Hartmann-Sauer ITT Bryan Caplan By Bryan Caplan, Nov 30 2017 SHARE POST: Back in June, progressive radio personality Thom Hartmann and Market Institute president Charles Sauer tried a version of my Ideological Turing Test on the air. Sauer channels FDR; Hartmann channels Reagan. Or at least they try. Here’s the result!
Dec 1 2017 Macroeconomics All hail Goushi Kataoka! Scott Sumner Who's the world's best central banker? I'm not sure, but this guy is certainly a front-runner for the title: Bank of Japan board member Goushi Kataoka said the central bank must expand stimulus further to achieve its price target early, so that prolonged monetary easing does not hurt the country's banking system, the... 2 Read More
Dec 1 2017 Economic Methods Recognizing a Unicorn When You See One Pierre Lemieux by Pierre Lemieux Individuals are different and assuming the contrary assumes away most of the social phenomena we are trying to understand. There is a good chance that my economist readers will recognize the unicorn. My non-economist readers may have met the animal in disguise. The unicorn is called "social in... 6 Read More
Nov 30 2017 Behavioral Economics Hartmann-Sauer ITT Bryan Caplan Back in June, progressive radio personality Thom Hartmann and Market Institute president Charles Sauer tried a version of my Ideological Turing Test on the air. Sauer channels FDR; Hartmann channels Reagan. Or at least they try. Here's the result! 8 Read More