EconForEverybody

Spare The Rod, And Spoil The Chaebol

Noah Smith says that he has long been an industrial policy enthusiast in his latest post.

Apr 21 • Ashish Kulkarni

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Pigeons, Jan Tinbergen and A Scott Sumner Post

The Pigeonhole Principle

Apr 14 • Ashish Kulkarni

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The Two AI Wars

I hope you have a coping mechanism for the times we’re living in.

Apr 12 • Ashish Kulkarni

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March 2026

Learning to Learn with AI: Notes on Anthropic’s Economic Index

A read-through of the March 2026 Anthropic Economic Index report, with some data explorations of my own.

Mar 27 • Ashish Kulkarni

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The Natural Philosopher’s Centaur

Yesterday I wrote a post about Tyler Cowen’s argument that the research paper is dying in economics.

Mar 24 • Ashish Kulkarni

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Go One Level Up (And Do The Economics When You Get There)

Tyler Cowen asks when the research paper will disappear in economics.

Mar 23 • Ashish Kulkarni

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Coase, Alchian, Demsetz, and the Economics of Training Away Your Own Scarcity

The $200/Month Monitor, Explained

Mar 20 • Ashish Kulkarni

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Guns, Germs, and Code

A Simple Thought Experiment

Mar 17 • Ashish Kulkarni

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February 2026

Hacking One's Way Through

... towards teaching folks what p-hacking is all about

Feb 21 • Ashish Kulkarni

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The Economics of Building Things With AI

Experiments All The Way Down

Feb 15 • Ashish Kulkarni

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Wandering and Wondering

Every year, roughly 10,000 Australians are stung by a Portuguese Man O’War. These stings are not lethal (best as I can tell), but they are decidedly far…

Feb 1 • Ashish Kulkarni

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January 2026

PlacementVal

What are evals, and how do you run them on the work that YOU do?

Jan 22 • Ashish Kulkarni

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