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Bryan Caplan

Backlash vs. Resistance: The Case of Wokism

Behavioral Economics Jun 23 2021


Learning Disability Accommodation and Signaling

Behavioral Economics Jun 15 2021


The Apologies of Repeal

Behavioral Economics Jun 14 2021





Deregulate Discrimination

Behavioral Economics Jun 2 2021


Miguel Perez: A "Bad Student" Makes Good

Behavioral Economics Jun 1 2021



Knowledge, Reality, and Value Book Club Starts Monday

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings May 28 2021


Bad Religion vs. Labor Econ

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings May 27 2021


Social Desirability Bias in Three Speeches

Behavioral Economics May 25 2021


The UK's Office of Free Speech

Economics of Education May 20 2021


Crusades and You

Behavioral Economics May 19 2021



Anti-Communism and Anti-Racism: A Final Word

Cost-benefit Analysis May 12 2021


Assessing My COVID Expectations

Cost-benefit Analysis May 11 2021


A Conversation on Freedom, Populism, and Big Tech

Cost-benefit Analysis May 10 2021


COVID Prevention and Cost-Benefit Analysis

Cost-benefit Analysis May 9 2021


A Few Huemerian Highlights

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings May 6 2021


Anti-Communism and Anti-Racism: A Reply

Behavioral Economics May 5 2021


Anti-Communism and Anti-Racism Reconsidered

Cost-benefit Analysis May 4 2021


Anti-Communism and Anti-Racism

Behavioral Economics May 3 2021


Thoughts on My Simplistic Theory of Left and Right

Behavioral Economics Apr 29 2021


Dual Anthems

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Apr 28 2021


Boudreaux's Aged Hypothetical

Behavioral Economics Apr 27 2021


The Song of Slack

Behavioral Economics Apr 26 2021


Age and the Value of Life: A Further Reply

Behavioral Economics Apr 22 2021



Goldberg on Expressive Politics

Behavioral Economics Apr 20 2021


An Ageless Hypothetical: Horpedahl's Critique

Behavioral Economics Apr 19 2021


The Romanoffs

Family Economics Apr 15 2021


Admissions versus Asians

Economics of Education Apr 14 2021


An Ageless Hypothetical

Behavioral Economics Apr 13 2021


Anything is Small...

Cost-benefit Analysis Apr 12 2021


What I Did in My 40s

Cost-benefit Analysis Apr 8 2021


Build, Baby, Build: Now Under Construction

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Apr 7 2021





The Great Political Stagnation

Economic History Mar 31 2021


Businesspeople Earn Every Penny

Business Economics Mar 30 2021


Fear Me Not! I Got My COVID Vaccine.

Cost-benefit Analysis Mar 29 2021


Moral Relativism and Moral Fanaticism

Behavioral Economics Mar 25 2021


Repealing Political Discrimination

Economics and Culture Mar 24 2021


A Precommitment

Economic Methods Mar 23 2021



SDB and Me: An Autobiographical Exploration

Behavioral Economics Mar 17 2021


I'm Teaching at the 2021 John Locke Summer School

Economic Education Mar 16 2021


Write Your SDB Autobiography

Behavioral Economics Mar 15 2021



Wiblin, Probability, and Nuclear War

Behavioral Economics Mar 10 2021


Skipping Steps: A Homeschooling Dialogue

Economics of Education Mar 9 2021


COVID vs. SIVH

Behavioral Economics Mar 8 2021


Postscript: Orwell for Socialism

Book Club Mar 4 2021


Keyhole Solutions: The Song

Economic Education Mar 3 2021


My Social Media Experiment: A Self-Assessment

Behavioral Economics Mar 2 2021




What the Success Sequence Means

Behavioral Economics Feb 23 2021


What Does the Success Sequence Mean?

Behavioral Economics Feb 22 2021



From UBI to Anomie

Behavioral Economics Feb 18 2021



Bioethics: Tuskegee vs. COVID

Cost-benefit Analysis Feb 16 2021



Collective Guilt for Everyone for Everything

Economic Philosophy Feb 11 2021



Revolution is the Hell of It: Algerian Edition

Cost-benefit Analysis Feb 9 2021



A Burkean Beautiful Bubble

Politics and Economics Feb 4 2021



Ronald Coase and Reciprocal Externalities: A Refresher

Cross-country Comparisons Feb 2 2021



Persecution Bet

Economic Methods Jan 28 2021





I Win My Trump Bet

Economic Methods Jan 21 2021




Convenience vs. Social Desirability Bias

Behavioral Economics Jan 14 2021


Open Borders and the Environment

Energy, Environment, Resources Jan 13 2021



Against Apology Perfectionism

Behavioral Economics Jan 12 2021



Sorry for Whatever

Behavioral Economics Jan 7 2021


Betting vs. the Nuclear Option

Behavioral Economics Jan 6 2021


Gramm's Post Office Speech: A Critique

Behavioral Economics Jan 5 2021


My Hands Are Clean

Economic Philosophy Jan 4 2021


When May We Be Happy?

Behavioral Economics Jan 1 2021


Escaping Paternalism Wins the Szasz Prize!

Behavioral Economics Dec 30 2020


The "Democratic Centralism" of COVID

Cost-benefit Analysis Dec 29 2020


Social Desirability Bias vs. Tourism

Behavioral Economics Dec 28 2020


Clear-Cut Price Discrimination

Cost-benefit Analysis Dec 23 2020


Homeless Camping in Austin: A Modest Proposal

Cost-benefit Analysis Dec 22 2020


Reflections on the Yucatan

Cross-country Comparisons Dec 21 2020


Partisanship and Support for Immigration

Behavioral Economics Dec 17 2020


Call It Sour Grapes

Behavioral Economics Dec 16 2020


Open Borders: Pegg's Essay Questions

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Dec 14 2020


Spencer and Prejudice

Behavioral Economics Dec 9 2020


The Sense in Which I Don't Trust the Media

Behavioral Economics Dec 2 2020


Life-Years Lost: The Quantity and The Quality

Cost-benefit Analysis Nov 24 2020


The Anti-Jerk Law

Behavioral Economics Nov 23 2020




Yucatan and U Texas

Economic Education Nov 17 2020


Wretched Refuse? vs. Ominous Speculation

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Nov 16 2020


No Son of Mine Will Marry a Consequentialist!

Economic Philosophy Nov 12 2020


"Politically Motivated"

Behavioral Economics Nov 11 2020


Being Normal

Behavioral Economics Nov 10 2020


Impasse

Behavioral Economics Nov 9 2020


2020 Election Bets

Economic Methods Nov 2 2020


Redeeming Tenure

Economic Philosophy Oct 29 2020



Unschooling + Math

Economics of Education Oct 27 2020


Viral Silence

Economics and Culture Oct 26 2020


The Non-Linear Loophole?

Behavioral Economics Oct 22 2020


Reflections on My Illustration Contest

Behavioral Economics Oct 21 2020


Don't Pickpocket Your Students

Behavioral Economics Oct 20 2020


The Wrong Pieces on the Chessboard

Economics and Culture Oct 19 2020


Reflections on One Billion Americans

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Oct 15 2020


The Freedom to Do What Sounds Wrong

Behavioral Economics Oct 14 2020


Reflections on Texas

Cross-country Comparisons Oct 13 2020


Nudge: Welfare State Edition

Behavioral Economics Oct 3 2020


My Texas Tour

Economic Education Oct 1 2020


Self-Help Is Like a Vaccine

Behavioral Economics Sep 30 2020


Orwellian Othering

Behavioral Economics Sep 29 2020


Business vs. Government: A Few Contrarian Thoughts

Behavioral Economics Sep 28 2020


When Was This Written?

Economics and Culture Sep 24 2020


The Illogic of Collective Guilt

Economic Philosophy Sep 23 2020


The Missing Right-Wing Firms: A Beckerian Puzzle

Behavioral Economics Sep 22 2020


Drissel on the Normative Core

Behavioral Economics Sep 21 2020


It's Complicated: Grasping the Syllogism

Behavioral Economics Sep 17 2020


The Great Reconciliation?

Behavioral Economics Sep 16 2020


Public Choice: The Normative Core

Cost-benefit Analysis Sep 15 2020


Loyalty Oaths Compared: An Orwellian Exercise

Economic Philosophy Sep 14 2020


Escaping Paternalism Book Club Round-up

Behavioral Economics Sep 10 2020


Implicit and Structural Witchery

Economics and Culture Sep 9 2020


The Risks of Friendship: A Socratic Dialogue

Cost-benefit Analysis Sep 8 2020



Personal Immunity and Herd Immunity

Economics of Health Care Sep 2 2020


A Portrait of My School

Economics of Education Sep 1 2020


Should I Start a School?

Cost-benefit Analysis Aug 31 2020


Two Cato Book Forums

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Aug 27 2020


It's Complicated: A Syllogism

Behavioral Economics Aug 26 2020



Omniscience is Not Enough

Behavioral Economics Aug 24 2020


I Win My Warren Bet

Economic Methods Aug 20 2020




You Will Not Stampede Me

Behavioral Economics Aug 17 2020


Krugman and Growth Agnosticism

Behavioral Economics Aug 13 2020


My All-New "Economics of Immigration" Course

Economic Education Aug 12 2020


Escaping Paternalism Book Club: Part 5

Behavioral Economics Aug 11 2020



Silence is Stupid, Argument is Foolish

Behavioral Economics Aug 6 2020


The Uniformity and Exclusion Movement

Behavioral Economics Aug 5 2020


Escaping Paternalism Book Club: Part 4

Behavioral Economics Aug 4 2020



Comments on Siegel's Fewer, Richer, Greener

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jul 29 2020



Escaping Paternalism Book Club: Part 3

Behavioral Economics Jul 28 2020


When to Defund

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jul 27 2020


Not Even Daycare

Economics of Education Jul 22 2020


Escaping Paternalism Book Club: Part 2

Behavioral Economics Jul 21 2020


The Diversity Lottery: Some Rough Open Borders Arithmetic

Labor Mobility, Immigration, Outsourcing Jul 20 2020


Who Gets In?

