David D. Friedman – The Externality problem: Population, Climate, Pandemic
19 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
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An Evening With The Philosophical Muser #11: Discussion With Dr. David Friedman
14 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
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Ronald Coase part 2: Markets Don’t Fail, They Fail to Exist
12 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
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Alan Manning – minimum wage
07 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
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Ronald Coase Part 2: Markets Don’t Fail, They Fail to Exist
26 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
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Ronald Coase Part 1: Reconciling Theory with Reality
25 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
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Will AI Make a Planned Economy Feasible? The Socialist Calculation Debate Revisited
25 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
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The “socialist calculation debate” happened in the 1920s and 1930s. The economics profession was developing a vision of the economy as made up of prices and quantities for goods and services, based on supply and demand. Socialist economists (for example, Oskar Lange) sought to build on this framework. Their argument was along the following lines:…
Will AI Make a Planned Economy Feasible? The Socialist Calculation Debate Revisited
Bob Lucas on Growth, Poverty and Business Cycles 2/5/2007
19 May 2023 Leave a comment
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Roderick Long interviews DAVID FRIEDMAN
18 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
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David Friedman – The Problem with Externality Arguments – March 2023
31 Mar 2023 Leave a comment
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Dropping Money from Helicopters: John Cochrane on Inflation
01 Mar 2023 Leave a comment
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Brad DeLong on Intellectual and Technical Progress (full) | Conversations with Tyler
23 Feb 2023 Leave a comment
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Future of Freedom debate 1977 — David Friedman v. Tom Hayden
15 Feb 2023 Leave a comment
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Tyler on Feminism: My Reply
29 Jan 2023 Leave a comment
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Last week, Tyler Cowen partially critiqued my new Don’t Be a Feminist: Essays on Genuine Justice. Here’s my reply, point-by-point. He’s in blockquotes; I’m not. 1,302 more words
Tyler on Feminism: My Reply
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