Mankiw's Clarity on Kidney Exchanges David Henderson By David Henderson, May 25 2010 SHARE POST: Mankiw hits a home run in a short space. In a blog post on Sunday, Greg Mankiw hit a home run in discussing the sale of kidneys. It’s so well done, and so succinctly done, that there’s no point in my trying to summarize it.
May 26 2010 Social Security Retirement Policy David Henderson Co-blogger Bryan Caplan asks: Is there any country on earth that partly bases retirement benefits on the retirees' number of children? I was waiting for one of the commenters to mention the obvious example but no one did. So I will. The United States. If you retire and qualify for Social Security, then you get an ex... 5 Read More
May 26 2010 Family Economics Seasteading, Strategic Fertility, and Public Goods Bryan Caplan In response to my recent reflections on liberty in the long-run, Patri Friedman defends seasteading over strategic fertility:As an avowed natalist, I am certainly not going to object to advocating for libertarians to have more kids. I would love libertarians to have more kids. But as a strategy to promote p... 16 Read More
May 25 2010 Microeconomics Mankiw's Clarity on Kidney Exchanges David Henderson Mankiw hits a home run in a short space. In a blog post on Sunday, Greg Mankiw hit a home run in discussing the sale of kidneys. It's so well done, and so succinctly done, that there's no point in my trying to summarize it. 5 Read More