New Richter Podcast Bryan Caplan By Bryan Caplan, Jul 14 2010 SHARE POST: My new podcast on Eugen Richter’s Pictures of the Socialistic Future is up. The interviewer is the genteel Jeff Tucker, who spear-headed the republication of this neglected dystopian classic.
Jul 14 2010 Finance: stocks, options, etc. Futures Market Exposition David Henderson When I teach why futures markets are so neat--they help people hedge against risk--I lay out numerical examples with oil or corn. Some of the students always wonder a little about how the actual transactions are made and I tell them. But I'd never found a clear piece laying out the mechanics that I could refer them t... 4 Read More
Jul 14 2010 Macroeconomics The Stimulus Worked Arnold Kling The Council of Economic Advisers says so. The reason that the Council has about as much credibility as Baghdad Bob is that chart that everyone has seen showing that unemployment with the stimulus is higher than what they predicted without the stimulus. Their response is to come up with a new prediction model. We e... 4 Read More
Jul 14 2010 Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings New Richter Podcast Bryan Caplan My new podcast on Eugen Richter's Pictures of the Socialistic Future is up. The interviewer is the genteel Jeff Tucker, who spear-headed the republication of this neglected dystopian classic. 2 Read More