A Relic of Prohibition Bryan Caplan By Bryan Caplan, Mar 13 2007 SHARE POST: An enthusiast on the Pulp Hero discussion board provides some authentic flavor of the Prohibition Era: An official Medicinal Liquor prescription form. It’s funny to think that alcohol was once treated like medical marijuana.
Mar 15 2007 Political Economy Taxes and Tipping Arnold Kling In an essay called Foundations of the Kling School, I write, Economics should be subsumed under the general study of human behavior, not the other way around. ...The conceptual differences between leaving a tip and paying income taxes are not as large as they might first appear. If tipping were under the aegis of com... 15 Read More
Mar 14 2007 Politics and Economics Worst Advice to Libertarians Ever? Bryan Caplan I'm not sure if Tyler Cowen's advice to libertarians is the worst any serious thinker has ever given us. But it's up there. I'd like to give my dear friend and benefactor a charitable reading, but I just can't. Stripped of its rhetorical grace, Tyler's essay basically makes two big points: 1. We're really rich, so... 13 Read More
Mar 13 2007 Economic History A Relic of Prohibition Bryan Caplan An enthusiast on the Pulp Hero discussion board provides some authentic flavor of the Prohibition Era: An official Medicinal Liquor prescription form. It's funny to think that alcohol was once treated like medical marijuana. 3 Read More