Tyler Cowen
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Ethiopia update
Ethiopia is the center of the world right now as it has returned to war. Ethiopian forces retook Mekelle from rebel forces, but the fighting has extended beyond Tigray.
The origin of risk
From the QJE, by Alexandr Kopytov, Mathieu Taschereau-Dumouchel, and Zebang Xu: We propose a tractable model in which risk, at both the micro and macro levels, is endogenous and driven by incentives.
A Sentiment Analysis of Cowen, Hanson, Caplan, and Krugman
Supplied by Bryan Caplan, performed by ChatGPT, excerpt: So Cowen isn’t well described as either “positive” or “negative.” A much better description is: High appreciation + high concern + very low…
How and why did the Victorians succeed?
From Samuel Hughes, in Works in Progress: The elites of Victorian Britain operated differently. Their schools and universities were not terribly academic and had very little STEM.
Predictions for economics, given AI
From Ingar Haaland: With math essentially being delegated to OpenAI, here’s what I predict for economics and the social sciences more generally: The top tier of research will just become better and it…
Effective altruism is useful at the margin
That is the theme of my latest Free Press essay, here is one excerpt: I feel I am well aware of the limitations of effective altruism, and I have outlined many others in an hour-long dialogue I had…
Why most stereotypes are negative
Stereotypes are a foundational construct in psychological science, often defined as beliefs concerning characteristic group attributes.
Brazil election notes (from my email)
From Diego Costa: “Hi Tyler, If you’re still interested in the fallout from Brazil’s elections, here are some observations that add texture to the usual narratives: Nine of the 10 candidates who…
The Great Accretion and the Great Depression
A very old idea, returning with a vengeance: The Second Industrial Revolution sparked a wave of new products and industrial processes, fueling an optimistic Roaring Twenties.
Rising concentration for economics awards
We analyze the academic affiliations of nearly 6,000 award-winning researchers in 18 major fields in the natural sciences, engineering, and social sciences from the 1820s to the 2020s, focusing on the…