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The Causal Effect of Foreign Ideas on U.S. Innovation
Globalization is once again better than many people realize: We study the role of foreign ideas in U. S.
The net fiscal impact of immigration should include gains from trade
Immigration affects natives through both labor markets and public budgets, yet these channels are usually studied separately.
Saving for the machines
From Jesús Fernández-Villaverde: When machines can perform a growing share of tasks, growth depends on two margins: how the task structure affects the returns to accumulating machines, and how…
On Brazilian food
Every now and then I will write a piece on food for Works in Progress. Here is my piece on eating in Brazil: Brazil, like most large nations, also offers multiple cuisines.
The California billionaire tax is very likely a net revenue loser
This paper examines the revenue and migration impact of the 2026 California Billionaire Tax Act, a one-time 5 percent tax on the worldwide net worth of individuals exceeding $1 billion.
*You Can See Everything* (no spoilers)
An excellent and also original movie, you all should see it.
The archaeology tranche of Emergent Ventures
Björn Öste is building Arkhub, an AI-powered platform that analyzes remote-sensing and other archaeological data to identify potential ancient sites in the Amazon and enable further investigation by…
Our fascination with screens, demand curves slope downward installment #1637
What we find here is that the quality-adjusted screen time price index is down 39 per cent since 2000, but that change is overwhelmingly a function of improvements in quality, not declines in prices…
*This Beautiful Country*
The author is Edward Cutler and the subtitle is How Italy’s Nature Shaped its Culture and Civilisation.
Solving for the equilibrium?
Sixteen AI agents were each handed 1,000 satoshis of real bitcoin and told nothing about how to use it.