In the process of replying to Jeff Hummel in the comments, I came across this useful summary of the death toll of the wars of the 18th century. And there’s a lot more where that came from. Read them and weep.
Jan 21 2009
My review of Russ Roberts' excellent economics novel, The Price of Everything is in the latest issue of Regulation. Roberts is definitely growing as a novelist. I like it better than The Invisible Heart, which I liked better than his first novel, The Choice. The following paragraph tells about one of my favorite par...
Jan 21 2009
President Obama comes across to me as the Master of the Mixed Signal. It seems unclear how he will set priorities or where he stands on several key issues. I think this goes beyond a calculated effort to try to appear all things to all people. I suspect that he genuinely is a type P, in Myers-Briggs terms. Let me el...
Jan 21 2009
In the process of replying to Jeff Hummel in the comments, I came across this useful summary of the death toll of the wars of the 18th century. And there's a lot more where that came from. Read them and weep.
READER COMMENTS
Gian
Jan 22 2009 at 12:44am
Africa is ignored. Also many wars in India.
Jayson Virissimo
Jan 22 2009 at 1:36am
If I recall correctly, ‘For a New Liberty’ and ‘The Ethics of Liberty’ contain many of the same arguments, but why have you selected the former rather than the later for your blog discussion?
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