TweetI assumed that I had already shared here at Cafe Hayek this recording of a 1983 appearance of Thomas Sowell on William Buckley’s Firing Line (with an appearance also by Robert Lekachman). My assumption is mistaken. I now remedy this oversight. The post Thomas Sowell and William Buckley appeared first on Cafe Hayek.
Thomas Sowell and William Buckley
Thomas Sowell and William Buckley
08 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in discrimination, labour economics, Thomas Sowell
Alabama Voters Put Pledge of Allegiance, School Prayer in the State Constitution
08 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of religion, politics - USA Tags: free speech, Freedom of religion
The amendment requires school boards to authorize student-led prayer in public schools, renewing questions about the separation of church and state.
Alabama Voters Put Pledge of Allegiance, School Prayer in the State Constitution
Aviation Biofuel Net Zero Climbdown
08 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, transport economics
Is Net Zero increasingly coming down to earth? Little by little, the driving force behind Government policies seems to be throttling back. The post Aviation Biofuel Net Zero Climbdown appeared first on Watts Up With That?.
Aviation Biofuel Net Zero Climbdown
Was Mossadegh a liberal, democratizing force?
07 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in economic history, politics - USA Tags: Iran
One reads and hears so many times that Iran was on the path to democracy until a CIA coup installed the Shah in 1953. It turns out that account is quite wrong, as is detailed by Simon Sebag Montefiore: As his support in the Majlis ebbed, Mosaddegh demanded autocratic powers. Both the shah and Majlis…
Was Mossadegh a liberal, democratizing force?
@GeorgeSelgin on the History of Banking Crises | Macro …
07 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, economic history, economics of regulation, fiscal policy, great depression, history of economic thought, macroeconomics, monetary economics
As Chief of Staff, Stephen Miller Will Reinforce Trump’s Worst Instincts
07 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
His elevation does not bode well for anyone who hoped that Trump would moderate the policies that alienated voters in the midterm elections.
As Chief of Staff, Stephen Miller Will Reinforce Trump’s Worst Instincts
The Economics of Main Street Millionaires
07 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, entrepreneurship, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: taxation and entrepreneurship, top 1%
The story of private business wealth in America
The Economics of Main Street Millionaires
Expensive Pharmaceuticals for Targeted Diseases
07 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, entrepreneurship, health economics
My latest paper, The Price of a Cure: Luxturna and the Economic Dilemmas of Precision Medicine, is in the Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics. I discuss the economics of the pharmaceutical industry and the special issues that arise with targeted drugs that cure. We are going to get many more of these drugs in…
Expensive Pharmaceuticals for Targeted Diseases
Profiling the Criminal Mind of Hitler
07 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of education, health economics, war and peace Tags: Nazi Germany, World War II
How do you profile the mind of one of the most evil men who ever roamed the Earth? The Office of Strategic Services (now CIA) tasked psychoanalyst Walter C. Langer and psychologist Henry Murray to come up with an extensive analysis of Hitler’s mind in 1943. The reports used many sources to profile Hitler, including […]
Profiling the Criminal Mind of Hitler
Final bribeometer update
06 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in politics - New Zealand Tags: 2026 general election
The bean counters at the Taxpayers’ Union have done a final update on the extra spending that each party is promising. So there are two fiscally responsible parties, two fiscally irresponsible parties and three fiscally insane parties. Vote wisely if you don’t want your kids paying off a generation of debt. The post Final bribeometer…
Final bribeometer update
Situating Southern Influences in James M. Buchanan and Modern Public Choice Economics
06 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, James Buchanan, labour economics, Public Choice
I rarely venture in the field of the history of economic thought. I much prefer to work on the history of economies per se. However, in the wake of the work of Nancy MacLean on James Buchanan and my own emerging work on institutional roots of inequalities between individuals and groups (I am finishing another working paper […]
Situating Southern Influences in James M. Buchanan and Modern Public Choice Economics
Thoughts on Owning a Self-Driving Tesla
06 Nov 2026 1 Comment
in entrepreneurship, technological progress, transport economics
My Subaru was showing its years so I recently bought a Tesla. My thinking was I can buy a car or I can buy a car+driver for the same price. Simple choice. I’ve driven about 2000 miles including one long trip (6 hours) to North Carolina and back. FSD is incredible. I don’t mind driving…
Thoughts on Owning a Self-Driving Tesla
So about that party vote?
05 Nov 2026 1 Comment
in politics - New Zealand Tags: 2026 general election
When looking at party vote, most people think of left/right “blocs” which in my view is leaving aside certain nuances. For a start, anyone who thinks NZ First is securely in the “right” bloc doesn’t know history, as NZ First has gone into coalition with Labour as many times as National. Secondly, the differences between…
So about that party vote?
Nurse is suspended for stealing from a patient – but is that more forgivable than a Treaty breach?
05 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational regulation, politics - New Zealand Tags: crime and punishment, free speech, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left
Bob Edlin writes – PoO is intrigued by the case of the nurse who says he is extremely sorry for stealing a disabled patient’s debit card to fund his gambling proclivities. NewstalkZB reports He stole the debit card four times in October 2024 and made nine withdrawals, pocketing more than $4000 in cash for the […]
Nurse is suspended for stealing from a patient – but is that more forgivable than a Treaty breach?
Recent Comments