Among the hats I’m wearing these days, I’m writing semi-monthly columns for a Birmingham-based website called DepositAccounts.com. Recent columns have considered population growth, inflation, and the origins of money. My archive is here.
In addition, EconLog friend Sam Wilson and I wrote an op-ed last week making the case that Birmingham officials shouldn’t stand in the way of companies like Uber and Lyft.
Jul 14 2014
Like Bryan, I really enjoyed Jason Brennan's discussion of "Why Utopia is Capitalist." Bryan is correct to note that one of the main problems with G.A. Cohen's camping trip example is that it assumes (albeit implicitly, if I remember correctly) that we have all decided to go on a camping trip together. It's basically a...
Jul 14 2014
Voluntary-and-laid-back socialism sounds good to most people; that's why Cohen's camping trip thought experiment works. Involuntary socialism, in contrast, sounds terrible to almost everyone; that's why Cohen's thought experiment fails to advance what most avowed socialists have in mind. The more interestin...
Jul 12 2014
Among the hats I'm wearing these days, I'm writing semi-monthly columns for a Birmingham-based website called DepositAccounts.com. Recent columns have considered population growth, inflation, and the origins of money. My archive is here. In addition, EconLog friend Sam Wilson and I wrote an op-ed last week making the ...
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Duncan Earley
Jul 13 2014 at 11:15pm
Have you seen Hailo? hailocab.com/london
Looks like the Cabbies are starting to compete with Uber. Isn’t competition great?
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