A Fun Stupid Question Bryan Caplan By Bryan Caplan, Feb 22 2007 SHARE POST: Daylight savings time is going to be longer this year. When I heard this, I started laughing about the following stupid question: “Will it be good for plants?”
Feb 22 2007 Behavioral Economics Height and Happiness Bryan Caplan Tyler relays a Kling-esque critique of happiness research from John Quiggan: Suppose you wanted to establish whether children’s height increased with age, but you couldn’t measure height directly. One way to respond to this problem would be to interview groups of children in different classes at school, and asked ... 0 Read More
Feb 22 2007 Behavioral Economics The Myth of the Rational Voter, Posner Edition Bryan Caplan When I was a junior at UC Berkeley, I wasn't sure if I should stick with economics after graduation. Then I started reading a lot of Richard Posner, and my love of econ was reborn. Fifteen years later, he's still making me smile: Eighty percent of Americans tell pollsters that they do not think that health insurers s... 7 Read More
Feb 22 2007 Energy, Environment, Resources A Fun Stupid Question Bryan Caplan Daylight savings time is going to be longer this year. When I heard this, I started laughing about the following stupid question: "Will it be good for plants?" 5 Read More