Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in If I Really Hated the Poor ..., incentives, Property Rights on Nov 24th, 2021
Today I reprint a slightly edited piece I put together several years ago. I’d change a lot of it, from the content to the tone, if I were to do it over – but one must live with one’s younger self. Happy Thanksgiving to all. Four centuries after the celebration of the first Thanksgiving, there […]
Posted in History on Jul 2nd, 2021
Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 3 July 1776, “Had a Declaration…” Page 1View larger image Philadelphia July 3d. 1776 Had a Declaration of Independency been made seven Months ago, it would have been attended with many great and glorious Effects . . . . We might before this Hour, have formed Alliances with […]
Posted in Central Planning, DISC, Disingenuous, Government Gone Wild, Science on Jun 4th, 2021
That was from the YouTube comments on this incredible episode of the DarkHorse podcast with Brett Weinstein. Do you remember when there was an actual politically useful left wing that fought against corrupt big business, big government and legacy institutions? Why is the data and treatment advice on Ivermectin continuing to be silenced? Brett’s brother […]
Posted in Adaptation, Government Thuggery, Humans, If I Really Hated the Poor ..., Institutions, Religion, Socialism on Apr 4th, 2021
The most incredible thing about the Christian holiday of Easter is the guiding light the faith has been to billions of people. You may share different religious beliefs, you may be atheist, or agnostic, but I would remind all of us two things. First, we all have religious beliefs, some of us are just able […]
Posted in Central Planning, ethical foundations, Health Care, If I Really Hated the Poor ..., Racism and Anti-racism, You Can't Have it Both Ways on Mar 29th, 2021
This post is not intended to be an all-encompassing discussion of the problem of kidney shortages, and the main arguments for an against, rather it is a lightly edited illustration of the conversations we have after I teach lectures on the “efficiency” of the current kidney allocation system. Indeed, we end up having one to […]
Posted in Education, Government Gone Wild on Feb 15th, 2021
“White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday that Biden’s goal is for more than 50% of schools to have “some teaching” in person “at least one day a week” – not necessarily fully reopened – by Day 100 of his presidency.” We are living in a failed state. Have a nice day. My prediction […]
Posted in Family, Government Gone Wild, Government Thuggery on Feb 11th, 2021
World Politics Hitting Close to Home. PLEASE HELP FREE MY FRIEND AND FORMER COLLEAGUE. Bobo is a friend and fellow employee at the institution I worked at before I got to the U of Rochester. He is one of the kindest, hardest working individuals I have ever known. He came to America after being incarcerated […]
Posted in Government Gone Wild, Government Thuggery, Racism and Anti-racism on Jan 31st, 2021
Why Don’t You Know His Name? “Help me!” “Help me!” As cars drive by, fellow officers watch, knee on back. He “settles down” at 11:30. “I’ll drive the ambulance” … “Ha ha ha ha ha” “He said, “you’re gonna kill me” but he tried to kick me” 13:00 “Is he asleep?” then laughing 13:43 they […]
Posted in Central Planning, Government Gone Wild on Jan 29th, 2021
Courtesy of the Morning Consult: In other research via Marginal Revolution: Bureaucratic politics is a politics of privilege. By 1956, the wages of the highest-ranking party and government personnel were set at 36.4 times those of the lowest rank. (By way of comparison, the highest wage in the “corrupt” Nationalist government in1946 was 14.5 times […]
1937 New Dealers Edition. Seems like FDR was off his rocker. In the midst of these defeats, and the rising unemployment, Roosevelt became more explicit in describing a conspiracy of businessmen trying to undermine his administration. They were still avoiding taxes and refusing to invest in economic development. Morgenthau received first news of this conspiracy […]
