Alex Tabarrok
Contributor at Marginal Revolution
Prof of economics at George Mason, co-founder of the online education platform https://t.co/yocRRym80n. Advisor to firms, incl MultiversX, TEAL, Bluechip, 0L Network +
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1 month ago |
hypertext.niskanencenter.org | Alex Tabarrok
This post summarizes “Operation Warp Speed: Negative and Positive Lessons for New Industrial Policy,” by Alex Tabarrok, forthcoming in Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization. It was written for the Law of Abundance project at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Economy and Society. Operation Warp Speed (OWS) stands as one of the most successful government initiatives in recent history, delivering Covid-19 vaccines in record time through an unprecedented public-private partnership.
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1 month ago |
fee.org | Alex Tabarrok
It has become popular in some circles to argue that trade—or, in the more “sophisticated” version, that the dollar’s reserve-currency status—undermines US manufacturing. In reality, there is little support for this claim. Let’s begin with some simple but often overlooked points. The US is a manufacturing powerhouse. We produce $2.5 trillion of value-added in manufacturing output, more than ever before in history.
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1 month ago |
fee.org | Alex Tabarrok
Many people think they understand why domestic prices rise with tariffs—domestic producers take advantage of reduced competition to jack up prices and increase their profits. The explanation seems cynical and sophisticated, and it’s not entirely wrong, but it misses deeper truths. Moreover, this “explanation” makes people think that an appropriate response to domestic firms raising prices is price controls and threats, which would make things worse.
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Feb 9, 2025 |
econlib.org | David Henderson |Scott Sumner |Alex Tabarrok |Ezra Klein
by Scott Sumner, The Pursuit of Happiness, February 5, 2025. Excerpt:I recently spoke to some Bentley University students (via zoom) about my views on the Great Recession. In this post, I summarize the substance of my talk.
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Jan 25, 2025 |
marginalrevolution.com | Alex Tabarrok
In our paper on online education, Tyler and I wrote: One model of a future course is a super-textbook: lectures, exercises, quizzes, and grading all available on a tablet with artificial intelligence routines guiding students to lectures and exercises designed to address that student’s deficits and with human intelligence—tutors—on call on an as-needed basis, possibly […]
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