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Was Mossadegh a liberal, democratizing force?

One reads and hears so many times that Iran was on the path to democracy until a CIA coup installed the Shah in 1953. It turns out that account is quite wrong, as is detailed by Simon Sebag Montefiore: As his support in the Majlis ebbed, Mosaddegh demanded autocratic powers. Both the shah and Majlis […] The post Was Mossadegh a liberal, democratizing force? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION .

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The Anthropic succession plan?

Anthropic’s version is rather more elaborate. Each of its seven co-founders will maintain a confidential, ranked list of up to ten people who may eventually inherit that founder’s membership and voting role inside a special Founder LLC. Five of the other six co-founders must approve the list. The first eight candidates on the list must […] The post The Anthropic succession plan? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION .

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Social media and political radicalization

For a while now, we have been hearing claims that social media radicalize the American electorate, and that social media damage teen mental health. Well, we just held a major set of elections that produced resoundingly moderate results, repudiations of both Trump and the extreme Democratic left. You may or may not like those results, […] The post Social media and political radicalization appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION .

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What Drives Censorship on College Campuses?

There has been widespread concern about self-censorship on university campuses, and especially that conservative voices are being stifled. Using survey data from a private elite college, we show that self-censorship is not simply about being conservative: it is students with the most moderate views who self-censor the most. This pattern is associated with confidence and […] The post What Drives Censorship on College Campuses? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION .

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Are economists declining in status?

That is the theme of my latest Free Press article. Excerpt, which offers the beginning of the story: If we look at the 1960s, the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Baines Johnson administrations brought James Tobin, Robert Solow, Kenneth Arrow (all three later Nobel laureates), Arthur Okun, Walter Heller, Gardner Ackley, Otto Eckstein, and Walt […] The post Are economists declining in status? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION .

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How political disagreement with our neighbors relates to whether we bother casting a ballot

In the 2025 federal election, Canadians voted at the highest rate since 1993. Explanations for high or low turnout usually focus on the national election campaign, including how close the race was and what seemed to be at stake.

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