The Truth Hurts: Public Choice and Liberty Bryan Caplan By Bryan Caplan, Dec 13 2017 SHARE POST: Reagan was worried that Americans were losing their love of liberty. Here’s my depressing talk arguing that Americans love liberty as a vague platitude, but are deeply statist on almost all particulars. I am only a messenger.
Dec 14 2017 Finance Doherty on libertarians and Bitcoin Alberto Mingardi I think it was Baron Nathan Rothschild who used to answer the question "how did you get rich?" with "I always sell too soon". That may not apply to Bitcoin early adopters, who are the subject of a fascinating piece by Brian Doherty. Doherty has long been a most passionate and capable historian of the libertarian moveme... 2 Read More
Dec 13 2017 Austrian Economics Tyler Cowen and the Four Blind Men Scott Sumner Tyler Cowen has an excellent new video out that looks at four schools of thought in business cycle theory, with application to the Great Recession. I agree with most of the specifics in the video, but differ in how to interpret the bigger picture. I'll try to explain why. Tyler starts with the metaphor of 4 blind me... 11 Read More
Dec 13 2017 Economic and Political Philosophy The Truth Hurts: Public Choice and Liberty Bryan Caplan Reagan was worried that Americans were losing their love of liberty. Here's my depressing talk arguing that Americans love liberty as a vague platitude, but are deeply statist on almost all particulars.I am only a messenger. 16 Read More