My Top Ten Blog Posts from 2019 David Henderson By David Henderson, Jan 1 2020 SHARE POST: Here they are, from earliest to latest: Greg Mankiw Gets It Partly Right, January 29. Green Airbnb, February 25. David Frum Accidentally Makes the Case for More Immigration, March 13. Henderson on Unintended Consequences of Grounding the Boeing 737 Max, March 20. Alan Reynolds Catches Shoddy Reporting About Federal Reserve Survey, May 6. Baseball Great Albert Pujols Defends Property Rights, May 10. Reflections on the Democratic Debate, July 31. You’re Not Using the Money for Anything, September 4. Paul Romer Likes Anarchy and Thinks It’s Government, September 5. Stoller’s Hatchet Job on Aaron Director, September 22. I’m curious: what do EconLog readers think are some of my best for 2019? Also Happy New Year to my co-bloggers, the people who work for Liberty Fund, and, last but not least, our EconLog readers.
Jan 2 2020 Labor Market Bryan's 20-20 vision. Scott Sumner On the first day of 2020, Bryan Caplan won his EU bet (that no country would leave the EU by December 31, 2019.) That gives Bryan a record of 20-0 in his public bets. What should we make of that record? The odds of someone correctly predicting 20 consecutive coin tosses is more than a million to one. Not all o... 17 Read More
Jan 2 2020 Behavioral Economics My Complete Bet Wiki Bryan Caplan By popular demand, I've created a publicly-viewable wiki for my Complete Bet Inventory. From now on, I'll edit it when I make new bets or when old bets resolve. To repeat, my track record now stands at 20/20. Twenty of my bets have come due, and I have won every single one of them. Six victories ago, I wrote: ... 9 Read More
Jan 1 2020 EconLog My Top Ten Blog Posts from 2019 David Henderson Here they are, from earliest to latest: Greg Mankiw Gets It Partly Right, January 29. Green Airbnb, February 25. David Frum Accidentally Makes the Case for More Immigration, March 13. Henderson on Unintended Consequences of Grounding the Boeing 737 Max, March 20. Alan Reynolds Catches Shoddy ... 5 Read More