Friday Night Video: The Joy of Capitalism David Henderson By David Henderson, May 18 2012 SHARE POST: This is from a talk I gave in 2001. Update: In response to Jonathan Bechtel below. For how strangers who are paid to be nice to you look awfully like a friendly community, see my post on New York.
May 19 2012 Public Choice Theory TSA: Thieves Sacking Americans David Henderson Read David Friedman's latest blog post and the comments on it for his story about TSA. it turns out that there really is a noticeable difference between government workers in protected jobs and private firms hired to do the government's dirty business. UPDATE: For those who don't know what commenter John David Galt ... 10 Read More
May 19 2012 Behavioral Economics The Ethos of Arthur Brooks Bryan Caplan Ethos (Credibility), or ethical appeal, means convincing by the character of the author. We tend to believe people whom we respect. One of the central problems of argumentation is to project an impression to the reader that you are someone worth listening to, in other words making yourself as author into an authority o... 8 Read More
May 18 2012 Business Economics Friday Night Video: The Joy of Capitalism David Henderson This is from a talk I gave in 2001. Update: In response to Jonathan Bechtel below. For how strangers who are paid to be nice to you look awfully like a friendly community, see my post on New York. 9 Read More