{"id":136,"date":"2026-01-26T16:09:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T15:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urosevic1.ddns.net\/blogs\/?page_id=136"},"modified":"2026-01-28T08:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:38:13","slug":"marginal-revolution","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/urosevic1.ddns.net\/blogs\/marginal-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Marginal Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/wp-content\/themes\/marginal-revolution\/assets\/images\/svg-logo.svg\" alt=\"\" style=\"aspect-ratio:9.60960960960961;width:604px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marginal Revolution is the blog of Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok, both of whom teach at George Mason University. MR began in August of 2003 and&nbsp;there have been new posts daily since that time. In numerous reviews and ratings over the years Marginal Revolution has consistently been ranked as the best or one of the best economic blogs on the web, but it is more (and less) than that, also representing the quirks of its authors.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-dates has-authors has-excerpts wp-block-rss\"><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2026\/06\/sunday-assorted-links-572.html?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=sunday-assorted-links-572' target=\"_blank\">Sunday assorted links<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-06-21T18:00:58+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">21. June 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Tyler Cowen<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">1. \u201cCuba se abre al capitalismo y aprueba su mayor reforma en d\u00e9cadas: banca privada, mercado de cambios y fin de los subsidios.\u201d 2. Short TV clip of me on the Brazilian economy. 3. Patrick Collison on Paris. 4. \u201cThrilled to announce the inaugural cohort of the 1991 Fellowship\u00a0@mercatus. Meet some of the most talented [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2026\/06\/labor-market-effects-of-the-tax-cuts-and-jobs-act.html?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=labor-market-effects-of-the-tax-cuts-and-jobs-act' target=\"_blank\">Labor market effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-06-21T08:53:30+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">21. June 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Tyler Cowen<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 represents the most significant reform of the U.S. income tax code since the Tax Reform Act of 1986. Previous analyses of the TCJA\u2019s economic impact often rely on estimates based on data prior to the enactment of the legislation. This paper leverages plausibly exogenous variations in [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2026\/06\/music-markets-remain-deglobalized.html?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=music-markets-remain-deglobalized' target=\"_blank\">Music markets remain deglobalized<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-06-21T07:10:46+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">21. June 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Tyler Cowen<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">It might seem surprising, in a world of global stars, that the 6m Danes, many of whom are fluent in English, listen mainly to homegrown music. And until fairly recently they did not. In 2019 only five songs in Denmark\u2019s top 20 were in Danish. By last year the figure was 18. A similar trend [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2026\/06\/my-aesthetics-podcast-with-benjamin-lima.html?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=my-aesthetics-podcast-with-benjamin-lima' target=\"_blank\">My aesthetics podcast with Benjamin Lima<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-06-20T19:57:03+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">20. June 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Tyler Cowen<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Spotify: https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/0HBFWS1avb6tYY1IoLefYb Web: https:\/\/athenaeumreview.org\/podcast\/aesthetics-a-conversation-with-tyler-cowen\/ Apple: https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/aesthetics-a-conversation-with-tyler-cowen\/id1509089416?i=1000773451248 Here is basic information about art scholar Benjamin Lima, it was great fun for me to do this one. The post My aesthetics podcast with Benjamin Lima appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2026\/06\/cuba.html?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=cuba' target=\"_blank\">Cuba<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-06-20T18:17:05+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">20. June 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Alex Tabarrok<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">The Miami Herald Some of the most impactful measures announced by Cuba\u2019s Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Thursday include allowing: Private and foreign capital to purchase and sell fuel The creation of private corporate banking Private business owners to own more than one company and hire more than 100 workers Private businesses in agriculture and tourism [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2026\/06\/saturday-assorted-links-566.html?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=saturday-assorted-links-566' target=\"_blank\">Saturday assorted links<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-06-20T17:57:22+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">20. June 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Tyler Cowen<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">1. Do weird corporate governance structures work well? 2. Are elite economists overpaid?\u00a0 Elite economists conclude no. 3. Dialog. 4. Are you in the weights? 5. Inside the world\u2019s first AI art museum (Los Angeles). 6. Redux of my 2023 post on AI and existential risk. The post Saturday assorted links appeared first on Marginal [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2026\/06\/the-free-press-summer-reading-list.html?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-free-press-summer-reading-list' target=\"_blank\">The Free Press summer reading list<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-06-20T08:58:54+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">20. June 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Tyler Cowen<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">I was asked to nominate so here goes: Free Press\u00a0columnist\u00a0Tyler Cowen\u00a0picks a biography of one of the finest poets of the 20th century,\u00a0Paul Celan: A Life,\u00a0by Anna Arno. Could Celan be the very best poet of all time? When read in the German language, I think he might be. When read in English, he is [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2026\/06\/adrian-wooldridge-on-sweden-and-liberalism.html?