Open Borders Meets the Writers Workshop Bryan Caplan By Bryan Caplan, Nov 20 2015 SHARE POST: The staunchly anti-immigration US Inc. invited me to present my case for open borders. Here’s what I told them.
Nov 20 2015 Behavioral Economics Highlights from the Asness Interview David Henderson Tyler Cowen has posted the video and transcript of his interview with famous investor Cliff Asness. Here are some highlights from the transcript, with my occasional comments. On future returns: Asness: So you invest half your money in stocks, half your money in bonds. Historically, you've made about five percent over... 7 Read More
Nov 20 2015 Labor Market Wage stickiness as a macro problem Scott Sumner A commenter recently made these observations: Working in an office, I still don't see the libertarian position on laying people off versus sticky wages. What I have seen is firms tend to lay people off versus larger wage cuts because: 1) If a firm cuts wages for all workers, then the top workers will simply find anot... 21 Read More
Nov 20 2015 Cost-benefit Analysis Open Borders Meets the Writers Workshop Bryan Caplan The staunchly anti-immigration US Inc. invited me to present my case for open borders. Here's what I told them. 12 Read More