NCH Podcast Arnold Kling By Arnold Kling, Aug 16 2011 SHARE POST: Paul Howard and I discuss the New Commanding Heights. That is, education and health care are taking over a larger share of the economy, and this is an important phenomenon for political economy.
Aug 16 2011 Behavioral Economics Hard-Wired Envy Bryan Caplan If people envy people richer than themselves, I say we should fight envy, not inequality. A number of people have objected that "Envy is 'hard-wired.'" They're right - but it doesn't matter.Why not? Most, if not all, of our emotions are hard-wired. We're hard-wired to resent it when strangers ta... 24 Read More
Aug 16 2011 Behavioral Economics A Review of My Review Bryan Caplan From Noah Smith's review of my review of The Happiness Equation:Caplan's solution probably wouldn't work. Michael Lewis describes something like this in Liar's Poker, in which no one at his company ever mentions money, bonuses are kept secret, etc. The hush-hush attitude only makes people more determined to ferret out ... 2 Read More
Aug 16 2011 Economics of Education NCH Podcast Arnold Kling Paul Howard and I discuss the New Commanding Heights. That is, education and health care are taking over a larger share of the economy, and this is an important phenomenon for political economy. 2 Read More