Labor Mobility, Immigration, Outsourcing Jul 19 2020


Observations from Florida

Cross-country Comparisons Jul 16 2020


Coronavirus vs. the Non-Identity Problem

Economic Philosophy Jul 15 2020


Escaping Paternalism Book Club: Part 1

Behavioral Economics Jul 14 2020


Escaping Paternalism: Book Club Schedule

Behavioral Economics Jul 13 2020


You're Fired!

Economic Philosophy Jul 13 2020



Krikorian's "Category Error"

Cost-benefit Analysis Jul 8 2020


Rothbard's Conceived in Liberty: The New Republic

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jul 1 2020


Immigration vs. Social Desirability Bias

Behavioral Economics Jun 24 2020


Escaping Paternalism Book Club

Behavioral Economics Jun 17 2020


10% Less Democracy

Behavioral Economics Jun 10 2020


What I'm Doing

Cost-benefit Analysis Jun 2 2020


What I'm Thinking

Behavioral Economics Jun 1 2020


Too Terrified to Talk About It

Behavioral Economics May 28 2020


The Roots of Caution

Behavioral Economics May 27 2020


Social Anxiety, #MeToo, and Disaster

Behavioral Economics May 26 2020


How Lockdowns Matter

Incentives May 25 2020


Mitigation Multiplies

Economics of Health Care May 21 2020


Win-Win Denial: The Empirical Psychology

Behavioral Economics May 20 2020


Krikorian's Craziest Belief

Behavioral Economics May 19 2020


Sweden's Keyhole Solution

Behavioral Economics May 18 2020


Krikorian-Caplan Debate Results: A Little Analysis

Behavioral Economics May 14 2020


Reflections on the Krikorian-Caplan Soho Forum Debate

Cost-benefit Analysis May 13 2020


Krikorian/Caplan Soho Forum Debate

Behavioral Economics May 12 2020




Pandemic/Immigration Debate

Economic Philosophy May 5 2020


Jason Brennan's Good Work If You Can Keep It

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings May 5 2020


Gouge Is Good

Behavioral Economics May 4 2020


Commentary on State Capacity and State Priorities

Behavioral Economics Apr 30 2020


State Priorities, Not State "Capacity"

Behavioral Economics Apr 29 2020



So Congested No One Goes There Anymore?

Behavioral Economics Apr 27 2020



From Telework to Flexible Wages?

Behavioral Economics Apr 22 2020



How to Win Friends and Influence People: Q&A #4

Behavioral Economics Apr 20 2020


Who's Still Getting Sick?

Economics of Health Care Apr 16 2020



How to Win Friends and Influence People: Q&A #3

Behavioral Economics Apr 14 2020



How to Win Friends and Influence People: Q&A #2

Behavioral Economics Apr 10 2020



How to Win Friends and Influence People: Q&A #1

Behavioral Economics Apr 7 2020




Teaching Teaching

Behavioral Economics Apr 2 2020


Leiter-Caplan Capitalism vs. Socialism Debate Video

Cost-benefit Analysis Apr 1 2020


The True CPI Just Jumped

Economic Growth Apr 1 2020


If It's Wrong to Steal Your Wallet...

Economic Philosophy Mar 31 2020


How to Win Friends and Influence People Book Club

Behavioral Economics Mar 30 2020


Open Borders: Now Do You See What We're Missing?

Behavioral Economics Mar 26 2020


Who Are All the People Dying of Flu?

Economics of Health Care Mar 25 2020


Pandemics and Open Borders

Economics of Health Care Mar 24 2020


Emergency Homeschooling: A How-To Guide

Economics of Education Mar 23 2020



I Fear Stagflation and Price Controls Are Coming

Behavioral Economics Mar 18 2020


Study Guide for The Case Against Education

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Mar 17 2020


Hanson's Strategy for Saving Life-Years

Cost-benefit Analysis Mar 16 2020


Reflections on the Leiter-Caplan Debate

Economic History Mar 16 2020


Coronavirus Can-Do

Economic Methods Mar 13 2020


The Leiter-Caplan Socialism Debate

Cost-benefit Analysis Mar 12 2020


Leiter-Caplan Debate

Cross-country Comparisons Mar 10 2020


Missed This In High School

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Mar 9 2020



Open Borders: Think of the Children

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Mar 4 2020


Socialism: Playing With Fire

Behavioral Economics Mar 3 2020


Reflections on Guatemala

Cross-country Comparisons Mar 2 2020


Caplan-Weinersmith Mutual Interview

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Feb 27 2020


Steyn on Our EU Bet

Economic Methods Feb 26 2020


Open Borders in the New Yorker

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Feb 25 2020


The Fertility of City-States

Family Economics Feb 24 2020


Moral Approximates

Economic Philosophy Feb 19 2020


Caplans of the Caribbean

Cross-country Comparisons Feb 12 2020


Mentoring: The Rationality of Fear

Behavioral Economics Feb 5 2020



My Social Media Hiatus

Behavioral Economics Jan 24 2020



Carow Hall Reviews Open Borders

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jan 22 2020


Profligacy for Austerity?

Economics of Education Jan 21 2020


The Dream of Open Borders

Economic Philosophy Jan 20 2020


What Should I Ask Zach Weinersmith? What Should He Ask Me?

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jan 16 2020


Don't Be a Modal Weasel

Behavioral Economics Jan 16 2020


Say "Can't" With Care

Behavioral Economics Jan 15 2020


Garett Jones on Open Borders: More Endogenous Than Thou

Cross-country Comparisons Jan 14 2020


Garett Jones on Open Borders: A Belated Reply

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jan 13 2020


The Speech of Heroes

Behavioral Economics Jan 9 2020


Remember the NAIRU

Economic Methods Jan 8 2020


Psychiatry and Radical Forgiveness

Behavioral Economics Jan 7 2020


Scott Alexander on Mental Illness: A Belated Reply

Behavioral Economics Jan 6 2020


My Complete Bet Wiki

Behavioral Economics Jan 2 2020


I Win My EU Bet

Cost-benefit Analysis Jan 1 2020


The Social Conservatism of Hollywood

Economics and Culture Dec 30 2019


What I've Been Reading Over the Holidays

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Dec 27 2019


My Hayek Memorial Lecture

Cross-country Comparisons Dec 24 2019


Socialism: The Failed Idea That Never Dies

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Dec 23 2019


The Meaning of Generations of Winter

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Dec 20 2019


Explain Your Extremists

Behavioral Economics Dec 10 2019


The Economist Names Open Borders a Best Book of 2019!

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Dec 6 2019


Freiman: Why Not Purge Them?

Behavioral Economics Nov 27 2019


Deludedly Deeming Deregulation a Disaster

Behavioral Economics Nov 26 2019



Immigration Research for the Future?

Economic Methods Nov 21 2019


So If Incentives Are Overrated...

Behavioral Economics Nov 20 2019


Hive Mind and Open Borders

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Nov 19 2019


The Economics of Antipathy and Stereotyping

Economic Education Nov 18 2019


The Economics of Pleasure and Pain

Behavioral Economics Nov 14 2019


Abstract for My IEA Talk

Economic Philosophy Nov 13 2019


Can Republicans Afford to be Pro-Immigrant?

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Nov 12 2019


Freiman: How Is Voting Like the SAT?

Cost-benefit Analysis Nov 11 2019


Cheer the Fall of the Wall

Economic History Nov 9 2019


Open Borders is a New York Times Bestseller!

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Nov 7 2019


Caplan-Weinersmith Ask Me Anything Tonight!

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Nov 6 2019


The One Big Fact that Overawes All Doubts

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Nov 6 2019


Nonlinear Parking Pricing Now!

Microeconomics Nov 5 2019


The Rent Is Too Damn Highlights

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Nov 4 2019


Open Borders in Foreign Policy

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Nov 1 2019


Do You Talk About It in Open Borders Yes!

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Oct 31 2019


Open Borders for Liberals

Behavioral Economics Oct 30 2019


Open Borders for Conservatives

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Oct 30 2019


How Republicans Can Win Back the Immigrant Vote

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Oct 29 2019


Open Borders: Hopes and Fears on Release Day

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Oct 29 2019


How Open Borders Measures Up

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Oct 28 2019


Rod Long on the Plight of the Worker

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Oct 24 2019


Are We Getting Smarter?: Thoughts on the Flynn Effect

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Oct 23 2019


The Roots of Inertia

Behavioral Economics Oct 22 2019


Conformity and Perspective in Nickel and Dimed

Behavioral Economics Oct 17 2019


A Coupon for Kids

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Oct 16 2019


Build, Barbara, Build: Reflections on Nickel and Dimed

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Oct 14 2019


They Know Better

Behavioral Economics Oct 10 2019


Mao Is Murder

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Oct 9 2019


Poverty: A Ranking of What I've Been Reading

Behavioral Economics Oct 8 2019


An Ode to Amazon

Economic Philosophy Oct 7 2019


Letter from a Pakistani Homeschooler

Economics of Education Oct 3 2019




The Not-So-Just World Hypothesis

Behavioral Economics Sep 30 2019


Upcoming Events

Economic Education Sep 25 2019


Russ Roberts on CPI Bias

Economic Education Sep 24 2019


Is That Cricket?

