Caplan’s Parental Experience
Bryan opens a recent post by saying: My eldest sons just turned ten, which means I’ve been a father for ten years. Ergo, it’s time to inventory the top things I’ve learned from my decade of experience....
View ArticleWhy Aren’t There More Libertarian Girls?
Oh wow, this issue is exploding. Tom Woods expresses his feelings, and Bryan Caplan weighs in. In case you haven’t seen it, this is the video that annoyed Steve Horwitz and Sarah Skwire: I am going to...
View ArticleGreat Posts on the Minimum Wage
It’s reassuring to see that if I ever decided to retire to the Caribbean permanently, my US-based free-market colleagues would carry forward the torch of liberty. Here are some great posts on the...
View ArticleTwo Views (?) On Using Bets to Test Economic Theories
Back in December, when Brad DeLong said I needed to study at the feet of Krugman because I lost an inflation bet to David R. Henderson, and then Bryan Caplan objected to the tone of the statements,...
View ArticleBryan Caplan Values His Body Far Too Cheaply
I was very much enjoying the latest skirmish between Tyler Cowen and Bryan Caplan–no matter who loses, I win–when I was astounded by this argument from Bryan, to drive home his point about how awful...
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==> David R. Henderson on the Nobel. ==> When reading posts like this from Bryan, I wonder if he hands out the syllabus on the first day of class that just says “YOU WILL GET NOTHING FROM THIS...
View ArticleTwo Kitten Torturing Models of Wage Differentials
Suppose you read a blog post that started like this: It is well known that if you run a regression analysis of wages, you will find that if a person tortured kittens as a teenager, then he or she will...
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==> Mario Rizzo stands up for economic freedom and tolerance. ==> A few people have told me to highlight this apparent Krugman Kontradiction on unemployment benefits and job search (scroll down a...
View ArticleTruth Is Stranger Than Bryan Caplan’s Fiction
From my new post at Mises Canada: Caplan then goes on in his post to lament the odd fact that people do not respond to this potential of trillions of dollars in global wealth (via labor mobility) the...
View ArticleSomeone Has to Remind Bryan Caplan That No Such Thing as Utils
One of the issues in Bryan Caplan’s famous “Why I’m Not An Austrian Economist” essay (even though he had been one when he was younger) is the issue of cardinal utility functions. A lot of Rothbardians...
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