Kauffman Economics Bloggers Forum Bryan Caplan By Bryan Caplan, Mar 15 2010 SHARE POST: I’ll be attending the Kauffman Economics Bloggers Forum in Kansas City on Friday. You can watch the whole conference here. I’m not on any of the panels, but I expect I’ll be raising my hand quite a bit. 🙂
Mar 16 2010 Finance: stocks, options, etc. Accounting Standards Arnold Kling I have been following, but not writing about the Lehman accounting scandal. Simon Johnson brings up a past scandal (Enron) and a future scandal (Greece). He points out the role of investment banks in designing and/or executing transactions that are done solely to cook the books. I saw a lot of this during the S&... 6 Read More
Mar 15 2010 Cost-benefit Analysis Hanson's Fallacy Bryan Caplan Robin Hanson is probably the most logical mind I know, so it pains me when he keeps insisting that:As an analysis tool, economic efficiency is designed and well-suited to finding win-win deals that get us all more of what we want. This is complete nonsense. Economic efficiency is designed and well-suited to helpi... 17 Read More
Mar 15 2010 Economic Education Kauffman Economics Bloggers Forum Bryan Caplan I'll be attending the Kauffman Economics Bloggers Forum in Kansas City on Friday. You can watch the whole conference here. I'm not on any of the panels, but I expect I'll be raising my hand quite a bit. :-) 1 Read More