TARP Bet Bleg Bryan Caplan By Bryan Caplan, Mar 7 2013 SHARE POST: As far as I can tell after a quick read, this OMB report says that I’m on track to win my TARP bet in 2013. But I’d rather outsource this to outside readers. Anyone? Update: Does anyone dispute that this is the key figure in the report?
Mar 8 2013 Political Economy Mueller on Nuclear Proliferation: Thinking on the ... David Henderson "One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb." Antiproliferators are playing counterproductively with the status issue in another way by seeking to dumb down the definition of a nuclear weapon state. Commonly, this designation has been conferred upon a state when it first tests a nuclear weapon or device. Altho... 7 Read More
Mar 8 2013 Economics of Education Student Motivation: A Reply to Gelman Bryan Caplan Gelman responds to my post on student motivation in the comments. He's in blockquotes, I'm not:First, yes, I do expect things are different at Columbia and Harvard than at GMU, in some ways better (Ivy League students are better prepared) and in some ways worse (teaching a GMU student might well make more of a... 7 Read More
Mar 7 2013 Economic Methods TARP Bet Bleg Bryan Caplan As far as I can tell after a quick read, this OMB report says that I'm on track to win my TARP bet in 2013. But I'd rather outsource this to outside readers. Anyone?Update: Does anyone dispute that this is the key figure in the report? 8 Read More