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=adrian-wooldridge-on-sweden-and-liberalism' target=\"_blank\">Adrian Wooldridge on Sweden and liberalism<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-06-20T07:07:06+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">20. June 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Tyler Cowen<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Sweden is continuing to reap the rewards of this mixture of fiscal rectitude and pro-market reforms. GDP is projected to grow by 1.8% to 1.9% this year; headline inflation stands at 1.5%; debt-to-GDP ratio is one of the lowest in the world, at just above 35%. There are some flies in this ointment, of course: [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2026\/06\/important-committees-in-history.html?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=important-committees-in-history' target=\"_blank\">Important committees in history<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-06-19T22:04:51+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">19. June 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Tyler Cowen<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Robin Hanson queries: Missing book: Glorious Committees of History, on great committees that accomplished great things as committees. GPT Pro has an impressive response, here is the start: 1. The King James Bible translation companies. This is maybe the purest literary example: 47 scholars organized into six companies at Westminster, Oxford, and Cambridge, with review [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2026\/06\/friday-assorted-links-577.html?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=friday-assorted-links-577' target=\"_blank\">Friday assorted links<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-06-19T18:07:03+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">19. June 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Tyler Cowen<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">1. Liberalism and weaponized interdependence. 2. Is the AI shock like the China shock? 3. Can AI agents be individuated? 4. Who is liked by GPT 5.5? (from a partial list, if I understand this correctly) 5. \u201cA policy-induced rural broadband expansion lowered adolescent fertility, and the response appears to operate through the information and [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2026\/06\/our-colleague-vincent-geloso-has-a-substack.html?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=our-colleague-vincent-geloso-has-a-substack' target=\"_blank\">Our colleague Vincent Geloso has a Substack<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-06-19T17:18:25+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">19. June 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Tyler Cowen<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Here goes! The post Our colleague Vincent Geloso has a Substack appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2026\/06\/colorados-funeral-mistake.html?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=colorados-funeral-mistake' target=\"_blank\">Colorado\u2019s Funeral Mistake<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-06-19T13:20:08+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">19. June 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Alex Tabarrok<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Today about a quarter of the US workforce are required to have a license to work in their chosen profession, up from just 5 percent in 1950. Almost always the trend has been to add occupational licensing over time, but in 1983 Colorado did something unusual: it delicensed funeral service workers such as funeral directors. [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2026\/06\/how-research-in-math-will-change-from-my-email.html?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=how-research-in-math-will-change-from-my-email' target=\"_blank\">How research in math will change (from my email)<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-06-19T06:34:18+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">19. June 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Tyler Cowen<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">From GA: I am a mathematician\u2026and some of your recent comments on MR about the role of AI in Econ research as well as the (disappearing?) role of academic papers inspired this response. (It is partially but not exclusively about academia, so I hope it is ok that I\u2019m sending it to your GMU address. [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2026\/06\/thursday-assorted-links-557.html?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=thursday-assorted-links-557' target=\"_blank\">Thursday assorted links<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-06-18T18:22:51+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">18. June 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Tyler Cowen<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">1. \u201cWe\u2019re building the data and infrastructure layer to give AI models and agents taste.\u201d 2. What would actually be required for \u201cSovereign AI\u201d? 3. Cliff Asness on the affordability crisis. 4. How usury became more accepted. 5. New Yorker profile of Ken Griffin. 6. Refine is an amazing referee. The post Thursday assorted links [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2026\/06\/the-shingles-vaccine-reduces-dementia.html?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-shingles-vaccine-reduces-dementia' target=\"_blank\">The Shingles Vaccine Reduces Dementia<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-06-18T13:17:46+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">18. June 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Alex Tabarrok<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">In 2023 in Can the Shingles Vaccine Prevent Dementia? I wrote: A new paper provides\u00a0good evidence that the shingles vaccine can prevent dementia, which strongly suggests that some forms of dementia are caused by the varicella zoster virus (VZV), the virus that on initial infection causes chickenpox. We now have three more studies\u2013from America, Australia [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marginal Revolution is the blog of Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok, both of whom teach at George Mason University. MR began in August of 2003 and&nbsp;there have been new posts daily since that time. 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