Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 7th, 2012
UPDATE: for those of you interested in THE major reason I support my colleague (aside from the fact that he is among the most reasonable people I know, who wrote a book on economics and raising his daughter that persuaded me to change careers, and who actually considers seriously all good arguments in a way […]
Posted in Price System on Mar 7th, 2012
For reposting this (I suppose). I think some people are coming for your head (or your other appendages) people on Facebook are talking of printing fliers? just thought i would lets that fly out there. In other news (for which I am sure they’ll come after me for): GreenSpace works in conjunction with University Facilities and […]
Posted in Education on Mar 7th, 2012
I’ve been silent for now on the entire Rush Limbaugh dustup and my excellent colleague’s insights on it. Perhaps I’ll put up some thoughts shortly, but for now, without my comment, here is the response to all of this from our University President: I was deeply disappointed to read UR Professor Steve Landsburg’s recent blogs […]
Posted in Institutions, labor markets on Mar 7th, 2012
Following an example David Friedman used over 30 years ago when he wrote Machinery of Freedom, let’s ask the question of what it would take for all American workers to buy out the oppressive, exploitive, greedy firms that are keeping them down for the benefit of the 1%. The market value of all stocks listed […]
