Dave Smith Wins the Thread

Arnold Kling

By Arnold Kling, Nov 25 2010

Commenting on my post where I questioned the charitable value of donations to organizations of policy wonks, he wrote:

Give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day. Teach him to take fish from others, …

Back in 1995, I attended an IHS seminar for graduate students. We heard some lectures, practiced our public speaking, and did mock interviews. The last activity was pretty traumatic. It's hard for a second-year grad student to role-play someone who's wrapping up his dissertation.Part of the process wa...

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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, by Siddhartha Mukherjee. I am less than half-way through. This one deserves its place on top book lists (such as this one). So far, I think it gives The Rational Optimist good competition for first place in 2010. The discussion of the origins of President Nixon'...

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Commenting on my post where I questioned the charitable value of donations to organizations of policy wonks, he wrote: Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach him to take fish from others, ...

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