

Why a Housing Shortage Exists Despite More Houses Per Person - Marginal REVOLUTION

When I post about the skyrocketing price of housing and the need to build, commentators (include some of the most astute commentators on MR), will sometimes object by pointing to the increasing and historically high number of houses per capita. They question how this aligns with rising prices and wave vaguely towards factors like monopoly […]

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20.04.2024

Friday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION

1. Andrej Karpathy on Llama 3. 2. The PEN awards are on the brink of collapse. 3. These were my fiscal, political and other predictions from 2010. 4. AI is being integrated into social media — now. Social media will change. 5. New Yorker Music critic Alex Ross cites Fischer Black on noise. 6. How […]

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