We Have a Winner Bryan Caplan By Bryan Caplan, Feb 19 2008 SHARE POST: HD-DVD is dead; Blu-Ray lives. How long will it take before someone starts arguing that the wrong format won due to path-dependence problems?
Feb 19 2008 Energy, Environment, Resources Ron Bailey on Sustainability Arnold Kling He sums up a lot of information including. the amount of land needed to grow enough food to feed a person has plummeted from about one-and-a-quarter acres in 1950 to about half an acre today. Jesse Ausubel, director of the Program for the Human Environment at Rockefeller University, finds, "If the world farmer reaches... 2 Read More
Feb 19 2008 Politics and Economics Castro's Resignation: The Market Says It Matters Bryan Caplan The gist of CNN's story is that Castro's resignation makes little practical difference. But the market says otherwise:The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, which aims to profit from the resumption of U.S. trade with Cuba, surged the most in its 13-year history after Fidel Castro resigned as the country's president and co... 9 Read More
Feb 19 2008 Cost-benefit Analysis We Have a Winner Bryan Caplan HD-DVD is dead; Blu-Ray lives. How long will it take before someone starts arguing that the wrong format won due to path-dependence problems? 7 Read More