Who Said It? Bryan Caplan By Bryan Caplan, Sep 17 2008 SHARE POST: “It would be as unnatural to refer the choice of a proper magistrate to the people as it would to refer the choice of colors to a blind man.” (quoted in Rick Shenkman, Just How Stupid Are We?)
Sep 17 2008 Finance: stocks, options, etc. Afternoon Commentary Arnold Kling Bloomberg interviews William Poole. Bloomberg doesn't permalink their video interviews, so I just linked to the page where I found it. It's not necessarily worth watching the whole thing. The essential message is that he doesn't like leverage. He even suggested phasing out the deductibility of interest on corporate... 6 Read More
Sep 17 2008 Behavioral Economics An Ex Ante Aneurysm Bryan Caplan From Shenkman, Just How Stupid Are We?:The economist and liberal columnist Paul Krugman is convinced that the dawn of a new liberal era is upon us. If it is, one can be certain that liberals will stop complaining about the People.From Tabarrok:If McCain wins I predict Caplan will be in high demand as half the populati... 8 Read More
Sep 17 2008 Economic and Political Philosophy Who Said It? Bryan Caplan "It would be as unnatural to refer the choice of a proper magistrate to the people as it would to refer the choice of colors to a blind man." (quoted in Rick Shenkman, Just How Stupid Are We?) 5 Read More