Maximum Progress
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Maximum Progress is a blog by Max Tabarrok on economics, science, philosophy, and progress.
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The Florida Japan-handle
The Florida Japan-handle
Culture, Urbanism, History and Geology in Oahu, Hawaii
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November 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The Florida Japan-handle
Does Economics Flip-flop on the Minimum Wage?
Does Economics Flip-flop on the Minimum Wage?
Econ 101, 102, and the minimum wage
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October 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Does Economics Flip-flop on the Minimum Wage?
One Battle After Another as Biden Centrism
One Battle After Another as Biden Centrism
Paul Thomas Anderson's newest film is a paean to moderate leftism
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October 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
One Battle After Another as Biden Centrism
Should We Have Kept The American Empire?
Should We Have Kept The American Empire?
Arguments Against Renouncing Empire
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August 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Should We Have Kept The American Empire?
Is Air Travel Getting Worse?
Is Air Travel Getting Worse?
More delays, fewer accidents, and lower prices
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August 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Is Air Travel Getting Worse?
AI Copyright Cases Will Shape the Future
AI Copyright Cases Will Shape the Future
OR: Intellectual Property isn't About Property
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July 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
AI Copyright Cases Will Shape the Future
Notes On Northern Italy
Notes On Northern Italy
Why Italy is less woke than Germany and other observations
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July 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Notes On Northern Italy
Does CPS Investigate One Third of All Children in the US?
Does CPS Investigate One Third of All Children in the US?
And what, if anything, should be done?
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June 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Does CPS Investigate One Third of All Children in the US?
The Puzzle of Historical Preservation
The Puzzle of Historical Preservation
Pretty old buildings
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June 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The Puzzle of Historical Preservation
Evolutionary Models of Fertility
Evolutionary Models of Fertility
Fertility rates have been falling all around the world for decades.
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May 30, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Evolutionary Models of Fertility
How to Find Ancient Assyrian Cities Using Economics
How to Find Ancient Assyrian Cities Using Economics
The coolest trade econ paper I know
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May 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
How to Find Ancient Assyrian Cities Using Economics
Post-Malthusian AI
Post-Malthusian AI
And other ways around a superhuman bind
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May 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Post-Malthusian AI
Kyle Harper on the Roman Industrial Revolution
Kyle Harper on the Roman Industrial Revolution
Further evidence for the Printing Press Theory
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May 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Kyle Harper on the Roman Industrial Revolution
Jane Jacobs Can Fix American Cities Even Though She Helped Break Them
Jane Jacobs Can Fix American Cities Even Though She Helped Break Them
American cities are dysfunctional.
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April 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Jane Jacobs Can Fix American Cities Even Though She Helped Break Them
New Results on Fertility and Growth
New Results on Fertility and Growth
Should we believe them?
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April 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
New Results on Fertility and Growth
Even Acts of God Can't Fix Permitting Anymore
Even Acts of God Can't Fix Permitting Anymore
Natural Disasters and Creative Destruction
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April 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Even Acts of God Can't Fix Permitting Anymore
The Straussian Message of Abundance
The Straussian Message of Abundance
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March 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The Straussian Message of Abundance
Most Externalities are Solved with Technology, Not Coordination
Most Externalities are Solved with Technology, Not Coordination
Econ 101 Needs More Progress Studies
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March 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Most Externalities are Solved with Technology, Not Coordination
Grad School Applications
Grad School Applications
Stats and Advice
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March 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Grad School Applications
Why Japan Succeeds Despite Stagnation
Why Japan Succeeds Despite Stagnation
Plus: My 100th post and other blog updates
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February 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Why Japan Succeeds Despite Stagnation
A Review of The Case for Colonialism
A Review of The Case for Colonialism
The Case for Colonialism is a 2017 article by political scientist Bruce Gilley.
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February 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
A Review of The Case for Colonialism
What About The Horses?
What About The Horses?
And other responses to "AGI Will Not Make Labor Worthless"
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February 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
What About The Horses?
Does Stagnant Male Income Explain Falling Fertility and Marriage?
Does Stagnant Male Income Explain Falling Fertility and Marriage?
Mostly Agreeing With Lyman Stone's hypothesis
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January 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Does Stagnant Male Income Explain Falling Fertility and Marriage?
AGI Will Not Make Labor Worthless
AGI Will Not Make Labor Worthless
The discovery and use of machinery may be … injurious to the labouring class, as some of their number will be thrown out of employment, and population will become redundant.
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January 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
AGI Will Not Make Labor Worthless
Maximum Progress 2024 Review
Maximum Progress 2024 Review
The underrated, overrated, top, and bottom posts of the year
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January 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Maximum Progress 2024 Review