The Unconscious Mind of the 1950's Arnold Kling By Arnold Kling, Dec 18 2010 SHARE POST: Tyler Cowen has found a new game: Google’s Ngram. I decided to play it using the word “unconscious.” Consistent with what I wrote in my review of Murray Edelman, usage of the word in books in American English peaks in the 1950s.
Dec 18 2010 Economic and Political Philosophy Why the Great Leap Forward Was Murder Bryan Caplan Even scholars well familiar with the horrors of the Great Leap Forward occasionally refuse to call Mao Zedong a murderer. Why not? Because Mao didn't know. People kept telling him that his crazy agricultural schemes were working wonders. What does he supposed to do? But the great Tacitus a... 10 Read More
Dec 18 2010 Regulation Rena Henderson on the FDA David Henderson My wife, Rena Henderson, is a cancer survivor who follows the FDA more than most. A local lawyer, Neil Shapiro, has a regular column in our local newspaper, the Monterey Herald, and it's usually quite good. However, in his most recent column, he advocated giving the FDA more power over cosmetics. You can read his co... 4 Read More
Dec 18 2010 Political Economy The Unconscious Mind of the 1950's Arnold Kling Tyler Cowen has found a new game: Google's Ngram. I decided to play it using the word "unconscious." Consistent with what I wrote in my review of Murray Edelman, usage of the word in books in American English peaks in the 1950s. 2 Read More