Model Thinking

Come to Second Order!

Running an economics unconference 26th-29th September, 2 hours from London Liverpool Street

Aug 16 • 

Duncan McClements

 and 

Rohan Selva-Radov

5

The Sun Never Leaves

How emigration ended the British Empire

Aug 5 • 

Duncan McClements

26

17

June 2025

Pennies for Petabytes

Data royalties would be small, but greatly slow down AI progress

Jun 6 • 

Duncan McClements

 and 

Jason Hausenloy

7

April 2025

Not the Nightmare Scenario

Our equine economist on the economic possibilities for our grandchildren

Apr 1 • 

Duncan McClements

 and 

Jason Hausenloy

26

1

January 2025

How much economic growth from AI should we expect, how soon?

A post for Inference Magazine

Jan 17 • 

Duncan McClements

7

November 2024

The end times portfolio is long

Do negative potential effects of AI imply shorting the market?

Nov 6, 2024 • 

Duncan McClements

3

5

September 2024

Thames into Tyburn

The case for filling in rivers

Sep 13, 2024 • 

Duncan McClements

6

3

Refillable planet

Existing fertility interventions are (probably) well worth it

Sep 2, 2024 • 

Duncan McClements

 and 

Jason Hausenloy

24

11

April 2024

A New Atlantis

An outlandish proposal to solve the housing crisis

Apr 1, 2024 • 

Duncan McClements

 and 

Jason Hausenloy

42

17

January 2024

Insuring Progress

Britain is stuck. How can we get it moving again?

Jan 7, 2024 • 

Duncan McClements

 and 

Jason Hausenloy

13

5

July 2023

Assessing altruism

Is intergenerational altruism 0.09?

Jul 9, 2023 • 

Duncan McClements

 and 

Jason Hausenloy

2

3

March 2023

Paying For Peace

How much would Russian soldiers need to be paid to defect if offered EU citizenship?

Mar 26, 2023 • 

Duncan McClements

 and 

Jason Hausenloy

14

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