Why Did We Stop Building Beautiful? The Economics and Ideology Behind an Aesthetic Revolution
“Why are buildings today drab and simple, while buildings of the past were ornate and elaborately ornamented?,” that’s the question asked by Samuel Hughes in
Experimental Evidence on Large Language Models
This paper investigate the formation of inflation expectations using Large Language Models (LLMs) based on different text data. Employing a new experimental design, I integrate
Will very large baby bonuses work?
That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column. Here is one bit: South Korea, which has the world’s lowest total fertility rate — just above 0.7,
The culture of Hollywood vs. the culture of Bollywood
In Hollywood movies, the most shameful thing is to be poor. In Bollywood movies, the most shameful thing is to be unmanly or unfeminine. https://t.co/Qd1S02dE5J
Friday assorted links
1. Sriram Krishnan, memos. 2. Making students compete against GPT for writing assignments. 3. Is the northern Italian city of Lecco the background for the
Substitutes are everywhere
The typical plasma donor was younger than 35, did not hold a bachelor’s degree, earned a lower income and had a lower credit score than
The willingness to pay for IVF
WHO estimates that as many as 1 in 6 individuals of reproductive age worldwide are affected by infertility. This paper uses rich administrative population-wide data
What is the new Dutch coalition government up to?
Here is one very good thread, here is more. Whatever you make think of these personally, my prediction is they will prove very popular with
The New Zealand sheep-to-people ratio continues to fall
Here is the story, via the excellent Samir Varma. The post The New Zealand sheep-to-people ratio continues to fall appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Source
Thursday assorted links
1. The ink that Bach used (video). 2. The culture that is German finger-wrestling: “Participants are also prone to nosebleeds from the strain…” 3. A