SMBC Features The Greatest Commencement Ever

Art Carden

By Art Carden, Jun 19 2014

The webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal gets it. Spoiler alert: there’s signaling.

I would love to see Bryan Caplan hit the commencement speaker circuit. After Michael Lind called him “Libertarians’ scary new star,” invitations might be forthcoming.

I'm now writing the most number-crunching parts of The Case Against Education: one chapter on education's selfish return, another on its social return. The work is grueling, and haunted by the fear that I've made an early mistake that invalidates all my efforts. Several true friends have spent hours in my o...

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Some Questions About Partisan Expulsion

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Suppose you're an embarrassment to your political party. In many countries, your party can formally expel you. This serves three functions. First, damage control. The fact that your party expelled the embarrassment mitigates your guilt-by-association. Second, prevention. After you're...

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SMBC Features The Greatest Commencement Ever

Art Carden

The webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal gets it. Spoiler alert: there's signaling. I would love to see Bryan Caplan hit the commencement speaker circuit. After Michael Lind called him "Libertarians' scary new star," invitations might be forthcoming.

SMBC Features The Greatest Commencement Ever

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