Politics and Economics Sep 24 2019


Terrorism vs. Just War Theory

Economic Methods Sep 23 2019


The Fault Is Not in Our Stuff But in Ourselves

Behavioral Economics Sep 19 2019


The Great Successor: Inside North Korea

Cross-country Comparisons Sep 18 2019


Malevolence and Misunderstanding

Behavioral Economics Sep 17 2019


CPI Bias and Happiness

Behavioral Economics Sep 16 2019


You're All A Bunch of Socialists

Economic Philosophy Sep 12 2019


Monopolize the Pretty Lies

Behavioral Economics Sep 11 2019


Tetlock the Prophet

Behavioral Economics Sep 10 2019


The Domino Theory Reconsidered

Economic History Sep 9 2019


Last Word from Karelis

Behavioral Economics Sep 6 2019


UBI: Some Early Experiments

Cost-benefit Analysis Sep 5 2019


My Last Word on Karelis

Behavioral Economics Sep 4 2019


The "Culture of Poverty" and the War on Poverty

Income Distribution Sep 3 2019



Communism and Fascism

Economic History Aug 29 2019


Karelis Responds to You

Book Club Aug 28 2019


Karelis Responds to Me

Book Club Aug 27 2019


When Was This Written?

Behavioral Economics Aug 26 2019



The Persistence of Poverty: The Spinoffs (Part 8)

Behavioral Economics Aug 20 2019


Dominance: Material vs. Rhetorical

Behavioral Economics Aug 19 2019



Capla-Con 2019

Economic Education Aug 14 2019





Reverse Birth Control: A Thought Experiment

Behavioral Economics Aug 7 2019




Sweetness and Light: A Tale of Sugar Regulation

Regulation and Subsidies Aug 1 2019



Socialism Sucks, and Everyone Ought to Know It

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jul 30 2019


The Bayesian Prisoners' Dilemma

Behavioral Economics Jul 29 2019


Fernandez-Villaverde, Spain, and Gravity

Cross-country Comparisons Jul 25 2019


Fernandez-Villaverde on Spain's Economic Success

Cross-country Comparisons Jul 24 2019


Winship Psychoanalyzes Economic Pessimism

Economic Growth Jul 23 2019


The Discouraged Suitor

Economics and Culture Jul 22 2019


The Case Against Education: Now in Paperback

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jul 19 2019


"España Es Como Una Madre"

Labor Mobility, Immigration, Outsourcing Jul 18 2019


Reflections from Spain

Cross-country Comparisons Jul 17 2019


Against Tu Quoque

Cost-benefit Analysis Jul 16 2019


The Broader Effects of Trade and Tech

Cost-benefit Analysis Jul 10 2019


Historically Hollow: The Cries of Populism

Behavioral Economics Jul 4 2019


Jencks on Incentives and Single Motherhood

Behavioral Economics Jul 2 2019


Monetize Your Anger

Behavioral Economics Jun 27 2019


£s for Brexit

Behavioral Economics Jun 25 2019


Murray on the Prevalence of "Poverty"

Economic History Jun 20 2019


Martial Negligence in Game of Thrones and Beyond

Cost-benefit Analysis Jun 18 2019


Why the Prices Are So Damn High: Reply to Alex

Economic Methods Jun 12 2019


In Sync: How Business Responds to Gratis Government

Cost-benefit Analysis Jun 12 2019


Why the Prices Are So Damn High: A Deeper Look

Economic Methods Jun 10 2019


The Backwards Induction of Aging

Behavioral Economics Jun 6 2019


Socialism vs. Capitalism: My Debate with John Marsh

Cross-country Comparisons Jun 5 2019


The Universal Basic Income: Newly Contentious

Behavioral Economics Jun 4 2019



War for Poverty

Behavioral Economics May 29 2019


Caricature vs. Clarence Darrow

Behavioral Economics May 27 2019


"Socialism": The Provocative Equivocation

Behavioral Economics May 22 2019


Letter from an "Anti-School Teacher"

Economics of Education May 20 2019


My Classes in Madrid

Economic Education May 17 2019


Rejoinder to Moller on Immigration

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings May 16 2019


Rejoinder to Moller on Political Correctness

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings May 15 2019


Moller Responds on Immigration

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings May 14 2019


Moller Responds on Political Correctness

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings May 13 2019


"Politics Awaits"

Behavioral Economics May 9 2019


Backlash Immortal

Behavioral Economics May 8 2019


Big Business Round-up

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings May 7 2019



The Noble Crony: Big Business on the Politics of Business

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings May 2 2019


Could Such a Man Care?

Behavioral Economics May 1 2019


Rollback: What's Missing from Big Business

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Apr 30 2019


Big Business: Recasting the Anti-Hero

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Apr 29 2019


Governing Least Round-up

Economic Philosophy Apr 25 2019



You Have No Right to Your Culture

Behavioral Economics Apr 23 2019


Governing Least's Immigration Oversight

Economic Philosophy Apr 22 2019


Governing Least: A Litany of Insight

Behavioral Economics Apr 18 2019



Dan Moller's Governing Least

Behavioral Economics Apr 16 2019



Open Borders: Thanks for Your Support

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Apr 9 2019


Open Borders Launch Fun

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Apr 8 2019


Pre-Order Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Apr 8 2019



Fine on Sturgeon

Economic Methods Apr 2 2019


Reflections on The Sopranos

Behavioral Economics Apr 1 2019


Paasche Says Progress

Economic Growth Mar 28 2019


Letter from a Teachers' Teacher

Economic Education Mar 27 2019


The Depression Preference

Behavioral Economics Mar 26 2019


Reviewing Paranoia

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Mar 25 2019


The Dissident Ambassador

Behavioral Economics Mar 21 2019


Guerrilla Education at Princeton: Letter from a Dad

Economics of Education Mar 20 2019


The Missing Planks

Behavioral Economics Mar 19 2019


Judging Poverty

Behavioral Economics Mar 18 2019


A Signal of Corruption

Economics of Crime Mar 14 2019


Some Men Just Want to Watch Mexico Burn

Behavioral Economics Mar 12 2019


Hypocrisy and Hyperbole

Behavioral Economics Mar 11 2019


A Million-Dollar Education Bet

Economic Methods Mar 7 2019


Klein on Academic Groupthink

Behavioral Economics Mar 6 2019


Quiggin on Our European Unemployment Bet

Cross-country Comparisons Mar 5 2019


I Win My European Unemployment Bet

Cross-country Comparisons Mar 4 2019


Reflections on the Balan-Caplan Poverty Debate

Behavioral Economics Feb 28 2019


The Philosophy of Poverty?: My Opening Statement

Behavioral Economics Feb 27 2019


Elizabeth Warren Bet Update

Economic Methods Feb 26 2019




Apology for a Trainwreck

Behavioral Economics Feb 21 2019


Technological Unemployment and Work

Family Economics Feb 20 2019


Deadlock and Partisan Bitterness

Behavioral Economics Feb 19 2019


Including the Renegade

Behavioral Economics Feb 18 2019


Technological Unemployment: A Self-Test

Behavioral Economics Feb 13 2019


What's Historic?

Economic History Feb 12 2019


We Wanted Tech

Behavioral Economics Feb 11 2019


Borjas and Me in Minnesota

Economic Education Feb 7 2019




A One-Page Hop from Bleeding Heart to Mailed Fist

Economic Philosophy Feb 4 2019


Sorry, Innocent Bystanders

Cost-benefit Analysis Jan 31 2019


A Short Hop from Bleeding Heart to Mailed Fist

Cross-country Comparisons Jan 30 2019


Government Needs No Money to Curtail Pollution

Energy, Environment, Resources Jan 29 2019


The Unearned Compliment of Neoliberalism

Cost-benefit Analysis Jan 28 2019


Why I'm Optimistic About Venezuela

Cross-country Comparisons Jan 24 2019


Is "Intentions=Results" a Straw Man?

Behavioral Economics Jan 23 2019


Immigration as a Civil Right

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jan 22 2019


Reflections from my Panama Cruise, II

Cross-country Comparisons Jan 17 2019


Reflections from my Panama Cruise, I

Economic Philosophy Jan 16 2019


The Reformer's Plight in The Great Idea

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jan 15 2019



Rainwater's Motivated Reasoning

Behavioral Economics Jan 10 2019


Banfield on the Hyperbole of Urban Bankruptcy

Behavioral Economics Jan 7 2019


The Novikov Experiment

Economic Methods Jan 2 2019


Carter on The Case Against Education

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Dec 31 2018


Appeasing Hanson's Critics

Behavioral Economics Dec 27 2018


A Most Surprising Clause About "Neoliberalism"

Behavioral Economics Dec 20 2018


Yet Another Education Bet

Economic Methods Dec 19 2018



When All Else Fails for Christmas

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Dec 18 2018


Who's Afraid of Oscar Lewis?

Behavioral Economics Dec 17 2018



Lower-Class Families and Evolutionary Psychology

Behavioral Economics Dec 13 2018


Is the "Culture of Poverty" Functional?

Behavioral Economics Dec 12 2018


A Conservative Confession

Behavioral Economics Dec 11 2018


Fight for 15% More Low-Skilled Jobs

Income Distribution Dec 5 2018


Gratis Is Not Great

Behavioral Economics Dec 3 2018


Fake Nous: Huemer Starts Blogging

Economic Methods Nov 30 2018


"Is It Political?"

