Today Tyler shares his erudition on another great Simon, Simon Newcomb. I primarily know Newcomb from his 1893 piece in the QJE, “The Problem of Economic Education.” It’s one of the great dissections of economic misconceptions. If you’ve always wanted to read a Canadian Bastiat, and have access Jstor, don’t miss it!
Sep 7 2009
Tyler Cowen draws up a list. I liked his last point: Responsibility is a more important value than either liberty or equality. The other night, we had a dinner party where my wife and I were the only ones who did not vote for Obama (if you recall, I voted for Barr). There was much discussion of health care policy, ...
Sep 6 2009
Casey Mulligan's blog is a gold mine. My two highlights are his two latest blogs. First, he points out that, according to the household employment data, seasonally adjusted employment last month fell by about 400,000. He attributes some of this to the increase in the minimum wage in late July. Too bad he didn't giv...
Sep 6 2009
Today Tyler shares his erudition on another great Simon, Simon Newcomb. I primarily know Newcomb from his 1893 piece in the QJE, "The Problem of Economic Education." It's one of the great dissections of economic misconceptions. If you've always wanted to read a Canadian Bastiat, and have access Jstor,...
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