Economic Education
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How to Be a Green Economist, Nordhaus-Style
“Is there a way to be a concerned environmentalist without falling prey to the ‘It’s all a scam’ on one side and ‘It’s the apocalypse’ on the other? I believe so; deep down, I believe Professor Nordhaus does so too. The Spirit of Green shows it, but you need to dig a bit to find…
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Populist Prophets, Public Profits, and the Pied Pipers of Lucre
“Keith Gill and the WallStreetBets horde aren’t going anywhere, and their crusade is not unique. They are preceded by many other campaigns, the earliest of which were Thomas Lawson’s in early 20th century Boston.” ~ Peter C. Earle
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Some Classical Liberal Priors
“A mark of wisdom is to be aware of one’s priors and to struggle to prevent these both from obstructing one’s own personal quest for a better understanding of reality, and from impeding productive discussion with other persons.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux
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Want to Prepare for the Next Pandemic? Read These Five Books on Expertise
“When we turn experts into masters rather than advisers, we throw away a lot of important knowledge. Experts definitely have their place, but we have to remember that they respond to incentives and have their own epistemic limitations.” ~ Art Carden
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Long-Term Labor Force Trends & the COVID-19 Recession
“It remains to be seen if a further legacy of our several decades of accelerating fiscal profligacy and expansionary monetary policy will turn out to be a permanent reversal of our progress in labor participation and equality.” ~ Robert F. Mulligan
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A Tale of Two Spikes: How the Tullock Spike Gives Insight Into a Viral Spike Amid Forced Mask-Wearing
“Let us hope for once that President Biden and the various state governors and health officials leave people free to assess their own risks and adjust their own behaviors as best makes sense to them.” ~ Jon Sanders
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Edwin Cannan: An Economist Who Protested Against Big Government
“What stands out in Edwin Cannan’s writings is a simplicity and clarity in explaining the ‘miracle’ of the market in a world-encompassing division of labor that connects multitudes of people for mutual improvement and peaceful cultural gains.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling
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From Fast Growth to No Growth to De-Growth
“Whereas some anti-capitalists wish earnestly for capitalism’s end and yearn for a future utopia of non-capitalist wealth (a contradiction), others of them yearn for the world known before capitalism, the non-capitalist world that was fundamentally feudal and medieval.” ~ Richard M. Salsman
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The Real Cost of Public Debt Is Not a Dollar Amount; It’s Freedom
“Liberty is not measurable in dollars; it is priceless. As such, we should argue against any infringement on liberty—in this case public debt—for that reason.” ~ Jonathan W. Plante
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Fight Covid-19 With Social Capital Not Stringency
“While Covid-19 and its variants are reaching endemic status, people and their communities can play an active role in limiting its spread by bolstering social capital through resuming normal social and economic activities, not by imposing additional lockdowns.” ~ Byron Carson, Justin Isaacs & Anthony Carilli
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How to Be a Green Economist, Nordhaus-Style
“Is there a way to be a concerned environmentalist without falling prey to the ‘It’s all a scam’ on one side and ‘It’s the apocalypse’ on the other? I believe so; deep down, I believe Professor Nordhaus does so too. The Spirit of Green shows it, but you need to dig a bit to find…
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Populist Prophets, Public Profits, and the Pied Pipers of Lucre
“Keith Gill and the WallStreetBets horde aren’t going anywhere, and their crusade is not unique. They are preceded by many other campaigns, the earliest of which were Thomas Lawson’s in early 20th century Boston.” ~ Peter C. Earle
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Some Classical Liberal Priors
“A mark of wisdom is to be aware of one’s priors and to struggle to prevent these both from obstructing one’s own personal quest for a better understanding of reality, and from impeding productive discussion with other persons.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux
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Want to Prepare for the Next Pandemic? Read These Five Books on Expertise
“When we turn experts into masters rather than advisers, we throw away a lot of important knowledge. Experts definitely have their place, but we have to remember that they respond to incentives and have their own epistemic limitations.” ~ Art Carden
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Long-Term Labor Force Trends & the COVID-19 Recession
“It remains to be seen if a further legacy of our several decades of accelerating fiscal profligacy and expansionary monetary policy will turn out to be a permanent reversal of our progress in labor participation and equality.” ~ Robert F. Mulligan
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A Tale of Two Spikes: How the Tullock Spike Gives Insight Into a Viral Spike Amid Forced Mask-Wearing
“Let us hope for once that President Biden and the various state governors and health officials leave people free to assess their own risks and adjust their own behaviors as best makes sense to them.” ~ Jon Sanders
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Edwin Cannan: An Economist Who Protested Against Big Government
“What stands out in Edwin Cannan’s writings is a simplicity and clarity in explaining the ‘miracle’ of the market in a world-encompassing division of labor that connects multitudes of people for mutual improvement and peaceful cultural gains.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling
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From Fast Growth to No Growth to De-Growth
“Whereas some anti-capitalists wish earnestly for capitalism’s end and yearn for a future utopia of non-capitalist wealth (a contradiction), others of them yearn for the world known before capitalism, the non-capitalist world that was fundamentally feudal and medieval.” ~ Richard M. Salsman
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The Real Cost of Public Debt Is Not a Dollar Amount; It’s Freedom
“Liberty is not measurable in dollars; it is priceless. As such, we should argue against any infringement on liberty—in this case public debt—for that reason.” ~ Jonathan W. Plante
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Fight Covid-19 With Social Capital Not Stringency
“While Covid-19 and its variants are reaching endemic status, people and their communities can play an active role in limiting its spread by bolstering social capital through resuming normal social and economic activities, not by imposing additional lockdowns.” ~ Byron Carson, Justin Isaacs & Anthony Carilli