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Annie Lowrey on the Time Tax, Fraud, and Rationing by Paperwork
Annie Lowrey's new book, The Time Tax, argues that the most regressive levy in American life is the hours each of us must spend on hold, in waiting rooms, and filling out forms a competent state would…
Did the ACA reduce mortality?
Many of us brought up related points at the time, but basically we were booed off the reservation: While recent research has provided evidence that the Medicaid expansions of the Affordable Care Act…
Those new service sector jobs
Horwitz is in the business of playing a version of mom for local college students. Concierge companies offering student support have existed for decades.
Callum Williams on cybersecurity prices
Share prices of cyber firms have jumped around a lot in recent weeks, leading one side or the other to claim victory.
Is it the screens? Or education systems?
The Dark Ages implies television and phones are the main cause of cognitive decline. This fails to explain the patterns in PISA scores.
Does AI assistance enhance or erode expertise?
From a new NBER working paper: Whether AI assistance builds or erodes professional expertise is unsettled.
A simple model of AI-aided economic growth
The Solow model has its uses, but it fails when it comes to major changes stemming from AI. Consider instead an economy with (at least) two factors of production: 1. Intelligence. Yes, formal smarts.
UK fact of the day
The UK economy grew 0.4 per cent in July as the global AI boom helped deliver an unexpectedly robust start to the third quarter, in a boost to Prime Minister Andy Burnham as he prepares for a tough…
Labor reallocation during the Industrial Revolution
New technologies swept through Britain during the Second Industrial Revolution, destroying old jobs and creating new ones. We know little about how workers reallocated.
The mathematicians rebel against AI
Here is the statement, signed by Terry Tao among many other math notables, most of you probably have read it by now. I do not accept the most cynical interpretations of this proclamation.