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I Win My European Unemployment Bet
In 2009, the U.S. unemployment rate exceeded Europe’s for the first time in decades. Apologists for European labor market regulation rejoiced, so I publicly bet that European unemployment would exceed U.S. unemployment over the next decade. The original authors I targeted turned me down, even after I offered a 1…
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The Impact of Zoning on Housing Affordability (2002)
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.
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Computer Saturation and the Productivity Slowdown
One of the current puzzles in economics is the recent worldwide slowdown in productivity, compared to the late 1990s and early 2000s. This productivity loss is economically large: if productivity growth had stayed at the same level as in 1995-2004, American GDP would have increased by trillions of dollars. In this…
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Introducing Exclusive Features to GitLab.com Bronze, Silver and Gold Plans
New features are coming exclusively to GitLab.com paid plans – find out why and how to upgrade.
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Is Apple Banning Free Analytics SDKs?
This story has moved a lot since it was published – our update from March 3 tells the latest. Apple...
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Going faster doesn’t make you happier; you just drive farther
Speed doesn’t seem to be at all correlated to how happy we our with our local transportation systems.
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Slack Acquires Astro
Slack is where work flows. It's where the people you need, the information you share, and the tools you use come together to get things done.
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Qualcomm Centriq 2400: The first 10nm server processor
The Qualcomm Centriq 2400 has launched! Here are the details...
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Bending Spoons buying Miro for $1.355B
Bending Spoons S.p.A. (NASDAQ: BSP) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Miro at an enterprise value of $1.355 billion.
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MIT and newly formed company launch effort to build compact tokamak pilot plant
Development of fusion power, a carbon-free, combustion-free source of energy, is now on a faster track toward realization, thanks to a collaboration between MIT and a new private company, Commonwealth Fusion Systems. CFS will join with MIT to carry out rapid, staged research leading to a new generation of fusion…
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New Global Growth Projections Predict the Decade of India
Visualize global trade data and economic growth opportunities for every country.
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Adobe Creative Suite now in subscription form
Enjoy the collection of professional creative software in Adobe Creative Cloud including Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere & more on desktop, mobile & web.
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Cloud Spanner now with a free trial
Create a 90-day Spanner free trial instance with 10GB storage at no cost. Try Spanner free.
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Moving Forward with Firefox
Next month, Johnathan Nightingale will step down as a full time Mozillian after 8 years of distinguished service. We’d like to thank him for his countles
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Banned Books: Analysis of Censorship on Amazon.com (2024)
We analyze the system Amazon deploys on the US “amazon.com” storefront to restrict shipments of certain products to specific regions. We found 17,050 products that Amazon restricted from being shipped to at least one world region. - While many of the shipping restrictions are related to regulations involving WiFi, car…
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Update to Microsoft Takedown – Domains Fully Restored
We would like to give you an update on the Microsoft takedown and announce that ALL of the 23 domains that were seized are now back in our control.
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Nintendo parodies Kickstarter
Visite a página oficial da Nintendo para comprar consoles e videogames Nintendo Switch™, ler as últimas notícias, encontrar equipamentos e presentes divertidos com um toque da Nintendo e muito mais.