Showing posts with label Bryan Caplan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bryan Caplan. Show all posts
Saturday, May 10, 2014

Video: Myth of the Rational Voter: Make Progress, Not Work

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Econolog economist, professor and blogger Bryan Caplan explains why free markets (and not labor protectionism) leads to progress From...
Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Quote of the Day: Colonial Nationalism and Anti Colonial Nationalism

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If nationalism inspired two incompatible movements, how should we evaluate it?  You might just call it a wash: Nationalism giveth, and nat...
Monday, October 28, 2013

Quote of the Day: In democracies the main alternative to majority rule is the markets

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In the minds of many, one of Winston Churchill’s most famous aphorisms cuts the conversation short: “Democracy is the worst form of govern...
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Friday, September 27, 2013

Quote of the Day: Governments rely on indirect coercion

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Governments rely on indirect coercion because direct coercion seems brutal, unfair, and wrong.  If the typical American saw the police bus...
Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Quote of the Day: The divergence between voting and emigration

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To rationalize the divergence between voting and emigration, you need something like Brennan and Lomasky 's expressive voting theory ....
Wednesday, April 03, 2013

Quote of the Day: “Crazy” Anarcho-Capitalism

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The lesson: "Crazy" is relative to expectations.  A thousand years ago, everyone was used to despotism.   No one expected a defe...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Quote of the Day: Free Migration would be Great for the World

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If First World governments simply respected everyone’s right to accept job offers from willing employers, most of the world’s poor wouldn’...
Sunday, February 10, 2013

Quote of the Day: Greatest Costs of Declining Fertility Are Missed Opportunities

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Because the greatest costs of declining fertility aren't visible disasters, but missed opportunities .  The millions and billions of p...
Saturday, November 24, 2012

How Political Discrimination Kills

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George Mason University professor and author of Myth of the Rational Voter Bryan Caplan has a concise but insightful narrative about how t...
Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Quote of the Day: Overrated Sincerity, Incorruptibly Evil

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Another reason when corruption seems a better option… As far as I know, Robespierre, Lenin, Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot were indeed unusua...
Friday, May 18, 2012

Quote of the Day: The Moral Case of Free Markets: Achievement

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The lesson is that defenders of free enterprise have to put less weight on happiness. Sure, happiness is one good thing. But so is achi...
Thursday, November 11, 2010

Uncertainty And Pessimism Bias

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Popular blogger and lawyer Barry Ritholtz has a great piece on uncertainty at the Bloomberg. Mr. Ritholtz writes , (bold highlights mine) ...
Saturday, June 19, 2010

Parenting To Be Remembered

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The conventional view of parenting is that parents shape their children's lives. But this perception is misguided. Professor Bryan Capla...