- June 22, 2026
*The Migrants: A Memoir with Manuscripts*
Christopher de Hamel’s Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts is one of the very greatest books of the last twenty years. So
Friday assorted links
1. Liberalism and weaponized interdependence. 2. Is the AI shock like the China shock? 3. Can AI agents be individuated?
Can Online Activity Be Regulated? Evidence from Adult Websites
The consequences of online regulations depend on the extent to which users can circumvent restrictions or substitute toward noncompliant platforms.
Saturday assorted links
1. Soccer and economic growth. 2. The AI scenario for Europe? 3. The smart version of the AI is a
Are the AIs conscious?
That is the topic of my latest Free Press column. I will spare you the discussion of the AIs, but
Sunday assorted links
1. The Hyman Rickover corpus. 2. Redux of a 2009 essay by me on poverty and a documentary film. 3.
My twenty-minute AI talk for the Swedish company Sana
My twenty-minute AI talk for the Swedish company Sana – Marginal REVOLUTION Thank-you! You’ve been successfully added to the Marginal
The chimera of universal coverage in a large, diverse country
Our findings suggest that policies intended to subsidize health insurance of higher income groups, for example, the enhanced premium subsidies,
Friday assorted links
1. Where are the economies of scale in homebuilding? 2. Peter Thiel and Argentina (NYT). 3. Discourse on classical guitar.
Quarantine sentences to ponder, that was then this is now edition…
Trump administration officials, confronted by overlapping outbreaks of Ebola and the hantavirus, have taken a more aggressive approach to locking