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Professor denounces mass AI fraud on an exam at Brown University: ‘Academic integrity is at risk’
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Professor denounces mass AI fraud on an exam at Brown University: ‘Academic integrity is at risk’

The renowned economist Roberto Serrano has ‘overwhelming evidence’ that his students cheated. He thinks the time has come for an in-depth debate so the technology does not signal the end of higher education

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Wednesday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
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Wednesday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION

Marginal REVOLUTION·Tyler Cowen·4 months ago
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1. As meat prices rise, the economics of Texas barbecue. 2. Economic historian Eric Jones has passed away. 3. Claims about the Pope and Claude. If true, further evidence for my Straussian hypothesis. 4. Koyama reviews Tyler Goodspeed on business cycles.…

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Global Unemployment in the Age of AI: Automation Is Splitting Labor Markets in Two
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Global Unemployment in the Age of AI: Automation Is Splitting Labor Markets in Two

DEV Community·viacheslav·4 months ago
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AI is not replacing all jobs yet, but it is already polarizing labor markets. See which countries and sectors face the sharpest unemployment risks in 2026.

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How a 1958 magazine cheered America's slide into installment debt
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How a 1958 magazine cheered America's slide into installment debt

Boing Boing·Ellsworth Toohey·4 months ago
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The July 1958 issue of Argosy Magazine ran "Live Now—Pay Later" by Carlton Brown, capturing the moment America gleefully abandoned its Puritan thrift hangover for installment plans. By 1958, Brown…

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Economists Cast Doubt on Milei’s Green Shoots in Weary Argentina
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Economists Cast Doubt on Milei’s Green Shoots in Weary Argentina

Bloomberg.com·Ignacio Olivera Doll·4 months ago
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President Javier Milei and leading experts are at odds over whether Argentina’s economy has recovered from a recent wobble, highlighting the challenges involved in gauging whether the reformer’s shock therapy policies are working as intended.

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Normative Economics and Economic Justice
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Normative Economics and Economic Justice

plato.stanford.edu·Fleurbaey, Marc·4 months ago
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Distributive justice is often considered not to belong to the scope of economics, but there is actually an important literature in economics that addresses normative issues in social and economic justice.…

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RadixArk, led by former xAI employee Ying Sheng, raised a $100M seed at a $400M valuation to make AI inference more efficient via its open-source SGLang engine
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RadixArk, led by former xAI employee Ying Sheng, raised a $100M seed at a $400M valuation to make AI inference more efficient via its open-source SGLang engine

Techmeme·Techmeme·5 months ago
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From Techmeme: RadixArk, led by former xAI employee Ying Sheng, raised a $100M seed at a $400M valuation to make AI inference more efficient via its open-source SGLang engine (Meghan Bobrowsky/Wall Street Journal)

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