Tyler Cowen
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The College Wage Premium in the Generative AI Era
After expanding for four decades, the U. S. college wage premium is experiencing a sustained contraction, dropping sharply from 0.626 in 2022 to 0.575 in 2026.
Michael Moritz on Origin Stories, Exile, and Obsessive Curiosity
Note: Due to a technical mishap, Tyler’s video feed starts at 16:14.
Who values democracy?
This paper examines the conventional view that redistribution is central to the democratization process using data from stock markets.
More optimistic results on AI and job markets
Here is a good Jon Hartley thread. Here is the paper, with Jolevski, Melo, and Moore.
Anthropomorphizing AI?
I am very much opposed to the view that the AIs are sentient, or might be sentient. I view that as a category error, and the chances of it being true are vanishingly small.
Spain fact of the day
CoverManager, an online platform that manages reservations for thousands of Spanish restaurants, reports that half the dinner bookings now are for before 9 p.m., compared with 27 percent a decade ago.
Russia markets in everything
While Western export bans have severed Russia from much of the auto market, they have not tempered the demand for brand-name SUVs and trucks.