▽Market Design
●04/28 20:47
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Interview with Ido Erev
Here’s a short interview with Ido Erev, the great behavioral scientist at the Technion, from whom I learned a lot about learning:
Interview with Ido Erev
Here is his closing comment:
”When I started studying the effect of experience, in the 90s, I asked several famous researchers why they have stopped studying this effect. Here are some of the ans

▽Nikkei Asian Review
●04/28 20:15
Semiconductors
Construction of TSMC's U.S. chip plant delayed by labor crunch, COVID
Taiwan chip titan faces fight for workers as Intel also builds in Arizona
China's SMIC says domestic chip demand to offset oversupply risk
China's ZTE boosts chip capabilities amid Huawei's crackdown woes
February 15, 2022 18:29 JST | North America
Japan immigration
Japan weighs scrapping quara

▽Marginal Revolution
●04/28 18:39
Thursday assorted links
by Tyler Cowen November 11, 2021 at 12:31 pm
1. One version of a Chicago parable.
2. How is science policy going?
3. The culture that is Viennese (and alternatively, Swiss).
4. Vaccine take-up, from west to east.〓 Model this.
5. “D〓lar “azul” y billete de 500 euros: las nuevas reglas del mercado blue que descolocan a los clientes.”
6. Backlash to NFTs on Discord

▽Econbrowser
●04/27 19:52
Economists Are Remarkably Bad at Forecasting Short Term Interest Rates
I was looking at survey based forecast errors for short term interest rates, when I generated this graph. It’s certainly a humbling picture.
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This entry was posted on October 26, 2021 by Menzie Chinn.
Economists Are Remarkably Bad at Forecasting Short Term Interest Rates

▽Greg Mankiw’s Blog
●04/21 22:14
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Halloween 2021
From Williams College economist Pamela Jakiela.
Halloween 2021