Shameless Self-Promotion

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I Talk About My New Book With Anthem

At FreedomFest: Here’s the link to my book. It’s pretty sweet.

Tom Woods and I Are Pro-Choice?!

Check it out here.

Unintended Consequences

My latest FEE article briefly describes five examples of “unintended consequences.” I bet you haven’t heard of all of them. Before you write and tell me, “Bob, you should’ve included such-and-such,” I want you to reflect on the fact that (a) there are thousands of possible examples and (b) the whole point was to include […]

OMB’s Whitewash on the Social Cost of Carbon

Just in time for your barbecue on the 4th, the Office of Management and Budget released a 44-page response to critics of the White House’s handling of the Social Cost of Carbon. In this first of perhaps several posts at IER, I explain the deal with discount rates. An excerpt: Present dollars are more important […]

You Can’t Inoculate Yourself Against My Logic

I am in a debate on State-mandated vaccinations at FEE. Don’t bother voting for me, though; there’s a greater chance you will be struck by lightning than changing anyone’s mind. An excerpt from my side: This is a crucial point, and it shows why the case for mandatory vaccines is so much weaker than, for […]

Potpourri

==> Tell me this isn’t the funniest headline for a real study. I have known this about male economists for a while. Women should not emulate them. No amount of career success is worth your soul, ladies! ==> I was googling a topic and stumbled across this National Review article from back in January, where […]

Is This a Good Way to Help the Downtrodden?

My latest article at FEE poses some hypotheticals: Or consider families who adopt children from war-torn regions. These actions, though seemingly noble, are clearly a drop in the bucket, with hundreds of thousands of orphans left behind. What if the government passed a law saying that US families were only allowed to adopt foreign children […]