Diogenes on what should governments do
26 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, liberalism Tags: ancient Greeks, Diogenes, growth of government, philosophy of economics, size of government, The fatal conceit, The pretence to knowledge
The Soviet Union’s flag came down for the last time today 1991
26 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: collapse of communism, fall of the USSR, Russia, unanticipated revolutions
Have the Young Abandoned Free Speech
16 Dec 2015 1 Comment
in liberalism Tags: Age of Enlightenment, expressive voting, free speech, tolerance, voter demographics
Aristotle on the nature of giving
01 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in liberalism Tags: Aristotle, charity
Margaret Thatcher on the concept of a false consciousness
21 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: all of communism, capitalism and freedom, class consciousness, false consciousness, Margaret Thatcher, preference formation, rational ignorance, rational irrationality
Were @BernieSanders @jeremycorbyn watching the other channel when the Berlin Wall fell?
18 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA
Stunning images of global support for #Paris
14 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in defence economics, liberalism, war and peace
https://twitter.com/amygibsn/status/665383809928441856
https://twitter.com/happilyts/status/665368679727669248
https://twitter.com/mikebairdMP/status/665469303815294976
https://twitter.com/Yair_Rosenberg/status/665680270784339968
Stand with me as a proud carnivore
13 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics, liberalism
As a diabetic, I’m very annoyed by the automatic social deference to vegetarians and vegans. They are food snobs but no one dares offer them meat. I have people annoying me on a regular basis trying to tempt me with sugary things.
Too many hippies study biology
12 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, economics of media and culture, liberalism, movies Tags: agricultural economics, back to nature, expressive boating, hippies, Left-wing hypocrisy, Leftover Left Twitter left, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
Capitalism does this every day! What do @Oxfam and @Greenpeace do?
10 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, development economics, environmentalism, growth miracles, liberalism
What will it take to finish the “Last Mile” in ending extreme #poverty? brook.gs/1LiFT8E http://t.co/YxSZ36VCSW—
Brookings (@BrookingsInst) October 07, 2015
When my father was born, 7 in 10 people lived in absolute poverty.
Today, it's 1 in 10! https://t.co/1Caqku3AY1—
Tim Fernholz (@TimFernholz) October 21, 2015
Recent Comments