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This past weekend, our MRU College Fellows gathered in Washington, DC to exchange ideas, refine their projects, connect with mentors, and build meaningful relationships with one another!

A weekend full of bold ideas, inspiring conversations, and exciting collaborations🎥🎙️

Last week, MRU curriculum designer Ariel Slonim unveiled a new classroom game simulating California’s home insurance market to teachers attending the CEE Educator conference!

Capitalism and Democracy go hand in hand. https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2025/10/democracy-and-capitalism-are-mutually-reinforcing.html

MR on the Nobel to Mokyr, Aghion and Howitt.

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2025/10/nobel-prize-in-economics-goes-to-philippe-aghion-and-peter-howitt.html

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2025/10/the-economics-nobel-goes-to-mokyr-aghion-and-howitt.html

The Economics Nobel goes to Mokyr, Aghion and Howitt - Marginal REVOLUTION The Nobel prize goes to Joel Mokyr, the economic historian of the industrial revolution and the growth theorists Phillippe Aghion and Peter Howitt best known for their Schumpeterian model of economic growth. Here’s a good quote from Nobelist Joel Mokyr’s the Lever of Riches. Yet the central mess...

The Marginal Revolution Podcast is back and this time Tyler and I discuss some of our favorite models or ways of thinking about the world. We begin with Spence on Monopolies, Harberger on Incidence and Solow on Growth.

Favorite Models: Spence on Monopolies, Harberger on Incidence, Solow on Growth | The Marginal Revolution Podcast The Marginal Revolution Podcast | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts | October 7, 2025 Favorite Models: Spence on Monopolies, Harberger on Incidence, Solow on Growth Why the Best Models Endure Even When They’re Wrong Alex and Tyler put three cla...

President Trump provides a good opportunity to teach Lerner symmetry! https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2025/09/lerner-symmetry-bites.

📢 ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS:

📍The Mercatus Center has a fellowship opportunity for outstanding high school students interested in understanding political, economic, and social life!

APPLICATION DEADLINE 9/30!
Apply NOW: https://www.mercatus.org/students/exploring-complex-solutions-complex-world-fellowship?__s=b7uhhhs9ksfwe79az0s8

Here are some resources for teaching tariffs!

Resources for Teaching Tariffs - Marginal REVOLUTION Trump has put tariffs on the economics agenda in a way that hasn’t been true for decades. As a new semester of principles of economics begins, here are some resources for teaching tariffs. Comparative Advantage (video) The Microeconomics of Tariffs and Protectionism (video) Why Do Domestic Prices ...