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Incentives in the Drug War
Part of why I oppose the War on (Some) Drugs is the horrible incentives it gives police departments through seizure laws. (For some good examples, read Paul Craig Roberts and Lawerence Stratton’s The Tyranny of Good Intentions, which I review here.) My wife tipped me off to the photo below:
Read moreDon’t Worry, God’s In Control
For this Sunday’s deep thoughts, I just want to remind everyone that if you believe in an omniscient, omnibenevolent Creator, then this has implications. You are acting inconsistently with this belief if, say, you are constantly worried about the future. Note that there is a difference between preparation and worry. God appears to have designed […]
Read moreThink Before Acting
Regarding the earlier thread, where we are discussing a climate scientist’s handling of the alleged halt in global warming: It only occurred to me a couple of days after posting it, but isn’t it crazy that one of the climate scientist’s responses is that some of the temperature series show a warming? Specifically, he said: […]
Read moreEconomics Is One Discipline With Low Perceived Barriers to Entry
I know there is a much more eloquent Rothbard quote to this effect, but I want to second his observation: For some reason, many people have no hesitation in confidently offering views about economic topics even though they would be much more modest if it came to another specialty. For example, at Thanksgiving I was […]
Read moreChicago vs. Vienna Tag Team!!
I haven’t read Doug’s piece yet, but today at Mises.org you’ve got my Open Letter to Gary Becker (regarding whether depressions are “good”) and MacKenzie’s critique of Richard Posner on the same topic.
Read moreTrusting the Model Over the Measurements?
.This may shock some readers, but I really do try to keep abreast of the work of the “real climate scientists” and not get trapped in a corner listening to various skeptics argue whether Al Gore is evil or just crazy. Since one of the latest snarky things is for skeptics to point out that […]
Read moreMore Evidence That Libertarians Aren’t the Rudest Ones Around
At MR they link to this Yglesias blog post on pricing carbon, and how libertarians just don’t get it. There are some rather strong comments regarding the intelligence and integrity of libertarians who oppose government caps on carbon emissions. (Note that I haven’t even read the piece Yglesias is ripping, so please don’t construe my […]
Read moreTim Swanson Hearts China
Here’s a neat article from Free Advice reader (and hot-tip-giver*) Tim Swanson, who just moved to China. He explains why he thinks the construction boom in China is the real deal. Plus, some cool photos, such as: * Please excuse the liberal use of hyphens, but I was afraid that “hot tip-giver” would imply he […]
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