Economic Philosophy Nov 28 2018


Wiblin's Checklist

Behavioral Economics Nov 27 2018


A Kahnemanian Theory of Funerals

Behavioral Economics Nov 26 2018


How Is Immigration Like Nuclear Power?

Behavioral Economics Nov 19 2018


Why I Seek Converts

Behavioral Economics Nov 15 2018


Great Misinterpretations

Behavioral Economics Nov 13 2018


Open Borders as Global Justice: Sowell Edition

Cost-benefit Analysis Nov 12 2018


The Siren of Democratic Fundamentalism

Cost-benefit Analysis Nov 9 2018


Against Veneration

Behavioral Economics Nov 8 2018


Wise Words

Politics and Economics Nov 7 2018


Election Boilerplate

Behavioral Economics Nov 6 2018


"Sanction": The Triumph of Ayn Rand's Worst Idea

Economic Philosophy Nov 4 2018


Education Is a Passport to the Real Training

Behavioral Economics Nov 1 2018


Socialists Without a Plan

Behavioral Economics Oct 31 2018


Inside the Moderate Mind

Behavioral Economics Oct 29 2018


Krugman and Public Choice

Economic Methods Oct 24 2018


Optimality versus Fire

Cost-benefit Analysis Oct 23 2018


Stubborn Detachments

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Oct 22 2018


Meritocracy Without Borders: Sowell Edition

Economic Philosophy Oct 18 2018


Does Immigration Shrink the Welfare State?

Labor Mobility, Immigration, Outsourcing Oct 17 2018


A Fatal Flip

Behavioral Economics Oct 16 2018


Escaping Poverty

Economic Growth Oct 15 2018


How Open Borders Died in Five Countries

Economic History Oct 10 2018


Right-Wing Grievance Studies

Behavioral Economics Oct 9 2018


Sokal 2.0 as Ideological Turing Test

Behavioral Economics Oct 4 2018


Two Tactical Reasons to Show Business Some Love

Business Economics Oct 2 2018


Signaling with the CFA

Economics of Education Oct 1 2018


Discounting Identity

Economic Philosophy Sep 26 2018


Singer vs. Horatio Alger

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Sep 25 2018


Our Culture Welcomes You

Economic Philosophy Sep 24 2018


You Don't Understand Our Culture

Behavioral Economics Sep 21 2018


Carens on Nozick on Immigration

Economic Philosophy Sep 19 2018


Regulate the State

Cost-benefit Analysis Sep 18 2018


A Birthday Tale

Information Goods, Intellectual Property Sep 17 2018


The Berlin Cage: A Dialogue

Economic Philosophy Sep 13 2018


Education: The Betting Continues

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Sep 12 2018


The Berlin Wall: In or Out?

Behavioral Economics Sep 11 2018


When Wrong Wins

Moral Reasoning Sep 10 2018


Fluency, Age, and Residence

Labor Mobility, Immigration, Outsourcing Sep 7 2018


A World of Ingratitude

Behavioral Economics Sep 5 2018


Vatican vs. Madison

Behavioral Economics Sep 3 2018


An "Anti-School" Teacher on The Case Against Education

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Aug 30 2018


Job Search and the Laws of Wing-Walking

Behavioral Economics Aug 28 2018


Why Dodge the Question?

Behavioral Economics Aug 27 2018


My Quartz News Interview

Cost-benefit Analysis Aug 22 2018


How You Can Find Socialism in a Capitalist World

Economic Philosophy Aug 15 2018


My Scandinavian Tour

Economic Education Aug 6 2018


Me on Student Loans in Newsweek

Economics of Education Aug 3 2018


Pro-Market AND Pro-Business

Cost-benefit Analysis Aug 2 2018


"Disaster" and Construal Level Theory

Behavioral Economics Jul 31 2018


The Dynamic Case for Non-Compete

Economic Growth Jul 27 2018


Third Thoughts About Trigger Warnings

Behavioral Economics Jul 26 2018


A Socratic Inventory

Behavioral Economics Jul 25 2018


Profit for Progress

Law and Economics Jul 24 2018


Firm Functionalism

Cost-benefit Analysis Jul 18 2018


Radical Markets in Immigration

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jul 16 2018


No Paper Is That Good

Behavioral Economics Jul 12 2018


Decentralization: Please Hold Your Applause

Cost-benefit Analysis Jul 11 2018


Court-Packing Bet

Jul 10 2018


Half-Free Trade

Jul 9 2018


Orwellian Trafficking

Economic Philosophy Jul 5 2018



Identity Causes Prejudice

Behavioral Economics Jul 2 2018


End All Crime the Easy Way

Economics of Crime Jun 28 2018


The Signals of Reassurance

Behavioral Economics Jun 26 2018


McCarthy's Questions

Book Club Jun 25 2018


A Mythical Micro Meeting

Behavioral Economics Jun 22 2018


The Illusory Arbitrariness of Deploring?

Behavioral Economics Jun 20 2018


How to Believe in Free Speech

Liberty Jun 12 2018


Koyama Responds on State Capacity

Economic Growth Jun 11 2018


The Underbelly of State Capacity

Economic Growth Jun 7 2018


Name Our Graphic Novel!

Economic Philosophy Jun 6 2018


"State Capacity" is Sleight of Hand

Behavioral Economics Jun 5 2018


Szasz and the Statistics of Rare Events

Behavioral Economics Jun 4 2018


Teach My Books

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jun 1 2018


Franckly Absurd

Behavioral Economics May 31 2018


Franck on the French Terrorism Bet

Behavioral Economics May 30 2018


I Win My French Terrorism Bet

Economic Methods May 29 2018


Hear Rob Wiblin

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings May 24 2018



What Do Liberal Abusers Really Think?

Economic Philosophy May 22 2018



Caplan-Glaeser Debate Video

Cost-benefit Analysis May 16 2018


Caplan-Glaeser Debate: My Opening Statement

Cost-benefit Analysis May 15 2018


Westernization vs. Islamization: My Bet with Jonathan Cast

Cross-country Comparisons May 14 2018


Irrational and Negligent

Behavioral Economics May 9 2018


Why Isn't the Military a Stronger Signal?

Economics of Education May 8 2018


Income, Sex, and Moral Equivalence

Economic Philosophy May 7 2018


A Simple Black Swan Proof

Cost-benefit Analysis May 3 2018


Roccia on The Case Against Education

Behavioral Economics May 2 2018


Taleb's Answers to My Extra Questions

Cost-benefit Analysis May 1 2018


Extra Questions for Taleb

Behavioral Economics Apr 30 2018


A Eulogy for Corneliu Mateescu

Economic History Apr 26 2018


How People Get Good at Their Jobs: IDF Edition

Cross-country Comparisons Apr 18 2018


Divine Clarity

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Apr 17 2018


My WSJ Interview/Profile

Economics of Education Apr 16 2018


Bleg: The Most Quotable Immigrant Memoirs

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Apr 13 2018


From Game Theory to Gas Theory

Behavioral Economics Apr 12 2018


Dr. Pritchett's Six Bitter Pills

Cross-country Comparisons Apr 11 2018


Where Worker Productivity Really Comes From

Economic Growth Apr 10 2018


Back Alley Regulation

Behavioral Economics Apr 9 2018


My Conversations with Tyler and Taleb

Economic History Apr 6 2018


We Rule: A Socratic Dialogue

Cross-country Comparisons Apr 4 2018


Janitorial Studies in South Korea

Cross-country Comparisons Apr 3 2018


Leftist Lessons of The Case Against Education

Economic Philosophy Apr 2 2018


Inside the Monkey Trap

Behavioral Economics Mar 29 2018



The Putin Illusion

Behavioral Economics Mar 27 2018


How I Self-Police My Work

Behavioral Economics Mar 26 2018


Capitalism vs. Socialism Debate Video

Cross-country Comparisons Mar 21 2018


Me at Trinity

Economic Education Mar 20 2018


Steelmanning the Iraq War

Behavioral Economics Mar 20 2018


Happy Open Borders Day!

Cost-benefit Analysis Mar 16 2018


Me on C-SPAN

Economic Education Mar 15 2018


Priors and the Death Penalty

Economic Methods Mar 14 2018


Socialization Via Videogames

Cost-benefit Analysis Mar 13 2018


No Kid of Mine is Going to Major in Archaeology!

