The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies – Annual Casey-McIlvane Lecture
24 Feb 2020 1 Comment
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Debate on Progress Steven Pinker, Matt Ridley, Malcolm Gladwell, Alain de Botton
11 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
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The Myth of the Rational Voter – Bryan Caplan
08 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
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when four millennials traveled to Cuba recently to investigate socialism
08 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
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Free to Grow | John H. Cochrane
04 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
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James Heckman on affirmative action
01 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
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Jason Potts at the Ratio Institute (Innovation commons)
30 Jan 2020 Leave a comment
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