Category Archives: economics

QotD

Posted on Monday, 2005 April 18 by Anton

Will Wilkinson: It is especially incoherent when welfare liberals accuse markets of involving BOTH radical cooperative interdependence, such that much of a society’s wealth is a “social product” to which individuals have no moral claim independent of some rule of … Continue reading →

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would you believe more links?

Posted on Monday, 2005 March 28 by Anton

Tim Worstall: Bad, Bad Minimum Wage. Guess what: a price floor reduces demand! In real life, even! Sean Corrigan: We Shoulda Seen it Coming! Since the effects of loose money are well known to economists, why can’t business adjust for … Continue reading →

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“terrorism futures”

Posted on Saturday, 2005 March 19 by Anton

Robin Hanson reports: I just produced the following draft (PDF), which tries a new statistical approach on the question of which side is “right” in a media controversy. I applied it to the coverage of PAM, but it might also … Continue reading →

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linky goodness

Posted on Sunday, 2005 February 20 by Anton

Wodehouse, the next generation: a fan’s delightful movie concept Bryan Caplan: The Idea Trap: why bad economic policy is so rarely repealed Institute for Justice: The 25 Best Friends of Property Rights: amicus briefs in support of petitioners in Kelo … Continue reading →

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QotD

Posted on Friday, 2005 February 18 by Anton

. . . I consider the right of property to consist in the freedom to dispose first of one’s person, then of one’s labor, and finally, of the products of one’s labor — which proves, incidentally, that, from a certain … Continue reading →

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temporal foreshortening

Posted on Friday, 2004 December 24 by Anton

On a private mailing list someone wrote: having just seen the 1951 Britisher version of the Dickens Christmas Carol, it struck me that free marketeers should really live in Dickensian England and try work their way out from the bottom. … Continue reading →

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if only you believed in miracles

Posted on Sunday, 2004 December 05 by Anton

Travis found a choice rant by Don Boudreaux at Cafe Hayek: But the bluest blue-state left-“liberal” atheist oughtn’t be too quick with the self-congratulatory praise of his or her own rational faculties. Most left-liberals are pure creationists when it comes … Continue reading →

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