Behavioral Economics Mar 12 2018


Inside the MBA

Economics of Education Mar 8 2018


Capitalism vs. Socialism: General Thoughts on Bruenig

Cross-country Comparisons Mar 7 2018



Capitalism vs. Socialism: The Bruenig-Caplan Debate

Cost-benefit Analysis Mar 5 2018


A Question of Talent Arbitrage

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Mar 1 2018


Medical School: A Whistleblower's Story

Economics of Education Feb 28 2018


A Bloom-ish Defense of Education

Cost-benefit Analysis Feb 27 2018


Reply to Tyler on The Case Against Education

Behavioral Economics Feb 26 2018


The Double Whammy of Uselessness

Cost-benefit Analysis Feb 22 2018


Harassment: A Keyhole Solution

Cost-benefit Analysis Feb 21 2018




Question for Scott

Monetary Policy Feb 16 2018


Beach Critiques The Case Against Education

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Feb 15 2018


The Case Against Education: The EconTalk Podcast

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Feb 14 2018


I Win My Long-Run Gas Price Bet

Economic Methods Feb 14 2018


NYU Interview + AEI Debate

Economics and Culture Feb 13 2018


Me in the Los Angeles Times

Economics of Education Feb 12 2018


An Awkward College Question

Cost-benefit Analysis Feb 7 2018


Learning Transfer in Athletics

Economics of Education Feb 6 2018


Me at NYU

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Feb 6 2018


David Balan Reviews The Case Against Education

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Feb 5 2018


I Win My Recession Bet

Economic Methods Feb 2 2018


Reflections on Carey at Cato

Economics of Education Feb 1 2018


What My University President Says

Economics of Education Jan 30 2018


My Interview with The Chronicle of Higher Education

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jan 30 2018


My Cato Talk

Economic Education Jan 30 2018


Confessions of a Voc-Tech Teacher

Economics of Education Jan 29 2018


Two Comments on Coy

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jan 26 2018


My Interview with Princeton University Press

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jan 25 2018


Huemer on Ultra-Ineffective Altruism

Behavioral Economics Jan 24 2018


Tomorrow's Events

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jan 24 2018


A Deal on Immigration is Most Unwise

Cost-benefit Analysis Jan 23 2018


Gillespie Interviews Me on The Case Against Education

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jan 22 2018


Elephant in the Brain on Religious Hypocrisy

Behavioral Economics Jan 22 2018


A Golden Journey

Economic History Jan 19 2018



The Case Against Education at Cato

Economics of Education Jan 10 2018


An Ignorant Plot?

Economics of Education Jan 2 2018


I Win All My Ebola Bets

Behavioral Economics Jan 1 2018


Only the Rich

Behavioral Economics Dec 28 2017


Me on Education on Tucker Carlson

Economics of Education Dec 27 2017



The Political Economy of Social Desirability Bias

Behavioral Economics Dec 21 2017



Family, Pop Culture, and the Nurture Assumption

Behavioral Economics Dec 19 2017


Reply to Noah on The Case Against Education

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Dec 18 2017


The Truth Hurts: Public Choice and Liberty

Economic Philosophy Dec 13 2017


My Excerpt in The Atlantic

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Dec 8 2017



The Unbearable Arbitrariness of Deploring

Behavioral Economics Dec 6 2017



Me in Switzerland and Germany

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Dec 4 2017


Hartmann-Sauer ITT

Behavioral Economics Nov 30 2017


Why It Matters Whodunit

Behavioral Economics Nov 29 2017




International Adoption: The Personal Side

Behavioral Economics Nov 22 2017


Answer These Questions About the Reformation

Behavioral Economics Nov 21 2017


The Ideological Turing Test in 3 Minutes

Behavioral Economics Nov 20 2017


A Vast But Dwindling Reservoir of Nativism

Behavioral Economics Nov 16 2017


All Roads Lead to Open Borders: Slides

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Nov 15 2017


Why Question the Protestant Reformation?

Economic History Nov 14 2017


All Roads Lead to Open Borders: An Advance Look

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Nov 13 2017


The Case Against Education Now Available for Preorder!

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Nov 9 2017


Lessons of the South Asian Swastika

Behavioral Economics Nov 8 2017



The Value of the Reformation: Reply to Somin

Cost-benefit Analysis Nov 2 2017


Touchy-Feely Bull in a China Shop

Behavioral Economics Nov 1 2017


Hard Questions About the Protestant Reformation

Cost-benefit Analysis Oct 31 2017


Soonish Success!

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Oct 26 2017


Econ as Anatomy

Economic Education Oct 24 2017


Students for Liberty Open Borders Debate: My Opening Statement

Labor Mobility, Immigration, Outsourcing Oct 23 2017


Resentment Not Hate

Behavioral Economics Oct 19 2017


Anti-Market Bias in One Sentence

Behavioral Economics Oct 18 2017


Thoughts on the UMich Immigration Debate

Economic Methods Oct 17 2017



Me in Michigan

Economic Education Oct 10 2017


Hume on Pessimistic Bias

Behavioral Economics Oct 9 2017


What's Killing Us? A Huemer Guest Post

Behavioral Economics Oct 5 2017


The Pathos of Doing the Best I Can

Behavioral Economics Oct 4 2017


Doing the Best I Can: Social Science at Its Best

Behavioral Economics Oct 3 2017


The Forgotten Man/Woman

Family Economics Sep 28 2017


The Bias of Modern Art

Behavioral Economics Sep 26 2017


Milgram's "Obedience to Authority" Replicates

Behavioral Economics Sep 25 2017


Left and Right: A Socratic Dialogue

Behavioral Economics Sep 21 2017



Does Prosperity Make Us Utilitarian?

Behavioral Economics Sep 19 2017


The Wonder of International Adoption: Adult IQ in Sweden

Cross-country Comparisons Sep 18 2017


A Taste of Bastiat

Behavioral Economics Sep 14 2017




Case Against Education Updates

Economic Education Sep 11 2017


More Reasons to Read About Religion

Behavioral Economics Sep 6 2017


Caplan Family School Graduation Podcast

Economic Education Sep 5 2017


My Homeschooling Textbooks

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Aug 30 2017


Tristan Caplan's Tetlockian Glossary

Economic Methods Aug 29 2017


Four Decades of Middle Eastern Disaster: The Proximate Cause

Cross-country Comparisons Aug 28 2017


Pacifism in A Generation of Materialism

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Aug 25 2017




New Reflections on the Evolution in France

Cross-country Comparisons Aug 21 2017


War Crimes and the Long Run

Behavioral Economics Aug 15 2017


What's in Your Bag?

Behavioral Economics Aug 8 2017


Stop Thinking Like a Tourist: Macaulay Edition

Behavioral Economics Aug 1 2017


Caplan in Paris

Economic Philosophy Jul 24 2017


How Conscious Is Your Robot?

Behavioral Economics Jul 20 2017


Murder: A Socratic Dialogue

Behavioral Economics Jul 18 2017


Em Bet?

Behavioral Economics Jul 17 2017


Imperialism in A Generation of Materialism

Behavioral Economics Jul 13 2017


Statutory Rape and Availability Bias in Virginia

Behavioral Economics Jul 12 2017


Stop Thinking Like a Tourist

Behavioral Economics Jul 11 2017


Minimally Convincing

Economic Methods Jul 5 2017


They Were Terrible

Behavioral Economics Jul 4 2017



What Is Resentment?

Behavioral Economics Jun 29 2017


Reply to Yudkowsky

Behavioral Economics Jun 28 2017


Yudkowsky on My Simplistic Theory of Left and Right

Economic Philosophy Jun 27 2017


Boudreaux on the Progressive Mentality

Behavioral Economics Jun 26 2017


Progressive/Libertarian: The Alliance That Isn't

Behavioral Economics Jun 22 2017


Build, Baby, Build

Cost-benefit Analysis Jun 21 2017


Positive-Sum Diversity

Cost-benefit Analysis Jun 20 2017


Special Diversity

Cost-benefit Analysis Jun 19 2017


Trust and Diversity: Not a Bang But a Whimper

Economic Methods Jun 15 2017


What a Bet Shows

Behavioral Economics Jun 14 2017


Immigration Charity at Work

Cost-benefit Analysis Jun 12 2017


Balan on the Immigration Bet

Economic Methods Jun 8 2017


Unfortunately, I Win My Obama Immigration Bet

Economic Methods Jun 7 2017



Mean Reversion and the Permanent Income Hypothesis

Behavioral Economics Jun 5 2017


Cruise Ships and Private Plots

Cross-country Comparisons May 29 2017


Nationalism Is Not News

Behavioral Economics May 25 2017


Trust Assimilation in the United States

Economics and Culture May 24 2017


The Behavioral Econ of Paperwork

Behavioral Economics May 23 2017


Me on Anarcho-Capitalism on the Rubin Report

Cross-country Comparisons May 18 2017


The "Real X" Defense

Economic History May 17 2017


Geography Is Policy

Cost-benefit Analysis May 15 2017


What Is Emotional Truth?

Economic Philosophy May 12 2017


What's Wrong With the Macro AP

Economic Education May 10 2017


Warren Bet

Economic Methods May 8 2017


Pollitt on Putnam

Economics and Culture May 4 2017


The Widerquist-Caplan UBI Debate

Cost-benefit Analysis May 3 2017


Remember Marxism?

Economic Philosophy May 2 2017


The Consumer Gratitude Heuristic

Behavioral Economics May 1 2017


The World's Worst Argument Against Homeschooling

Cost-benefit Analysis Apr 27 2017


What Is Self-Righteousness?

Economic Philosophy Apr 25 2017


Earth 2.0?

Economic Philosophy Apr 24 2017


IQ With Conscience: Three Followups

Economic Philosophy Apr 19 2017


IQ With Conscience

Economic Philosophy Apr 18 2017


Economic Systems: The Fundamental Questions

Economic Education Apr 17 2017



The Undermotivated Apostate

Behavioral Economics Apr 11 2017


A Keynesian Conundrum

Fiscal Policy Apr 10 2017


Scott Alexander's Self-Evaluations

Economic Methods Apr 6 2017


What's Wrong With the Rationality Community

Behavioral Economics Apr 4 2017


Education, Politics, and Peers

Economics and Culture Apr 3 2017


The Case Against Education News

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Mar 30 2017


Complacent Trust

Cross-country Comparisons Mar 29 2017


UBI and Health Care: What's Wrong With Murray's Approach

Economics of Health Care Mar 28 2017


Two Intuitionist Insights

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Mar 27 2017


Good Manners vs. Political Correctness

Behavioral Economics Mar 23 2017


Is Immigration a Basic Human Right? Full Video

Economic Philosophy Mar 22 2017




Soonish by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Mar 6 2017


San Diego Immigration Debate

Economic Philosophy Mar 6 2017


Power-Hunger

Behavioral Economics Mar 2 2017


Read Meer

Economic Education Mar 1 2017


My Deportation Index: The Drum Critique

Cost-benefit Analysis Feb 28 2017


Trump Bet Clarification

Economic Methods Feb 27 2017


Who's the Real "Deporter in Chief"?

