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Professor of economics at George Mason University, Bartley J. Madden Chair at the Mercatus Center, and co-author of the blog Marginal Revolution and the textbook Modern Principles of Economics.
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Enlightenment 2.0Book Joseph Heath
In my 2015 post discussing Joseph Heath’s excellent book Enlightenment 2.0
Quoting his own 2015 post on the limits of democratic politics. Byline on the post is Alex Tabarrok.
2026-08-23·marginalrevolution.com ↗
Energy Transitions in Regulated MarketsOther Gautam Gowrisankaran, Ashley Langer and Mar Reguant
Gowrisankaran, Langer and Reguant have an excellent paper, Energy Transitions in Regulated Markets
Summarising an American Economic Review paper on why regulation keeps obsolete power plants running. Byline on the post is Alex Tabarrok.
2026-08-14·marginalrevolution.com ↗
PressureOther
Who would have thought that someone could make a gripping movie about predicting the weather? Nevertheless, Pressure delivers.
A short review of the film Pressure, about the D-Day weather forecast. Byline on the post is Alex Tabarrok.
2026-08-09·marginalrevolution.com ↗
Modern Principles of EconomicsBook Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok
Modern Principles of Economics is best principles of economics textbook; great videos, clear writing and excellent applications and examples!
A post about updated teaching videos, in which he plugs the textbook he co-authors with Tyler Cowen. Byline on the post is Alex Tabarrok.
2026-09-04·marginalrevolution.com ↗
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