Bon Mot Arnold Kling By Arnold Kling, Oct 5 2007 SHARE POST: From Alex Tabarrok: In fact, liberalism, meaning classical liberalism, has never been conservative. It began as a movement of the left against feudalistic, conservative insiders and it remains so today.
Oct 5 2007 Economic and Political Philosophy What Racism Is Bryan Caplan Megan asks, "What is racism?":Part of the problem with talking about race and gender in America is the definition of racism and sexism. Most of us use a working definition of racism and sexism that is something like "Holding (bad) false beliefs about racial minorities and women". But if that is our definition, everyone... 22 Read More
Oct 5 2007 Economic Methods Surowiecki's Levy and Peart's Mistake Bryan Caplan In my book, I reference Surowiecki's "guess-the-weight-of-an-ox" anecdote. My colleague David Levy and his co-author Sandra Peart show that isn't quite right. Contrary to Surowiecki, Galton reported the median guess, not the mean - which was reported by Pearson years later. (Since my account doesn't mention Galton o... 7 Read More
Oct 5 2007 Political Economy Bon Mot Arnold Kling From Alex Tabarrok: In fact, liberalism, meaning classical liberalism, has never been conservative. It began as a movement of the left against feudalistic, conservative insiders and it remains so today. 6 Read More