Caplan Now a Co- Arnold Kling By Arnold Kling, Mar 7 2005 SHARE POST: Bryan Caplan’s stint as guest blogger is over. His new gig is as co-blogger. Please welcome Bryan to what Steven Kirchner calls–in a hilarious post by the way, you must read it–The Bubble in Economics Blogs.
Mar 10 2005 Regulation and Subsidies Motives and Consequences Arnold Kling Hedge Fund Guy writes, Costs of lending are always passed on to the consumer. No one is forced to lend (well, there is the Community Reinvestment Act, but that's a quid pro quo, and an exception), so lenders will either pass increased costs along, or withdraw from the highest risk market segments. Making it harder for... 43 Read More
Mar 7 2005 Growth: Consequences Was Herbert Spencer Reincarnated as Julian Simon? Bryan Caplan I've come across an essay by Herbert Spencer that is eerily reminiscent of the work of the late great Julian Simon. Writing in the late 19th-century, Spencer proposes the following relationship between objective conditions and public opinion: "[T]he more things improve the louder become the exclamations about their ba... 3 Read More
Mar 7 2005 EconLog Caplan Now a Co- Arnold Kling Bryan Caplan's stint as guest blogger is over. His new gig is as co-blogger. Please welcome Bryan to what Steven Kirchner calls--in a hilarious post by the way, you must read it--The Bubble in Economics Blogs. 3 Read More