Economic Methods Feb 23 2017


Do Middle-Class College Kids Already Have a UBI?

Behavioral Economics Feb 22 2017


UBI Debate Video

Economic Philosophy Feb 21 2017



See You At ISFLC 2017

Economic Education Feb 17 2017


I'll Never Ever Ever Do It Again

Behavioral Economics Feb 16 2017


The Costs of Diversity: What Will I Learn?

Cross-country Comparisons Feb 15 2017


The Psychiatry Museum vs. the Reasonable Radical

Behavioral Economics Feb 14 2017


Final Reply to Dolan on the UBI, For Now

Economic Philosophy Feb 13 2017


Rejoinder on UBI

Economic Philosophy Feb 9 2017


UBI: Ed Dolan Responds

Economic Philosophy Feb 8 2017


UBI: Reply to Dolan

Economic Philosophy Feb 7 2017


A Surprising Supply of Communist Dupes

Behavioral Economics Feb 6 2017


How to Sell YIMBY to California and New York

Behavioral Economics Feb 2 2017


The Chamber of No

Behavioral Economics Jan 31 2017


Limited Government as Insurance

Cost-benefit Analysis Jan 30 2017




The Many Faces of Means-Testing

Cost-benefit Analysis Jan 24 2017


Caplan-Wilkinson Universal Basic Income Debate

Economic Philosophy Jan 23 2017


The Most I'll Admit

Behavioral Economics Jan 19 2017


The Great Californian Bag Surplus

Cost-benefit Analysis Jan 18 2017



The Priority Resolution

Behavioral Economics Jan 1 2017


I Dream of Repentance

Behavioral Economics Dec 26 2016


Easy Answer All My Students Should Know

Economic Education Dec 20 2016


Orange Rocks and the Minimum Wage

Behavioral Economics Dec 19 2016


Many a Slip

Behavioral Economics Dec 16 2016


National Origin as Nurture Effect

Economic Methods Dec 15 2016




Conversion: The Quantity/Quality Trade-off

Behavioral Economics Dec 8 2016


Three Themes of the Niskanen Center

Behavioral Economics Dec 7 2016


The Dumbest Thing Batman Ever Said

Behavioral Economics Dec 5 2016


Borjas, Ideology, and #ForeignLivesMatter

Cost-benefit Analysis Dec 1 2016


Ten Points on the Wrong Side of History

Behavioral Economics Nov 30 2016


Why I'm Not Freaking Out

Behavioral Economics Nov 29 2016


How Castro is Like the Minimum Wage

Behavioral Economics Nov 28 2016


Trump Bets: One Actual, Ten Potential

Economic Methods Nov 23 2016


If the Angry Could Hear What the Calm Do Not Say

Behavioral Economics Nov 22 2016


Xenophobia and Canada

Behavioral Economics Nov 21 2016


Memory of Credibility

Behavioral Economics Nov 17 2016



The Silent Suffering of the Non-Neurotic

Behavioral Economics Nov 15 2016


The Excellent and Admirable Alex Tabarrok

Cost-benefit Analysis Nov 14 2016


I Win All My Election Bets

Behavioral Economics Nov 9 2016


One Last Election Bet

Economic Methods Nov 7 2016


My Intellectual Insurance Policy

Cost-benefit Analysis Nov 4 2016


The Divisiveness of Cohesion

Behavioral Economics Nov 4 2016


The Full Hanson-Caplan Robot Debate

Economic Philosophy Nov 3 2016


Brigham Young, Pioneer Prophet: A Biography with Depth

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Nov 2 2016




Elections Are Surveys: The Case of AIP

Behavioral Economics Oct 25 2016


The Huemer Graph

Oct 24 2016


I Want to Know How the Transporter Works

Behavioral Economics Oct 21 2016



Against Robotic Panic

Growth: Consequences Oct 19 2016


The Pride of Homeschooling

Economic Philosophy Oct 17 2016


Hanson-Caplan Robot Debate this Monday in NYC

Economic Growth Oct 14 2016




Huemer Replies on the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Cost-benefit Analysis Oct 13 2016



Schneider's The Deadly Sins

Behavioral Economics Oct 9 2016


Michigan State Debate

Economic Philosophy Oct 5 2016


All Roads Lead to Open Borders: A Caplan/Weinersmith Collaboration

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Oct 5 2016



Bugs

Cost-benefit Analysis Oct 3 2016


Apolitical Reasons to Hate Politics

Behavioral Economics Sep 27 2016


Binding Arbitration: The Radical Implications

Institutional Economics Sep 26 2016


Value-Added and Social Desirability Bias

Behavioral Economics Sep 20 2016



GMU's Visionary

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Sep 16 2016


Truman Bewley Comes to GMU

Behavioral Economics Sep 14 2016


Why I Don't Vote: The Honest Truth

Economic Philosophy Sep 13 2016


From the Cutting Room Floor: The Case Against Education

Economics of Education Sep 12 2016


The Ultra-Selective Rationality of Politicians

Behavioral Economics Sep 9 2016


Solve for This Equilibrium

Behavioral Economics Sep 8 2016


Betting Justice

Behavioral Economics Sep 7 2016


Helicopter Parenting and Moral Causation

Behavioral Economics Sep 6 2016


The Math Myth

Cost-benefit Analysis Sep 1 2016


Animal Farm in Reverse

Behavioral Economics Aug 31 2016


Closing Comments on Captain Fantastic

Economics of Education Aug 30 2016


Commentary on Captain Fantastic

Economic Philosophy Aug 29 2016


Neurotic Politics

Behavioral Economics Aug 26 2016


Metzger on Headline Dismay Minimization

Behavioral Economics Aug 25 2016


The Fall 2016 Public Choice Center Seminar Series

Economic Education Aug 24 2016


Headline Dismay Minimization

Behavioral Economics Aug 23 2016


An ITT I Cannot Pass

Behavioral Economics Aug 22 2016


Huemer's "Relativism and Tyranny"

Economic Philosophy Aug 22 2016


The Immigration/Labor Demand Elasticity Puzzle

Economic Methods Aug 18 2016


Labor Demand Elasticity: Boredom is Thoughtless

Cost-benefit Analysis Aug 17 2016


Open Borders Philanthropy Bleg

Cost-benefit Analysis Aug 16 2016


Murder Equivalents

Behavioral Economics Aug 15 2016


What I Fail to Realize

Economic Philosophy Aug 10 2016


Johnson Bet

Economic Methods Aug 9 2016


The Huemer-Caplan Exchange

Cost-benefit Analysis Aug 8 2016


Huemer's Letter to Brian Doherty

Economic Philosophy Aug 3 2016


Is It Really Conscious?

Behavioral Economics Aug 2 2016


Tolstoy, Hypocrisy, and Puritanism

Behavioral Economics Aug 1 2016


Huemer's "On Liberty and Philosophy"

Economic Philosophy Jul 29 2016


Robin's Turing Test

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jul 28 2016


The Science of Homeschooling

Economics of Education Jul 27 2016


Cosmopolitans and False Consciousness

Behavioral Economics Jul 26 2016


Immigrants and Everest

Behavioral Economics Jul 25 2016


A Numerate Sermon on Terrorism

Behavioral Economics Jul 22 2016


I Win My Cruz Bet with Steve Pearlstein

Economic Methods Jul 21 2016


The Hyperbole of Backlash

Economics and Culture Jul 21 2016


7th Grade: The Homeschooling Experience

Economics of Education Jul 20 2016


Slavery in the Age of Em

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jul 19 2016


Observations from Europe

Behavioral Economics Jul 17 2016



Is Education Good for the Soul?

