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In 2000 the Clay Mathematics Institute offered a $1 million prize to anyone who could solve any of the seven Millennium Problems. Namely, the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture, Hodge conjecture, Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness, P versus NP problem, Riemann hypothesis, Yang–Mills existence and mass gap, and the Poincaré conjecture. Only the Poincare conjecture has been solved. As an economist, it is […] The post An Economist Solves the Millennium Prize...

I am here only briefly, and earlier I had visited the city perhaps seven or eight times, typically when passing through.  But not within the last twenty years.  My main impressions are thus: 1. The city itself has not radically changed in quite a while.  Everything seemed familiar, and the types of stores were pretty […] The post Walking around Frankfurt appeared first on...

Just an interesting update: Chinese cars are rapidly replacing European & American cars in the city. An improvement in terms of comfort. Luxury cars still only European. Housing prices in Minsk are reaching highs not seen since 2016. Government bodies that deal with the sales of properties are booked out 2 weeks. (Not common) Subjectively, […] The post Life in Belarus update (from my...

Noah writes: I would love an update to this @tylercowen post, explaining why the vibes have seemingly shifted back! I don’t think the vibes have shifted back at all, and here is my earlier post.  To cite one key point, MZ referred to Trump being “bad ass,” and it still has not created anything close […] The post Have the vibes shifted back? appeared...

1. Horpedahl reviews Haidt. 2. Paul Davidson, RIP. 3. A neoliberal case for Walz? (not necessarily endorsing, I do not yet know enough to say, but some contrarianism is called for here).  And ChinaTalk, Tim Walz on China. 4. “Joss Naylor, the English King of Racing Up Mountains, Dies at 88.” (NYT) 5. “On average, […] The post Wednesday assorted links appeared first on...

Maybe so: Using thousands of essays written by 11-year-olds in 1969, we construct an index measuring girls’ conformity to gender norms then prevalent in Britain. We link this index to outcomes over the life-cycle. Conditional on age-11 covariates, a one standard deviation increase in our index predicts a 3.5% decline in lifetime earnings, due to […] The post Is there too much gender conformity?...

I will not double indent: “Dear Tyler, I am a great fan.  I am currently focused on Guinea (Conakry) and wondered what you might have posted about the country over the years. My search for “Guinea” in Marginal Revolution results in 50 posts: In 13 of them you are referring to “guinea pigs”. In 9 […] The post MR and Guinea (Conakry), a short...

The president of Bangladesh on Tuesday appointed Muhammad Yunus, a pioneer in microfinance and a Nobel laureate, to oversee an interim government, accommodating demands by protesters and offering a reprieve for a country scarred by violence. The plans for a new government were announced a day after Bangladesh’s authoritarian leader, Sheikh Hasina, resigned and fled the […] The post An economist as interim leader of...

Here goes, enjoy!  It is a very good one. Here are Rick Rubin playlists from other people, including Carlos Santana. The post Tyler Cowen world music playlist for Rick Rubin appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.      Related StoriesTyler Cowen playlist for Rick RubinThe French Olympic opening ceremonyOne of my favorite Stravinsky pieces 

1. Could Rome have had an Industrial Revolution? 2. Video on the yen carry trade. 3. How Harvard decided to tenure Jim Duesenberry. 4. More life on icy moons? Are you celebrating yet? 5. Canada is trying to tax its athletes more (NYT). 6. Russell Kaplan predictions for the future of software engineering. 7. Some […] The post Tuesday assorted links appeared first on...

Houston First, the city’s tourism department, revealed that it is paying $90,000 per year for three years — meaning the city will invest a whopping $270,000 to have the Michelin Guide here in Houston. Holly Clapham-Rosenow, Houston First’s chief marketing officer, says the city redirected some of its budget from various departments to the guide, which […] The post Houston France markets in everything appeared...

This paper estimates the long-run impacts of banning affirmative action on men and women from under-represented minority (URM) racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Using data from the US Census and American Community Survey, we use a difference-in-differences framework to compare the college degree completion, graduate degree completion, earnings, and employment of URM […] The post The Long-Run Impacts of Banning Affirmative...

