Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Classical Liberalism on Aug 12th, 2009
Arnold Kling discusses “real freedom”: The exercise of voice, including the right to vote, is not the ultimate expression of freedom. Rather, it is the last refuge of those who suffer under a monopoly. If we take it as given that the political jurisdiction where I reside is a monopoly, then perhaps I will have […]
Posted in Standards of Living on Aug 12th, 2009
I was asking one of my teaching assistants about what he thought of the following research question (abridged version of the question), “Describe why you believe Sirius and XM should be, or should not be, permitted to merge.” His response: 44 is about the radio and I don’t have any friends that listen to the […]
Posted in Economic Illiteracy on Aug 12th, 2009
OK, well the student did not have the Che shirt on, but was very clearly a dedicated member of the left. He came to my office asking if I had some work for him to do over the summer. I did, in fact, have a little work, but already offered the position to another student […]
