Rock on, Alex Bryan Caplan By Bryan Caplan, Apr 29 2005 SHARE POST: Alex Tabarrok make a real splash on Lawrence Kudlow today. And while most of the talk centered on Social Security reform, there was an exhilirating digression on oil economics.
May 2 2005 Behavioral Economics Learning vs. Persistent Mistakes Arnold Kling Andrew Chamberlain writes thanks to arbitrage, rational people stand to profit when irrational people let prices and wages stray from efficient levels. That’s what justifies the economist’s assumption of rationality—a small number of rational profit-seekers keep markets rational as a whole even when many partici... 10 Read More
May 1 2005 Economic History May Day Mourning Bryan Caplan Jonathan Wilde at Catallarchy has orchestrated a moving and edifying May Day blog extravangaza on the dark history of communism. Catallarchy has gone the extra mile here, offering twelve fine short essays, and leading off with R.J. Rummel, Nicholas Weininger, and yours truly (on the misnomer of Stalinist "industrializ... 11 Read More
Apr 29 2005 Energy, Environment, Resources Rock on, Alex Bryan Caplan Alex Tabarrok make a real splash on Lawrence Kudlow today. And while most of the talk centered on Social Security reform, there was an exhilirating digression on oil economics. 7 Read More