Hayek Lecture 2011: Robert Barro on ‘Fiscal-Stimulus Packages’
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Law Without the State – David Friedman
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Steven Pinker: The leftist, Social Justice Monoculture in the Universities
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in economics of education, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: Age of Enlightenment, free speech, political correctness, regressive left
Criminals don’t like having their collars felt
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100 years on female labour supply and occupational choice
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Ohanian (2000) on the ultimate question
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What Motivates the Left, Disdain for the Rich or a Desire to Help the Poor?
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I’m happy to discuss theory when debating economic policy, but I mostly focus on real-world evidence.
That’s because my friends on the left always have a hard time answering my two-question challenge, 
which simply asks them to name one success story for big government.
They usually point to Sweden and Denmark, but get discouraged when I point out that those nations became rich when government was relatively small.
And I’m embarrassed to admit that some of my fellow economists once thought that communist nations grew faster than capitalist nations.
But let’s not digress. I raise this topic because there are many critics of capitalism who admit that free markets generate more wealth, but they assert that society would be better off if incomes were lower so long as rich people suffered more than poor people.
This strikes me as morally poisonous. But it also gives me an opportunity…
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The Fractured-Land Hypothesis
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David Friedman’s appearance in Miami’s Rothbardian Circle
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George Selgin | American Institute for Economic Research
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