Taste for Variety Bryan Caplan By Bryan Caplan, Dec 13 2007 SHARE POST: Am I the only Saw fan in the world who thinks that Enchanted is the best movie of 2007? P.S. The movie is far better than the trailer.
Dec 13 2007 Regulation and Subsidies Those Silly French Arnold Kling The New York Times reports, Retail prices, particularly of books, are tightly regulated in France. Using "loss-leaders," or selling products below cost to attract customers, is illegal. Other restrictions apply to books retailers must not offer discounts of more than 5 percent on the publisher's recommended price. Ma... 4 Read More
Dec 13 2007 Economics of Education How Much AA at TJ? Bryan Caplan U.S. News and World Report says that Northern Virginia's Thomas Jefferson (TJ) is the best public high school in the country. Here's a neat paper by Lloyd Cohen of the GMU Law School estimating the extent of AA (or as he calls it "invidious discrimination in admissions") going on at TJ. Cohen took full advantage of... 8 Read More
Dec 13 2007 Economics and Culture Taste for Variety Bryan Caplan Am I the only Saw fan in the world who thinks that Enchanted is the best movie of 2007? P.S. The movie is far better than the trailer. 11 Read More