Roberts and Kling on the Crisis Arnold Kling By Arnold Kling, Jun 9 2010 SHARE POST: Russ Roberts is summarized in the NYT Dealbook. My paper in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy is now available. Other papers on the financial crisis are here. For now, since I am mostly on vacation, they are self-recommending.
Jun 9 2010 Economic History Free Richter Bryan Caplan The Richter reissue is also available as a free pdf. From my intro: From the outset, many questioned the practicality of the socialists' solution. After you equalize incomes, who will take out the garbage? Yet almost no one questioned the socialists' idealism. By 1961, however, the descendents of the radical wing... 0 Read More
Jun 9 2010 Economic History Hanson's Brief History of Warfare Bryan Caplan The latest from Robin Hanson's odyssey through anthropology:Most confusion comes from seeking a one-way trend, as in "is there more or less war than in ancient times?" Problem is: overall, warfare increased, then decreased. [...] Yes, most of the "tribal" societies that anthropologists study have high rates of war. &nb... 6 Read More
Jun 9 2010 Finance: stocks, options, etc. Roberts and Kling on the Crisis Arnold Kling Russ Roberts is summarized in the NYT Dealbook. My paper in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy is now available. Other papers on the financial crisis are here. For now, since I am mostly on vacation, they are self-recommending. 2 Read More