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Am I In Hell?
Recently, Scott Alexander placed me in hell. This was not a very nice thing to do. As a human, I disagree with it strongly, and ask that Mr. Alexander remove me forthwith. Until he does so, I wish to dispute his conclusions. My unfortunate...
The Village as Sink of Localism and Den of Ignorance
There is a mystery we must explain. Wages in rural villages seem to be both too high, and too low.
Consider a study like Breza, Kaur, and Shamdasani (2021). They induce labor demand shocks in rural villages in Odisha, hiring a quarter of t...
What Do Cost Benefit Tests Measure?
The marginal value of public funds (MVPF) is a standard benchmark for evaluating a public intervention. In the numerator is what the individual would be willing to pay for the service; in the denominator is the cost to the government, minus...
Inefficient Labor Saving Automation
Under not implausible assumptions about the production process, firms will be biased toward saving inputs over expanding output. Consider the following. A firm faces a downward sloping demand curve for their specific product. They produce u...
Can Export Restrictions Make AI Go Faster?
It is generally agreed that Chinese AI companies are much more focused on per-chip efficiency than American companies are. Models like Kimi K3 and Deepseek V4 achieve the results they do using much less compute than their American competito...
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