Via Scott Sumner. The post That was then, this is now, German edition appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         CommentsGermans are saying the poor results are a result of younger ... by Peter AkuleyevNow do the winter Olympics. by JPIn reply to Ska. Golf already had a full supply of individual ... by Steve SailerIn reply to Steve Sailer. Nonsense. The real Steve Sailer...

1. Rothfeld on Canetti. 2. New Euripides fragments discovered? 3. Varying observations on Bangladesh. 4. Wedding with lightsabers. 5. Seretse Khama. 6. Jake Seliger is entering hospice. The post Monday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         CommentsIn reply to mkt42. “Why Euripides? Now they are in ... by FCIn reply to SB. If the bride and groom are happy, why should ......

https://x.com/peruvian_bull/status/1820199767336702052?s=61 The cheery point, if you wish to go that route, is that both the Japanese stock market and yen simply are back to December 2023 levels. The post A thread on Japan appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         CommentsIn reply to Bryan. > Trump's policies are massively ... by PHintonIn reply to Prester John. In a world where prices of things ... by...

Here is the source. The post England and Wales fact of the day appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         CommentsIn reply to Mike in TX. Falling crime is an European wide ... by JSKIn reply to Steve Sailer. Steve Sailer — that link does not ... by MikeIn reply to Anti-Gnostic. AG, are you saying some anarchic ... by windowpaneAh one can get lost...

To summarize the new results: An international team of researchers recently discovered that oxygen is being made by potato-shaped metallic nodules deep under the surface of the Pacific Ocean. In July, their findings, which throw into dispute the concepts of oxygen production, were published in the Nature Geoscience jonal. The discovery could lead to a […] The post Dark oxygen: jubiliant for others, cry...

1. Tiger vs. small bear (NYT). 2. Is granting AIs legal freedoms one way to approach alignment issues? 3. More on aphantasia. 4. D.C.’s first Jane Austen ball. 5. Data on childless cat ladies. 6. Janan Ganesh on how and what to read (FT, noting I think he underrates our ability to pick out the […] The post Sunday assorted links appeared first on...

Recently I have been writing about how the federal government should not go further in bargaining or forcing down the prices of pharmaceutical drugs.  Supply is elastic and the benefits from new pharma drugs are enormous. But it is not as simple as being “for higher prices.”  There is also a price trajectory over time.  […] The post Prices vs. price paths appeared first...

That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, here is one key segment: Game theory can help explain how ranked choice voting changes the behavior of candidates, as well as the elites who support them. Consider a ranked choice election that has five or six candidates. To win the election, you can’t just appeal […] The post What to think about ranked choice...

This one is for religious music, taken from various religions around the world, including yes Sikhs too.  Here are Rick Rubin playlists from other people, including Carlos Santana. The post Tyler Cowen playlist for Rick Rubin appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         CommentsI enjoy these playlists – if you could pass on a message to ... by ThomasIn reply to Go beyond surprise towards...

1. Links from Sam Enright. 2. When you put animals on the banknotes. 3. How Nicholas Carlini uses AI. 4. Jon Hartley podcast with Acemoglu. 5. Scott Sumner on Bitcoin in the government portfolio. Or try the link here: https://www.themoneyillusion.com/provoked-by-a-provocative-piece/ 6. New paper on the economics of extinction. The post Saturday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         CommentsIn reply to Some Guy....

It is extremely versatile, very responsive to feedback, and has response lags comparable to that of a human, or better yet.  Just keep on telling it what to do, if you need to.  If you ask it to be better, guess what?  It gets better.  Her really is here.  Now. Some complain that the foreign […] The post ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode appeared first...

Here are a few observations from the trip: 1. El Salvador does truly seem safe, arguably “Canada safe” or maybe safer yet. 2. Hardly ever have I had quicker and more convenient airport and entry procedures. 3. Hardly any tourists are there, unless you count returning El Salvadorans from the United States. 4. For a […] The post El Salvador notes appeared first on...