Economic Philosophy Jul 4 2016


Outline for Poverty: Who To Blame

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jun 27 2016


Hanson's Predictions: A 5-Page Age of Em Robustness Test

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jun 24 2016


Brexit Bet Comment

Economic Methods Jun 24 2016




My Answers for Robin

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jun 16 2016


Pre-Brexit Bet Clarification

Economic Methods Jun 16 2016


Deregulation, Voodoo, and Krugman

Economic Philosophy Jun 14 2016


3 Answers from Robin

Cost-benefit Analysis Jun 14 2016


3 Questions for Robin

Cost-benefit Analysis Jun 13 2016


The Age of Em: Reply to Robin

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jun 13 2016


Robin Hanson's The Age of Em: A Succinct Assessment

Behavioral Economics Jun 10 2016


What's Wrong in Robin Hanson's The Age of Em

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jun 7 2016


Regret and the Status Quo

Behavioral Economics Jun 6 2016


What's Right in Robin Hanson's The Age of Em

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jun 1 2016


Exclusion: The Uncanny Moral Valley

Behavioral Economics Jun 1 2016


Why I Think I Win My Bets

Behavioral Economics May 27 2016


Migration and Welfare in Maoist China

Cross-country Comparisons May 26 2016


Euroteach

Economic Education May 23 2016


Multinationals Are Well-Managed in All Countries

Cross-country Comparisons May 20 2016


A Story of Signaling

Economics of Education May 18 2016



The Specter of Open Borders

Behavioral Economics May 13 2016


Consols Contra the Liquidity Trap

Macroeconomics May 13 2016


Emigration and Revolution

Behavioral Economics May 12 2016


The Observational/RCT Correlation

Economic Methods May 11 2016


Dementia, Antihistamines, and Cost-Benefit Analysis

Behavioral Economics May 10 2016


The Value of History

Cost-benefit Analysis May 6 2016


Lip Service

Behavioral Economics May 5 2016


Exploring the Place Premium

Cross-country Comparisons May 3 2016


What the Primaries Mean

Economic Methods May 2 2016


The End of Doom and Cost-Benefit Methodology

Behavioral Economics Apr 29 2016



Two Alienated Questions

Behavioral Economics Apr 27 2016


Taxing the Rich: Strange Hope for Liberty

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Apr 26 2016


Education: Free Matters

Behavioral Economics Apr 25 2016


The Diction of Social Desirability Bias

Behavioral Economics Apr 22 2016



Against Trolling

Cost-benefit Analysis Apr 20 2016


My Complete Bet Inventory: 2016 Edition

Behavioral Economics Apr 19 2016


The Welfare State and Taxes Are Bad, Mmkay

Cost-benefit Analysis Apr 15 2016


Biased Behavioral Econ

Behavioral Economics Apr 14 2016


Updated Bet Inventory Bleg

Economic Methods Apr 13 2016


Inform Me

Cost-benefit Analysis Apr 12 2016


School Is to Submit: My Critique

Behavioral Economics Apr 11 2016


Ungag Expertise

Behavioral Economics Apr 8 2016


Naik on Credentialism and Immigration

Economics of Education Apr 7 2016


Approaching Infinity by Michael Huemer

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Apr 6 2016


Vietnam War Draft Resistance: Huemer Worked

Cost-benefit Analysis Apr 5 2016


Does Science Need Common Sense?

Economic Philosophy Apr 4 2016


Two Terror Graphs

Cost-benefit Analysis Apr 1 2016


The Case Against Education: Forthcoming from Princeton University Press

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Mar 31 2016


So Far: My Response on Unfriendly AI

Behavioral Economics Mar 30 2016


So Far: Unfriendly AI Edition

Cost-benefit Analysis Mar 29 2016


So Far

Cost-benefit Analysis Mar 25 2016


Get a Compound

Behavioral Economics Mar 23 2016


My Simplistic Theory of Left and Right, 2016 Edition

Behavioral Economics Mar 21 2016


The Freedom-Loving Case for Open Borders

Cost-benefit Analysis Mar 18 2016


Retroactive Krikorianism

Cost-benefit Analysis Mar 17 2016


The Glorious Lasting Accidental Liberalization

Behavioral Economics Mar 16 2016


How Open Borders Will Win, If It Wins

Behavioral Economics Mar 15 2016


The Microaggressions of Immigration

Behavioral Economics Mar 14 2016



Myth of the Rational Voter 2016

Behavioral Economics Mar 1 2016



Upcoming Events

Economic Education Feb 25 2016





Teaching to the Test Bleg

Economics of Education Feb 22 2016


I Win My Bush-Trump Bet with Tim Kane

Economic Methods Feb 22 2016



Ancestry and Long-Run Growth Reading Club: Chanda Comments

Cross-country Comparisons Feb 19 2016


Prove-Me-Wrong Prizes

Behavioral Economics Feb 19 2016


The Question I Didn't Ask Nate Silver

Behavioral Economics Feb 18 2016



Praise: Substitution versus Income Effects

Behavioral Economics Feb 16 2016


Hopeless Excuses

Behavioral Economics Feb 15 2016


Putterman-Weil Data

Economic Growth Feb 12 2016


Two Fun Facts from Putterman-Weil

Book Club Feb 12 2016


Betting Rules

Behavioral Economics Feb 11 2016



A Simple Proof Not All Markets Work Well

Behavioral Economics Feb 9 2016


I Win My Long-Term Unemployment Bet with Tyler

Behavioral Economics Feb 8 2016





Two Election Bets

Economic Methods Feb 2 2016


ADHD Reconsidered

Economic Philosophy Feb 2 2016


ADHD Shall Save Us

Behavioral Economics Feb 1 2016


An Ivy League Admissions Officer Speaks

Economics of Education Jan 29 2016


My Future of Freedom Foundation Interview

Cost-benefit Analysis Jan 28 2016



An Educational Challenge

Economic Methods Jan 26 2016


Ponnuru's Corollary to Hanlon's Razor

Behavioral Economics Jan 25 2016



The Ambitious Case Against T.J.

Behavioral Economics Jan 25 2016


Forgetting How to Drive in the Snow

Behavioral Economics Jan 21 2016


Forgetting: The Basic Facts

Behavioral Economics Jan 21 2016


The Missing Moods

Behavioral Economics Jan 20 2016



I Changed My Mind About Betting

Behavioral Economics Jan 16 2016


"Poor Programs" Bleg

Political Economy Jan 15 2016


The Great Pacification, U.S. Edition

Economic History Jan 15 2016


Terrorism and Innumeracy

Behavioral Economics Jan 14 2016



A Teen Tries the Ideological Turing Test

Behavioral Economics Jan 4 2016


I Win My Inflation Bet with Robert Murphy

Economic Methods Jan 1 2016


Recession Bet

Economic Growth Dec 30 2015


Coercive Priors

Behavioral Economics Dec 29 2015


Two Public Choice Questions

Economic Education Dec 28 2015


Labor Econ Versus the World: Ecumenical Edition

Behavioral Economics Dec 23 2015


Labor Econ Versus the World: Further Thoughts

Behavioral Economics Dec 22 2015


Labor Econ Versus the World

Behavioral Economics Dec 21 2015


All Politicians Lie: The Empirics

Behavioral Economics Dec 17 2015


Assimilation and Immigration Restriction

Behavioral Economics Dec 16 2015


Demography and Decency

Behavioral Economics Dec 15 2015


No Plan for What Comes After

Behavioral Economics Dec 14 2015


The Meaning of Mood

Behavioral Economics Dec 11 2015


The Most Educated Poor in History

Economics of Education Dec 10 2015


Open Borders Meetup: The Speech

Economic Philosophy Dec 9 2015


How Evil Are Politicians?

Cost-benefit Analysis Dec 7 2015


Straw Men Rule

Behavioral Economics Dec 3 2015


Wars of Negligence

Behavioral Economics Dec 2 2015


What Was Balkanization?

Behavioral Economics Dec 1 2015


Dying of Humiliation

Behavioral Economics Nov 30 2015


The Center Will Hold: My 10:1 Bet Stands

Cost-benefit Analysis Nov 24 2015


Iraq: Disaster By Popular Demand

Behavioral Economics Nov 23 2015


Open Borders Meets the Writers Workshop

Cost-benefit Analysis Nov 20 2015


Meta-Crisis

Political Economy Nov 19 2015


A Swarm of Thoughts on Hive Mind

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Nov 18 2015


Take This Ideological Turing Test

Behavioral Economics Nov 17 2015


The Architecture of Hive Mind

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Nov 17 2015


Reflections on the Caplan-Jones Immigration Debate

Cost-benefit Analysis Nov 13 2015


Caplan-Jones Immigration Debate

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Nov 9 2015


Humane Canada

Behavioral Economics Nov 6 2015


Gonzalez on the Multicultural Threat

Behavioral Economics Nov 5 2015


Cochrane's Questions About Inequality

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Nov 4 2015


The Punchline of Labor Market Regulation

Behavioral Economics Nov 3 2015


The Danger of Economics

Behavioral Economics Oct 30 2015


Bush-Trump Bet

Economic Methods Oct 29 2015


Well-Said

Cross-country Comparisons Oct 29 2015


The World Without Marx

Cost-benefit Analysis Oct 29 2015


What I Didn't Get to Say to the Workshop Audience

Economic Philosophy Oct 28 2015


What I Didn't Get to Say to Mike Gonzalez

Economic Philosophy Oct 27 2015


What I Didn't Get to Say to Mark Krikorian

Behavioral Economics Oct 26 2015

Art Carden


Are You Getting Gouged at the Marina?

Economic Education Mar 25 2023


Optimism and Ethics in The Calculus of Consent

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Mar 2 2023


Policy Failure During the Great Depression

Economic History Feb 17 2023


The Simple Economics of Pornography

Economics and Culture Jan 7 2020


Indirect Finance and the Cousin Eddie Problem

Economic Education Nov 23 2019



A Missed Opportunity for Mutual Learning

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Mar 6 2018



Saving Labor with Disposables

Economic Education Aug 24 2017


Conspiracy and Condemnation

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Aug 4 2017



By Request: Factor Price Equalization

Labor Mobility, Immigration, Outsourcing Nov 29 2014


By Request: Externalities

Political Economy Nov 29 2014


By Request: Economics and Christianity

Economics and Culture Nov 29 2014






I Keep Returning to This Book...

Austrian Economics Nov 20 2014



A Lot Happened in 1962

Economic History Nov 14 2014






Third Parties in Congress: Props to Jon Murphy

Behavioral Economics Nov 5 2014



Can Labeling Compound Erroneous Beliefs?

Information Goods, Intellectual Property Nov 1 2014






What Does Fusion Mean for the Future?

Energy, Environment, Resources Oct 16 2014




Should Financial Literacy Be Part of the Core of K-12 Education?

