Tyler Cowen
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“Authenticity is exactly the same as phoniness.”
Authenticity doesn’t interest me. It’s a way of marketing subpar material: this might not be any good, but at least it’s sincere.
Crime in Covid Times
What caused the historically unique volatility in American homicides since 2019, driven by gun homicides?
My blurb for Ethan Mollick’s new book
I was asked to blurb it for the AIs, and so this is what they got: Humans like those who appreciate them, and who are not too afraid of them. Perhaps the AIs are somewhat similar?
Marital sorting by class and race
Americans rarely marry outside their race or class group, a pattern with well-documented implications for inequality and intergenerational mobility.
Do the elderly prefer robotic care?
The Japanese elderly, to be clear: Population aging and shortages of long-term care workers have increased interest in care-giving robots and information and communication technology (ICT).
Words to live by?
In the past year American markets have digested the largest-ever initial public offering (SpaceX), equity raise by a public company (Google) or a foreign firm (SK Hynix), private-funding round…
New issue of Econ Journal Watch
Volume 23, Issue 2, September 2026 In this issue: “China shock” fragility: According to David Autor, David Dorn, and Gordon Hanson (2013), the “China shock” hit the United States from 1990 to 2007.
Supply is elastic, installment #1637
For taxes too: Using administrative data from Scandinavian countries, we provide evidence on international migration responses to wealth taxes and evaluate their aggregate economic implications.
My excellent Conversation with Luis Garicano
Here is the audio, video, and transcript.
What should I ask Tom Griffiths?
Yes I will be doing a Conversation with him. Looking at Wikipedia: Thomas L. Griffiths (born c. 1978) is an Australian academic who is the Henry R.