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Alex Tabarrok: preference

23 Aug 2023 Conversations with Tyler Celebrating Marginal Revolution's 20th Anniversary

“When I write, it does take some time because, I think, especially when you have a lot of readers and you think, “Well, if I can save a reader a few seconds of time,” and you do the expected altruism calculation, where “We’ve got thousands of readers, so if a minute for me saves them hours — “”

— Alex Tabarrok

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Alex Tabarrok
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23 Aug 2023
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Conversations with Tyler

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…I don’t know, two hours a day? When I write, it does take some time because, I think, especially when you have a lot of readers and you think, “Well, if I can save a reader a few seconds of time,” and you do the expected altruism calculation, where “We’ve got thousands of readers, so if a minute for me saves them hours — “ I don’t do that, by the way. [laughter]…

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