Posted in Classical Liberalism, Economic Illiteracy, ethical foundations, Extended Order, Government Thuggery, History, Immigration, Inequality, Institutions, media, Politics on Nov 24th, 2015
Of course, I will not share my thoughts at Thanksgiving … but here goes (start at 1:14 if you don’t like stories. One reason I love folk music is the stories): Please do NOT interpret this to suggest that I think this is an open and shut issue, or that there are not legitimate questions […]
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1. The mortgage crisis seems to have been due to borrowers at ALL income levels expecting house prices to rise. Google the term “predatory borrowing” … not quite consistent with the prevailing narrative. 2. This paper may in fact be carefully done, but the result suggesting more government spending even when output multipliers are tiny […]
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Posted in Economists, media, Politics on Nov 15th, 2014
Here, without my comments.
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If the income and wealth of every single American were to double over the next decade in REAL terms, then in a decade, the amount of measured poverty would remain unchanged. You’d also very likely see no change in inequality according to the way most people talk about it, i.e. “the income share of the […]
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I hope one day many of you will have the pleasure of visiting a college class. And not just any college class, but one in which students are about to hear good news about some particular topic. I mean it. Good news. Why do I wish for you to see this episode? Because if I […]
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Obese people have a hard time regulating their own behavior. If there is a bag of M&Ms lying around the house, rest assured they will take a handful each time they walk by. Obese people have low levels of energy. Though it is well known that regular exercise will improve health and energy levels, they […]
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Posted in media, Methodology, Religion on Dec 1st, 2012
My new default position on gleaning information from marketing messages in the political realm is to put a negative sign in front of claims. The amount of ideology embedded in an organization is inversely proportion to its claims of “avoiding ideological junk.” The amount of partisanship is inversely proportional to how much non-partisan-ism it proclaims […]
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Posted in Institutions, media on Nov 3rd, 2012
Much hand wringing has been done in the past century about the “professionalization” of athletics on college campuses, how athletics is corrupting the academic mission of higher education and so forth. Indeed, many more programs compete in college athletics today than in the past and schools are still regularly making the jump to Division I […]
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Posted in Environment, media on Sep 20th, 2012
I posted an image a few days ago about the blue-green algae that is causing problems in many of the Finger Lakes waterways (and around the country). That piece was not intended merely to point out inconsistency, but also to have folks be clear about asking themselves the following question. “When I am concerned about […]
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Here is but one reason I absolutely deplored living in Western Massachusetts. My parents live here so I have to show up every once in a while. But per usual when I was driving in RT7 near downtown on the old circle there were the usual people with signs. The signs were familiar this time: […]
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