Marginal Revolution's Tuesday Assorted Links: The Carob Prize, Iranian Social Media, Inflation and More
Key Takeaways
- •Marginal Revolution published its Tuesday assorted links round-up on September 8, 2026, containing six items.
- •The blog is written by economists Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok of George Mason University.
- •One item highlights the Carob Prize, an award for scholars who tell the truth, named as a deliberate play on the Nobel Prize.
- •A linked piece by Noahpinion questions whether inflation dynamics are shifting, alongside debate over whether AI adoption is visible in macroeconomic indicators.
- •Other items cover observations from Iranian social media, the Emma McAleavy feminist vision, the state of the labor market, and a question about LLMs with TV-star personalities.
Marginal Revolution's latest Tuesday assorted links round-up, published September 8, 2026, offers six items spanning academic integrity, Iranian society, feminist thought, macroeconomics, the labor market, and artificial intelligence. The blog, written by economists Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok of George Mason University, has long used these link round-ups to surface reading outside standard economics coverage, so the mix is itself a signal of what its authors find notable on a given day.
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The Carob Prize, for scholars who tell the truth (WSJ). The name is a deliberate play on the Nobel Prize, and the item touches on ongoing debates about incentive structures and conformity in academic research.
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Observations from watching Iranian social media: https://x.com/SohrabAhmari/status/2097125217256587348
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The Emma McAleavy feminist vision ().
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Is the inflation picture shifting? () This link sits alongside continued debate over how AI adoption is showing up — or not yet showing up — in macroeconomic indicators.
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The labor market is doing fine ().
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If LLMs had the personalities of TV stars, would you choose Colombo?
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