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Midas Oracle has attracted 443,721 visitors since its launch in November 2006

Marginal Revolution has attracted more than 23 million visitors since its launch in 2003. That’s according to the Wall Street Journal. Midas Oracle has attracted 443,721 visitors since its launch in November 2006. So, Marginal Revolution is only 52 times … Continue reading

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Twitter drove more traffic to Midas Oracle than Marginal Revolution (who have linked to us) did —this past week.

FREEZE: The feed subscribers of Marginal Revolution (who came here thru Google Reader or else) are not counted, so the number for Marginal Revolution is actually higher than what Google Analytics tells me. This stats is only for the referring … Continue reading

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Tyler Cowen: “Blogging is not for everyone.”

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The blogger at Marginal Revolution misinforms the public by repeating the misinterpretation thrown around by liberal hack Paul Krugman about the alleged manipulation on the InTrade prediction markets.

Alex Tabarrok writes that “someone was manipulating Intrade to boost John McCain’s stock price”. No…!!!… John Delaney said that that firm has been hedging on InTrade —a normal and beneficial activity on the other (larger and more liquid) financial markets. … Continue reading

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Marginal Revolution vs. Freakonomics vs. Overcoming Bias vs. Midas Oracle

Here are the stats about the feed subscribers to these blogs who use either Google Reader or iGoogle. – To interpret these data, you should know that: The web visitors are not counted. The PC-based feed subscribers are not counted. … 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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