Tag Archives: Alex Tabarrok

The Tragedy Of Alex Tabarrok

Debunking his Marginal Revolution post on Zimbabwe. UPDATE: Alex Tabarrok has taken into account the piece above.

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Alex Tabarrok on how ideas trump crises – TED 2009

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The Most Hilarious Thing I Read This Morning –SECOND EDITION

- Yesterday, Alex Tabarrok blogged about what his 6-year-old son thought of Robin Hanson’s party: It was like this: “Blah, blah, blog.  My blog, blah, blah, blah.  Blog, blah, blog.” – That was hilarious enough. But Robin Hanson added that … Continue reading

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The Most Hilarious Thing I Read This Morning

A 6-year-old report about how he enjoyed being invited at Robin Hanson’s party —boring like hell. Makes me think that the field of prediction markets should research more on data visualization. Kids like great visuals. Boisterous blogging adults haven’t computed … Continue reading

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Too humble to be honest?

QUESTION: What is missing in Tyler Cowen’s profile? The answer just after the visual… — — Achievements: I created (with Alex Tabarrok) the world’s premier and most popular group blog on economics. Contrary to my “F” counterpart, I managed (as … Continue reading

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Like Bet2Give, LifeSharers manages to bypass absurd laws.

LifeSharers is a legal non-monetary organ market, inspired by Alex Tabarrok’s “no-give no-take” proposal. LifeSharers offers a very compelling trade: you agree to donate your organs when you die, and in exchange you’ll increase your chances of getting a transplant … Continue reading

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Extracting Market Predictions from Financial Data: Is the ‘Surge’ Working?

At Economist’s View, Mark Thoma draws attention to a recent paper that uses financial markets data to infer a market prediction of the likely effectiveness of the U.S. government’s ‘Surge’ strategy in Iraq. In “Is The ‘Surge’ Working? Some New … Continue reading

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