- What do consultants get paid for? 2. Ugly architecture creates coalitions against development . 3. London is (modestly) degentrifying . 4. Is the “no forward guidance” approach failing? (FT) 5. Chinese interview with Christopher Nolan . 6. “social media use and school grades are unrelated for adolescents…meta-analytic evidence is not in support of dramatic claims relating social media use to mischief.” Link here . The post Saturday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION .
Saturday assorted links
Brief
Marginal Revolution's Saturday assorted links (Tyler Cowen, 1 Aug 2026) compiles six brief items: an inquiry into what consultants are paid for; how 'ugly architecture' can form coalitions opposing development; evidence London is modestly degentrifying; a Financial Times question about the effectiveness of a 'no forward guidance' monetary stance; a Chinese-language interview with filmmaker Christopher Nolan; and a meta-analysis reporting no association between adolescent social media use and school grades.
Why it matters
Marginal Revolution (Tyler Cowen) published 'Saturday assorted links' on 2026-08-01 collecting six short items: consulting compensation, ugly architecture and anti-development coalitions, modest degentrification in London, questions about a 'no forward guidance' monetary approach (FT), a Chinese interview with Christopher Nolan, and a meta-analysis finding no link between adolescent social media use and school grades.
Key details
- The post cites a meta-analytic claim that 'social media use and school grades are unrelated for adolescents,' directly challenging dramatic narratives linking social media to academic harm, and flags an FT piece asking whether 'no forward guidance' is failing—indicating interest in current macro policy debate.