Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in ethical foundations on Apr 15th, 2014
He concludes an excellent piece with: I don’t mean to criticize anyone in particular. (I used to be the economics instructor.) In all of these cases, there really isn’t anything any one individual can do to remedy the bad practices. Making a big issue of them would lead to useless excommunication. Instead we shrug ironically. […]
Posted in Behavior, ethical foundations, Flotsam and Jetsam on Apr 15th, 2014
Just had the pleasure of watching Rocky with my daughter and that line above was one I missed when I first watched it 30 years ago. At the end of the epic fight, where Rocky had just gone the distance against Apollo (and lost), the news folks and TV folks are swarming Rocky, and upon […]
Posted in Government Gone Wild, Government Thuggery, Public Choice, Taxation on Apr 15th, 2014
Let me offer a few simple, cranky, thoughts on taxes today. (1) I like to believe I am not the dumbest person on the planet. I also happen to be a professional economist. And I have absolutely NO IDEA going into the year how much in tax obligations I owe to the government at all […]
