Archive - Maximum Progress

The Puzzle of Historical Preservation

Pretty old buildings

Jun 13 •

Maxwell Tabarrok

May 2025

Evolutionary Models of Fertility

Fertility rates have been falling all around the world for decades.

May 30 •

Maxwell Tabarrok

How to Find Ancient Assyrian Cities Using Economics

The coolest trade econ paper I know

May 23 •

Maxwell Tabarrok

Post-Malthusian AI

And other ways around a superhuman bind

May 10 •

Maxwell Tabarrok

Kyle Harper on the Roman Industrial Revolution

Further evidence for the Printing Press Theory

May 1 •

Maxwell Tabarrok

April 2025

March 2025

The Straussian Message of Abundance

Redistribution Doesn't Matter

Mar 28 •

Maxwell Tabarrok

Contra MacAskill and Wiblin on The Intelligence Explosion

Will MacAskill went on Rob Wiblin’s 80k hours podcast last week to talk about AI.

Mar 20 •

Maxwell Tabarrok

Most Externalities are Solved with Technology, Not Coordination

Econ 101 Needs More Progress Studies

Mar 14 •

Maxwell Tabarrok

Grad School Applications

Stats and Advice

Mar 6 •

Maxwell Tabarrok

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