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Professor of Economics, George Mason University, , Bloomberg

Joined August 2007
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    I blog: What I learned in 2018. (It's about my writing, my travel this year, what I did at work, a few books I'd recommend, and some notes on the cultural products I consumed.)

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    I joked about the libertarian moment but this really is the Rand Paul presidency at the moment: ME withdrawals, criminal justice reform and food stamp cuts.

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  3. 11 hours ago

    Who's paying for this Wall?:

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  4. 12 hours ago

    The Museum of the Bible, my visit:

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  5. 24 hours ago

    David Brooks on the Niskanen Center,

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  6. Dec 20

    Who can object to a podcast that is one third Star Wars, one quarter *Stubborn Attachments*, the rest other stuff?

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    Dec 20

    Smart, balanced take here by ⁦⁩ - so easy to over do it in the blame game.

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    Dec 20

    BREAKING: U.S. and more than a dozen allies to condemn China for economic espionage

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    Dec 20

    The Top Ten Marginal Revolution Posts of 2018

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    Dec 20
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    Also it potentially lets him better find marks than most of us! The downside is it makes you vulnerable to being incorrect about actual longterm structural changes, e.g. climate change.

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    Dec 20
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    My theory: Bryan is particularly good at remembering that most things regress to the mean and most swans are white. This goes a long way toward explaining his many wins. To my mind that's a narrow, but incredibly valuable, understanding of the universe.

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  12. Dec 20

    In defense of McKinsey:

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    Dec 19

    1/One key to knowing a lot of stuff is to know some really smart people who know a lot of stuff. So here is a thread listing some of the experts I listen to on various econ topics (who are active on Twitter).

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    Dec 19

    A fair amount of criticism of Facebook lately has felt under-theorized, if not outright incoherent, to me. Everyone agrees that "privacy" is good in the abstract but the point of having data on a platform like Facebook is to do stuff with it.

    I'm sorry, but allowing for 3rd party clients is the kind of pro-competition move we want to see from dominant platforms. For ex, making Gmail only accessible to Android and the Gmail app would be horrible. For the NY Times to try to scandalize this kind of integration is wrong.
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    Dec 19

    .’s best books of 2018 includes ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩ & ⁦⁩ among others.

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    Dec 19

    Some journals require authors to disclose conflicts of interest. That's good. I've never been asked to disclose conflicts of interest as a reviewer, or as an editor. Journals should ask, and should inform authors if their MS was reviewed by a conflicted referee. Readers too.

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    Dec 19

    Sensational interview, by , of the amazing Danny Kahneman, with discussion of our forthcoming book, NOISE (by Kahneman, , and yours truly).

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    Dec 19

    My podcast concept: Deep Dive. In each episode, one guest presents & argues for a claim, which should be interesting & not obvious. The whole episode goes into evaluating the details of that argument & possible counter arguments. Would you listen?

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    Dec 19

    From : "Marketing is increasingly cheap. Trust is increasingly expensive. Attracting eyeballs no longer sets you apart. Building trust among those who have their eyes on you, does. Getting people’s attention is no longer a skill. Keeping people’s attention is." 💯

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    Dec 19

    Big piece on the evolution of patronage | The new Medicis via

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