Or so says Yuval Levin.
I just can’t recommend it enough. It’s a deeply insightful look at where economics is going and why that should matter to us.
We also get a plug from economics instructor Brooks Wilson.
Or so says Yuval Levin.
I just can’t recommend it enough. It’s a deeply insightful look at where economics is going and why that should matter to us.
We also get a plug from economics instructor Brooks Wilson.
Dec 30 2009
Bryan's Myth of the Rational Voter was #3 on a list of the top ten pro-liberty books of the decade, as selected by a panel of 22 advocates of classical liberalism. Two of Bill Easterly's books made the list. Pointer from Tyler Cowen. I have read four out of the top five, and I have no quarrel with them. I'm a bit s...
Dec 30 2009
In a comment on Bryan Caplan's post today, Steve asks: Could someone please provide a distillation of Simon's work? The link is to his website, where all I can find is a list of published papers. I gave such a distillation in my tribute to Simon (http://www.davidrhenderson.com/articles/0698_inmemoriamjuliansimon.html...
Dec 30 2009
Or so says Yuval Levin. I just can't recommend it enough. It's a deeply insightful look at where economics is going and why that should matter to us. We also get a plug from economics instructor Brooks Wilson.
READER COMMENTS
Fenn
Dec 30 2009 at 3:55pm
Ordered my copy y’day. Looking forward to it.
Didn’t get book 2. Just a working schlub and that’s a lot of $ for 100 pages on my budget (especially since “Not What They Had in Mind” is free.
Got any non-blog reviews of 2? I can probably get a couple libraries to buy it w some positive published reviews.
Les
Dec 30 2009 at 6:11pm
I have just finished reading it, and I strongly recommend it to both economists and non-economists alike (it has very little technical jargon and no math). The book is very insightful and informative.
The only chapter I did not find excellent was the chapter on entrepreneurship, which seemed simply to repeat well-known generalities.
However, several of the interviews with outstanding economists did provide fresh and important insights into entrepreneurship.
Fenn
Dec 31 2009 at 9:40pm
2 to 3 weeks to get book 1 thru Amazon. Hopefully means that it’s selling better than the publisher expected.
Sean
Jan 7 2010 at 8:21pm
Tried to order it through a bookstore in Australia – price quoted $64.99 (AUD)!!! As an economist I had to conclude the cost exceeded my expected utility from the exchange. Still planning to buy it – will wait till it gets cheaper in Australia.
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