Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Education on Aug 29th, 2012
Including a footnote about a comment does not magically turn it into a fact. Even better if a book has “hundreds and hundreds of footnotes” says nothing about whether it is a bunch of baloney. OK, now back to our regularly scheduled programming. Readers are encouraged to post their favorite examples.
Posted in Environment, Inequality, Institutions, Standards of Living on Aug 29th, 2012
The formal environmental movement is a movement of the 1% (OK, perhaps the 20% is fairer). Famously the average income of members of members of the Sierra Club and other environmental organizations is closer to the top 10% of the income distribution than to the middle or bottom of the distribution. I’ll post data on […]
