WHINE

Bryan Caplan

By Bryan Caplan, Feb 23 2010

This may be Mankiw’s career-topping one-liner:

Maybe President Obama should instead follow in President Ford’s footsteps and start wearing a WHINE button on his lapel, for Whip Healthcare Inflation Now, Egads!

He adds, “Feckless would be one step better than counterproductive.” Glad he’s come around to my way of thinking!

Tyler Cowen writes, You might wish to go back to "old banking" but according to Gorton that stopped being profitable during the 1980s. There's always an uninsured place to put your money, regulation can't stop that, and such money can find its way back to help fund the banking system, right? With all due respect*, o...

Feb 23 2010

Politics and Economics

The Political Scene

Arnold Kling

1. I was on a panel at the American Action Network today. My talk got a lot of laughs. At some point, there may be C-span video, but they might not have covered the panels.* There were a number of center-right Republican politicians there. Some of what they were laughing at were my suggestions to cut pay for st...

Feb 23 2010

Behavioral Economics

WHINE

Bryan Caplan

This may be Mankiw's career-topping one-liner: Maybe President Obama should instead follow in President Ford's footsteps and start wearing a WHINE button on his lapel, for Whip Healthcare Inflation Now, Egads! He adds, "Feckless would be one step better than counterproductive." Glad he's come around to...

WHINE

Bryan Caplan

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