Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Economic Illiteracy on Aug 13th, 2009
In what could be the most awful thing I have read about the social sciences in over a decade, the sociologists display their utter contempt for economists in this Inside Higher Ed piece: “the same old cast of characters,” and that means economists. On this point I agree. There should be no economists in Washington, […]
Posted in Unintended Consequences on Aug 13th, 2009
Right. If you ever believed that cash for clunkers was about the environment … well, maybe if they had some sociologists design the program, they would have gotten it right.
Posted in Taxation on Aug 13th, 2009
I would have offered a proposal very near to what Charles Murray does. Don’t change the tax code. Don’t promise anything. Rather, just end withholding and have workers pay their income taxes just like they pay their cable bills, cell phone bills, and every other bill they are used to paying. What could you possibly […]
