Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Inequality on May 8th, 2014
Even if we accept that some important measures of inequality have increased in the United States (and ignoring the increases elsewhere), has anyone actually demonstrated that this is any kind of a problem? And when I say problem, I don’t mean that some people don’t like it, or that it’s because the authors of such […]
Posted in Central Planning on May 8th, 2014
Over at Wonkblog today they are bleating the infrastructure canard again. Two points, without dissecting the whole thing. 1. Can someone, somewhere, who is actually a real journalist, show us how much of the highway trust fund has been siphoned off for non-highway related stuff? How much of this has been funneled to municipal and […]
Posted in Education, You Can't Have it Both Ways on May 8th, 2014
Forgive my stereotyping. I’d argue that a general position on the right is that “they” are opposed to the expansion of Pell Grants. Indeed, a hypothesis (that I’ve even published on back in my days as a useful scholar) that gained traction in those circles is known as the “Bennett Hypothesis” – a not crazy […]
