Maxwell Tabarrok

Tax Cuts and Innovation

Low Fer­til­ity is a De­growth Paradise

Is There Really a Child Penalty in the Long Run?

• Maxwell Tabarrok 13 May 2024 21:58 UTC

  2 points

  1

  in reply to: Odd anon’s comment on: Against Stu­dent Debt Can­cel­la­tion From All Sides of the Poli­ti­cal Compass

  That’s not a part of any of the plans to cancel student debt that have been implemented or are being considered. That would definitely change a lot of the arguments but I don’t think it would make debt cancellation look like a much better policy, though the reasons it was bad would be different.

Against Stu­dent Debt Can­cel­la­tion From All Sides of the Poli­ti­cal Compass

Two Ver­nor Vinge Book Reviews

• Maxwell Tabarrok 23 Apr 2024 20:06 UTC

  2 points

  −6

  in reply to: cousin_it’s comment on: AI Reg­u­la­tion is Unsafe

  Firms are actually better than governments at internalizing costs across time. Asset values incorporate the potential future flows. For example, consider a retiring farmer. You might think that they have an incentive to run the soil dry in their last season since they won’t be using it in the future, but this would hurt the sale value of the farm. An elected representative who’s term limit is coming up wouldn’t have the same incentives.
  
  Of course, firms incentives are very misaligned in important ways. The question is: Can we rely on government to improve these incentives.

• Maxwell Tabarrok 22 Apr 2024 20:03 UTC

  11 points

  9

  in reply to: Daniel Kokotajlo’s comment on: AI Reg­u­la­tion is Unsafe

  Daniel and I continue the comment thread here
  https://​​open.substack.com/​​pub/​​maximumprogress/​​p/​​ai-regulation-is-unsafe?r=awlwu&utm_campaign=comment-list-share-cta&utm_medium=web&comments=true&commentId=54561569

AI Reg­u­la­tion is Unsafe

A High De­cou­pling Failure

The 2nd De­mo­graphic Transition

Me­ta­science of the Ve­su­vius Challenge

Amer­i­can Ac­cel­er­a­tion vs Development

Claude vs GPT

Don’t En­dorse the Idea of Mar­ket Failure

We Need Ma­jor, But Not Rad­i­cal, FDA Reform

When Should Copy­right Get Shorter?

Prac­tic­ing my Hand­writ­ing in 1439

Surgery Works Well Without The FDA

Against the Bur­den of Knowledge