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Some Very Clever Papers
I like papers that are clever. Here are a few of my favorites.
i. The Earth’s Atmosphere
The atmosphere of the earth cannot be assumed to have always been the same. Indeed, we have reason to think it wasn’t. Nitrogen is pulled out of the...
Berry, Bresnahan, and Pakes (MAYBE) Win the Nobel Prize!!
On October 12th, 2026, the Nobel Prize for Economics will be announced. It is a week prior to that prize. I am assuming that Timothy Bresnahan, Steven Berry, and Ariel Pakes will be honored, so I am writing the article now, and scheduling i...
How Will These AI Companies Make Money?
It is fashionable to say that AI is a bubble, or that it is considerably overvalued now. It’s certainly possible this is the case. The sums of money which they are investing, and thus would need to earn in order to pay back the investment,...
Shopping in the Future
I think economics has little to say about the polar extremes of AI. If we are dead, then alas, we economists will have no data to analyze; and if we are in the midst of unimaginable plenitude, we will hardly care about small optimizations....
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...
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