Finance: stocks, options, etc. Oct 9 2014




Investing: A Weekend Thought

Finance: stocks, options, etc. Oct 4 2014




The Austrian Tradition on Mises' Birthday

Austrian Economics Sep 29 2014




Social TV: Social Media Creates More Weak Ties

Information Goods, Intellectual Property Sep 25 2014


Saving Money with One Income

Family Economics Sep 21 2014




How Can Small Kids Earn a Few Dollars?

Family Economics Sep 17 2014


Recent Reading: Onward, Christian Soldiers Edition

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Sep 16 2014


Will "Minecraft Coaching" be a 21st Century Job?

Economics of Education Sep 15 2014



Why Should You Major in Economics?

Economics of Education Sep 10 2014


Laniakea for the Laniakeans!

Labor Mobility, Immigration, Outsourcing Sep 6 2014



Are Your Clicks More Powerful Than Your Votes?

Politics and Economics Sep 2 2014



Should You Take Notes By Hand and Read Paper Books?

Economics of Education Aug 29 2014



Schooling and Technology in The Second Machine Age

Economics of Education Aug 27 2014



Quarters on the Sidewalk as Stimulus

Politics and Economics Aug 18 2014


Cryptocurrencies and Mobile Tipping

Cryptocurrency Aug 14 2014




Open Borders Bingo!

Labor Mobility, Immigration, Outsourcing Aug 12 2014


Uber's Strategy: Appeal to People, Not Power?

Political Economy Aug 11 2014




Bootleggers and Baptists in Alabama Politics

Politics and Economics Aug 5 2014






Why Don't We Observe Time-Traveling Arbitrageurs?

International Macroeconomics Jul 28 2014



The Rhetoric of Rights and Permission

Political Economy Jul 24 2014




The Brilliance Of The Onion on Immigrant Fruit

International Trade Jul 22 2014


Does Paying More to Hire Americans Help Americans?

International Trade Jul 21 2014


Where Will We Put All These Immigrants?

Labor Mobility, Immigration, Outsourcing Jul 17 2014



Intolerant Socialism

Economic Philosophy Jul 14 2014





Landfills as Inventories

Energy, Environment, Resources Jul 7 2014


I, Crayon

Central Planning Jul 3 2014









New Immigration Journal from the Hoover Institution: Peregrine

Labor Mobility, Immigration, Outsourcing Jun 24 2014






Another Immigrant Sneaks Across the Border to Take an American Job

Labor Mobility, Immigration, Outsourcing Jun 21 2014


SMBC Features The Greatest Commencement Ever

Economics of Education Jun 19 2014





Two Calls for Papers from Econ Journal Watch

Upcoming Events Jun 17 2014







Voter Biases, Explained with Video

Labor Mobility, Immigration, Outsourcing Jun 3 2014


Reverse Mortgages in Organs

Microeconomics Jun 2 2014



Why I Fight Write

Economic History Dec 31 2013


Immigrants and their Motivations, Part 2

Labor Mobility, Immigration, Outsourcing Dec 31 2013


Should We Forgive Student Loan Debt?

Economics of Education Dec 30 2013


Immigrants and Their Motivations

Labor Mobility, Immigration, Outsourcing Dec 28 2013



Climate Stabilizers: How Do People Adjust?

Growth: Consequences Dec 26 2013



A New Gig: DepositAccounts.com

Money and Inflation Dec 21 2013


Economics in One Meme: Growing Again

Central Planning Dec 20 2013



Interest is Special, Says Special Interest

Macroeconomics Dec 17 2013


I, Christmas

Central Planning Dec 10 2013





Happy Thanksgiving! For What are You Thankful?

Growth: Consequences Nov 28 2013


Rights are Obligations, and That's the Problem

Economics of Health Care Nov 27 2013





Economics and The Rapture

Behavioral Economics Nov 19 2013


Oppression is a Negative-Sum Game

Economic Growth Nov 15 2013





Of Fossil Fuels, Forests, and the Future of Prosperity

Energy, Environment, Resources Nov 11 2013


Best. Comment. Ever.

Behavioral Economics Nov 11 2013


Why Do Incorrect Stories Stick?

Behavioral Economics Nov 9 2013


An Invitation to Bryan Caplan and Vivek Wadhwa: Care to Debate?

Labor Mobility, Immigration, Outsourcing Nov 5 2013



What I've Been Reading Lately

Book Club Nov 4 2013



Do We Work Too Much?

Behavioral Economics Oct 30 2013




Listener-Supported Radio: What Should I Do?

Microeconomics Oct 21 2013




Giving Writers the Benefit of the Doubt

Behavioral Economics Oct 16 2013



Time for a Third Party? Let's Bet

Political Economy Oct 11 2013


Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren*

Economic Growth Oct 10 2013


What I've Been Writing Lately

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Oct 9 2013




Keep Calm and Read Bastiat

Macroeconomics Oct 5 2013



What I've Been Reading Lately

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Sep 27 2013





Four Readings from Frederic Bastiat

Economic Philosophy Sep 16 2013




Sometimes, "Not My Problem" Is the Right Answer

Austrian Economics Sep 12 2013



Why Should We Go To War With [Name]?

Political Economy Sep 6 2013


What I've Been Writing Lately: On Immigration

Labor Mobility, Immigration, Outsourcing Sep 6 2013


Why are YOU A Libertarian?

Moral Reasoning Sep 5 2013


Further Notes on Schooling

Economics of Education Sep 5 2013



Ronald Coase, 1910-2013

Obituaries Sep 2 2013



I'm Proud to Be a Bad Person

Economics of Education Aug 30 2013





Recent Reading

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Aug 22 2013


I, Beef Jerky

Central Planning Aug 21 2013




On Re-Reading Hayek's The Road to Serfdom

Austrian Economics Aug 12 2013







New at Forbes: McDonald's and Minimum Wages

Central Planning Jul 30 2013



But Did it Toast?

Austrian Economics Jul 23 2013


The Absurdity of Royalty

Economics and Culture Jul 23 2013


I, Toaster: Revisited

Austrian Economics Jul 22 2013




On Bastiat and the Edifice Complex

Central Planning Jul 18 2013


We-e-ee Are NEVER EVER EVER--Running Out of Oil!

Energy, Environment, Resources Jul 17 2013


Recent Reading

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jul 16 2013


Trading With Foreigners: What's In It For Us?

Cost-benefit Analysis Jul 15 2013





Questions for Independence Day Evening

Political Economy Jul 4 2013



Coase versus Pigou on Independence Day

Central Planning Jul 4 2013



Market Distortions Are Lower Bounds

Behavioral Economics Jul 2 2013



The Most Bourgeois Place on Earth?

Central Planning Jun 27 2013



The Present and the Future Both Need Bastiat

Economic Growth Jun 26 2013




Happy Anniversary, Shannon Carden

Family Economics Jun 21 2013


Deirdre McCloskey: Julian Simon Award Winner

Economic History Jun 20 2013



Cato Unbound on Recycling: A Landfill is an Inventory

Cost-benefit Analysis Jun 18 2013


Happy Birthday, David Carden

Family Economics Jun 18 2013


Which Books Should We Re-Read?

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jun 17 2013


Happy Birthday, Taylor Grace Carden

Family Economics Jun 16 2013




Atlas Shrugged: My Two Favorite Passages

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jun 12 2013




Foreign Language Study: Should it Be Compulsory?

Cost-benefit Analysis Jun 10 2013




Recent Reading: Fiction Edition

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Jun 6 2013




Feeds and Follows: My RSS Feeds and Twitter Follows

Behavioral Economics Jun 3 2013


Caveat Emptor: Will The Buyer Be Caught?

Labor Market May 30 2013





Coase on a Plane: My Answer

Cost-benefit Analysis May 24 2013


Coase on a Plane, or, an Idea, Recycled

Institutional Economics May 23 2013



Updating My RSS Feeds: What Am I Missing?

Cost-benefit Analysis May 21 2013


Values Every Scholar Should Adopt

Moral Reasoning May 18 2013


Look Out the Window, or, Stop and Smell the Bacon

Energy, Environment, Resources May 17 2013


Recent Reading and Coming Attractions: Stats, Stats, and More Stats!

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings May 16 2013



Recent Reading

Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings May 15 2013


Kling on Clans, North on States

Economic History May 14 2013


Facebook: So Long. Sort of.

Behavioral Economics May 10 2013





Talk this Morning: "More Immigrants, Please"

Labor Mobility, Immigration, Outsourcing Apr 24 2013





On Homeschoolery: A Bet, Revised

Economics of Education Apr 9 2013


On The Effects of Homeschooling: A Bet

Behavioral Economics Apr 7 2013


Why Economics and Liberty?

Economic Methods Apr 1 2013

Eric Crampton

Sayonara

Jul 24 2006


Economics and charity runs

Economics and Culture Jul 22 2006


A Cantabrian Commerce Centenary

Austrian Economics Jul 21 2006


Second Best and Socialist Calculation

Austrian Economics Jul 21 2006


Public Choice Television

Public Choice Theory Jul 20 2006


Tragedy of the Commons

Economic History Jul 19 2006


Kiwispeak

Cross-country Comparisons Jul 19 2006


Offsetting behaviour

Regulation and Subsidies Jul 18 2006


Physician, consult an economist.

Economics of Health Care Jul 18 2006


Returns to Beauty

Human Capital Jul 17 2006


Further Kiwiana

Cross-country Comparisons Jul 17 2006


Prediction Markets?

Information Goods, Intellectual Property Jul 16 2006


Ideology and the Classroom

Economic Education Jul 16 2006


French Labour Markets

Labor Market Jul 15 2006


Kiwiana

Cross-country Comparisons Jul 15 2006