Daily Economy
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What Economic News Can You Trust?
In the advertising-driven market of Internet news, the incentives of mainstream media to say what is true are misaligned.
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Luce Brings Light to the Age of Anxiety
The film Luce is beautiful, haunting, and profound precisely because it doesn’t take the easy path. It doesn’t disguise the underlying truth that our endless search for saints to canonize and witches to burn is nothing but a cover for our failure to deal with the much less dramatic troubles in our own lives.
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Private Expeditions in the 19th Century Were Far More Successful
Most of the tragedies – such as the Franklin expedition – were publicly funded.
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Repeal Gouging Laws Before the Hurricane Hits
Price gouging laws are effectively knowledge embargoes that keep people positioned to help from getting the message.
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Payroll Tax Cut Won’t Stimulate the Economy
A payroll tax cut will not stimulate the economy. A better path is to stop the trade war and lift all the tariffs.
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That Labor Union Poll Is Not Believable
Union leaders may rejoice that the public increasingly approves of what they do, but poll data do not support that conclusion.
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How Twitter is Corrupting the History Profession
Social media once held great promise as a means of facilitating scholarly exchange. Unfortunately, academics themselves are becoming some of its worst actors.
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How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?
The strangers at Uber cared for my loved ones by making it easier for me to get to and from the studio safely — and markets made it possible for them to do it without explicitly intending to do so.
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The Market Is a Vessel for Delivering Love (Video)
I was honored to be interviewed by Matt Kibbe of Free the People for his podcast and video series, based on my new book The Market Loves You: Why You Should Love It Back (AIER, 2019).
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Why Shouldn’t Brazil Burn Its Rainforest?
Instead of reproaching politicians, sensationalizing the news, or projecting imminent environmental disaster, let’s consider the more intriguing idea: maybe Brazil should clear more of its rainforest rather than less.
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What Economic News Can You Trust?
In the advertising-driven market of Internet news, the incentives of mainstream media to say what is true are misaligned.
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•
Luce Brings Light to the Age of Anxiety
The film Luce is beautiful, haunting, and profound precisely because it doesn’t take the easy path. It doesn’t disguise the underlying truth that our endless search for saints to canonize and witches to burn is nothing but a cover for our failure to deal with the much less dramatic troubles in our own lives.
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Private Expeditions in the 19th Century Were Far More Successful
Most of the tragedies – such as the Franklin expedition – were publicly funded.
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Repeal Gouging Laws Before the Hurricane Hits
Price gouging laws are effectively knowledge embargoes that keep people positioned to help from getting the message.
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•
Payroll Tax Cut Won’t Stimulate the Economy
A payroll tax cut will not stimulate the economy. A better path is to stop the trade war and lift all the tariffs.
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That Labor Union Poll Is Not Believable
Union leaders may rejoice that the public increasingly approves of what they do, but poll data do not support that conclusion.
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How Twitter is Corrupting the History Profession
Social media once held great promise as a means of facilitating scholarly exchange. Unfortunately, academics themselves are becoming some of its worst actors.
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How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?
The strangers at Uber cared for my loved ones by making it easier for me to get to and from the studio safely — and markets made it possible for them to do it without explicitly intending to do so.
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•
The Market Is a Vessel for Delivering Love (Video)
I was honored to be interviewed by Matt Kibbe of Free the People for his podcast and video series, based on my new book The Market Loves You: Why You Should Love It Back (AIER, 2019).
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•
Why Shouldn’t Brazil Burn Its Rainforest?
Instead of reproaching politicians, sensationalizing the news, or projecting imminent environmental disaster, let’s consider the more intriguing idea: maybe Brazil should clear more of its rainforest rather than less.