The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design. – F.A. Hayek
Posted in Classical Liberalism, Flotsam and Jetsam on May 22nd, 2012
Here are a few of the folks from our student organization at our graduation. From left to right they are Julia, Jason, Ryan, Vinit, Dana, Matt, Wintercow (in his Cornellian Red), Alex, Jason, Joey, Scott and Amanda. As I’ve told my students, the only reason I put myself through five years of grad school is so [...]
Posted in Education, Flotsam and Jetsam on May 19th, 2012
Sunday is graduation day for undergraduates at the University of Rochester, and it also marks the completion of my fourth year here as well. Thank you to the dozens upon dozens of terrific students who have made the last 4 years a far richer experience than my very own 4 years of college. I promised [...]
Posted in Flotsam and Jetsam on May 2nd, 2012
Renowned Kiwi philosopher (by way of the UK: ht to Kit R for correcting this for me) will be joining us tomorrow night (Thursday, May 3) at 7:00pm on campus at the University of Rochester. The event will be held at Goergen 101 (not the gym, but the science building). All are welcome! The talk [...]
Posted in Flotsam and Jetsam on Apr 7th, 2012
It has been said that over 10 million cases of Sexually Transmitted Diseases occur every year. Compare that to the number of people who contract illnesses from Genetically Modified Food. Compare that to the number of people whose drinking water has been contaminated by fracking (if it does happen, it’s from the wastewater on the [...]
Posted in Flotsam and Jetsam on Mar 4th, 2012
Here’s a question to ponder on this fine Sunday morning. When will people on either side of the climate “debate” (it’s no such thing of course) acquiesce and “say when?” On the skeptical side, can you point to an outcome, an event, a state of affairs that would have you say, “you know, I don’t like it, [...]
Posted in Flotsam and Jetsam, Fun Facts on Mar 1st, 2012
This is in regard to climate funding, the same could be done for funding for “freedom-friendly” ideas … this almost is too whiny for my cup of tea, but since students here are asking me all kinds of questions about where my money comes from and what I do with it, this seemed to be [...]
Posted in Flotsam and Jetsam on Feb 15th, 2012
First on the mandate to provide access to contraceptives (HT to my friend John B): By Peter Kirsanow The quote from White House Press Secretary Jay Carney regarding congressional efforts to overturn the HHS mandate could take days to unpack. As Yuval notes below, it’s an affront on several levels. “Let’s be clear about what’s at [...]
Posted in Flotsam and Jetsam on Feb 12th, 2012
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Posted in Flotsam and Jetsam on Feb 9th, 2012
Our student organization, the AHI at Rochester, is sponsoring Professor David R. Henderson this evening for a discussion of US foreign policy, including asking whether we need to go to war for oil, and providing some very original thoughts on just how much of a threat the Iranians might be to “us.” His presentation will [...]
Posted in Flotsam and Jetsam on Jan 26th, 2012
In case you were wondering, here are seven ways to poop in the woods.
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