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Where Is the Administration’s Economic Forecast? A Forensic Analysis

It’s usually in the Mid-Session Review, which comes out in July. But no table of forecasts is included this year (you can check–I did!). Which

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LA under Occupation: Macro Indicators for California

On June 7, President Trump federalized the California National Guard and deployed troops to LA. This followed instances of aggressively conducted ICE raids against various

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D’accord !

That is from the French embassy in the UK. The post D’accord ! appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Source link

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The Sputnik vs. Deep Seek Moment: The Answers

In The Sputnik vs. DeepSeek Moment I pointed out that the US response to Sputnik was fierce competition. Following Sputnik, we increased funding for education,

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Technology Transfer and Development Economics

Willis Carrier invented modern air conditioning around 1904 but technological innovations often take a long time to travel to less developed regions of the world.

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Greg Mankiw’s Blog: Today I Learned

About Me Name: Greg Mankiw Location: United States I am the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University. I use this blog to

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Trump Accounts are a Big Deal

Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act was signed into law on July 4, 2025. It’s so big that many significant features have been little discussed.

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Amazon’s Robotic Revolution

Amazon now employs almost as many robots as humans leading to huge productivity improvements. From the second graph, “end-to-end” packages handled by Amazon rose from

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*Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future*

By Dan Wang, a great book. Here is the book’s home page.  Here is the Amazon link. The post *Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the

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Privatize Federal Land!

I’ve long advocated selling off some federal land—an idea that reliably causes mass fainting spells among the enlightened. How could we possibly part with our