Vipul Naik's Analysis of the Open Borders Persuasion Bleg Bryan Caplan By Bryan Caplan, Oct 23 2012 SHARE POST: Earlier this month, Vipul Naik asked me to ask you about the persuasiveness of my case for open borders. Today Vipul posted an extended analysis of your responses. Very thoughtful, very careful, very fair. Read the whole thing.
Oct 24 2012 Macroeconomics Is Fiat Money a Bubble? Garett Jones I thought the mainstream view was that fiat money was--in most mainstream theories and possibly in practice--a bubble.Jean Tirole (Econometrica, 1985) defines a bubble (it's a conventional definition among economists), and notes that Samuelson's excellent model of money fits that definition:Since Samuelson developed hi... 16 Read More
Oct 24 2012 Economic History U.S. Executions Per Capita Have Been Falling for 4... Bryan Caplan The death penalty has fallen into disfavor in recent years. But what's the long-run trend? I've intermittently wondered about this for over a decade. Last night, I finally decided to check.I found a time series of total U.S. executions from 1608-2002 here, broken down (roughly) by quarter-century.&nbs... 24 Read More
Oct 23 2012 Economic and Political Philosophy Vipul Naik's Analysis of the Open Borders Persuasi... Bryan Caplan Earlier this month, Vipul Naik asked me to ask you about the persuasiveness of my case for open borders. Today Vipul posted an extended analysis of your responses. Very thoughtful, very careful, very fair. Read the whole thing. 2 Read More