Marginal Revolution on the Male/Female Math Gap
Alex Tabarrok over at Marginal Revolution has an interesting post on media coverage of the recent Science paper that argued against gender differences in math test scores. Tabarrok says that…
Alex Tabarrok over at Marginal Revolution has an interesting post on media coverage of the recent Science paper that argued against gender differences in math test scores. Tabarrok says that…
A couple days ago, Levitt wrote on this blog that Tyler Cowen, half of the dynamic Marginal Revolution duo (along with Alex Tabarrok), will start writing a monthly economics column…
Tyler Cowen of the economics blog MarginalRevolution is going to be taking over a spot in the rotation in the “Economics Scene” column of the business section of the New…
Wowie kazowie! The Marginal Revolution blog, whose excellence is routinely noted on this blog, is launching a free, online Marginal Revolution University (MRU). From the announcement: We think education should…
…Mason University who blogs at Marginal Revolution as well as at Tyler Cowen’s Ethnic Dining Guide. Here, from Part 1 of the podcast, is Cowen on the relationship between economics…
…Rules for Everyday Foodies . (He also blogs at Marginal Revolution and at Tyler Cowen’s Ethnic Dining Guide.) That book was the jumping-off point for our recent podcasts “You Eat…
…continue to decline in cost and both the number and assumed utility of open-source designs continues growing exponentially, open-source 3-D printers will become a mass-market mechatronic device. (HT: Marginal Revolution)…
…released. The authors also conclude that the retaliatory measures may have cost Venezuela up to 3 percent of G.D.P. due to misallocation of workers across jobs. (HT: Marginal Revolution) [%comments]…
The Washington Post profiles the omnivorous, endlessly fascinating and fascinated Tyler Cowen (best known in these parts as co-proprietor of Marginal Revolution), asking questions about ethnic food (he’s a devotee);…
Alex Tabarrok over at Marginal Revolution points out that Diane Coyle has listed Freakonomics as one of the most overrated books of the year. The list appeared in a British…
Via Marginal Revolution: the U.K. Times reports that, while the installation of speed cameras has led to far more tickets being issued and licenses canceled in France,?French drivers are circumventing…
…legitimate Somali importers willing to use a financier’s foreign money to pay for their shipments and reimburse him at home in cash once the goods are sold. (HT: Marginal Revolution)…
Congress has taken note of the shortage of donated organs, and has proposed an incentive to increase donation: a commemorative medal to honor organ donors. Alex Tabarrok at Marginal Revolution…
…more. Ariely’s advice could have been useful to some people in the Congo, who lament they didn’t see their Prada suits as houses for their families. (HT: Marginal Revolution) [%comments]…
…a fire at a tenth of the usual cost, and we don’t even have to see the fire to fight it,” says Mark Cummins, the company’s founder. (HT: Marginal Revolution)[%comments]…
…a problem for the middle-class parents, who worked hard to pay the college costs, used up their retirement funds and are out of money by graduation time.” (HT: Marginal Revolution)…
…standard powers (like my drugstore readers, but for myopia as well),” writes Postrel. “The authors find that recycled glasses cost nearly twice as much per usable pair.” (HT: Marginal Revolution)…
…written notification from gamesation.co.uk or one of its duly authorised minions.” Yes, it was an April Fool’s Day joke; GameStation will not be enforcing its ownership rights. (HT: Marginal Revolution)[%comments]…
…Marginal Revolution thinks it’s so hard to get people to change that he has predicted that the site will not succeed: I’ve long predicted this won’t work; one group of…
…to run into Schelling and told Schelling he should count me as one of his students. Schelling was unmoved. (For more on Schelling, Tyler Cowen at Marginal Revolution wrote this.)…
…Okay, that’s all well and good, but if parents really want to show their gun bona fides, how about going all-out and naming your kid Colt .45? (HT: Marginal Revolution)…
…their website. And, correspondingly, they improved the demand for their products! While I do not know the exact revenue improvement, I was told that it was substantial. (HT: Marginal Revolution)…
…tattoos was associated with some positive changes in ratings: students’ motivation, being imaginative about assignments, and how likely students were to recommend her as an instructor.” (HT: Marginal Revolution) [%comments]…
…black-market drug prices. How techies process census data. Chess champions: skill or luck? (HT: Marginal Revolution) Pokerbot: a poker robot that plays Texas Hold ‘Em trains itself to play aggressively….
Do you regularly read the Marginal Revolution blog? If you care much about actual economics, and especially if you are a student of the same (either literally or figuratively), you…
…the University of Kansas found that every $1 spent by firms lobbying Congress for a single tax break in 2004 brought in $220 in tax savings. (HT: Marginal Revolution) [%comments]…
…joined-up writing,” said the notice published on Monday in the official gazette. If Brazil is bribing its prisoners to do schoolwork, can bribing students be far behind? (HT: Marginal Revolution)…
Yesterday, I asked Tyler Cowen if he’s willing to bet his Marginal Revolution readers against Freakonomics readers in the caption-that-photo contest we announced earlier this week. I’m pleased to report…
…may lead to coexistence of humans and zombies, the most effective way to contain the rise of the undead is to hit hard and hit often.” (HT: Marginal Revolution) [%comments]…