I second Virginia Postrel’s recommendation on reading David Brooks’ column on FedEx and productivity. I think he is correct. I especially like the way he says Over the next seven months, the politicos are going to argue about the economic merits of the Republican years versus the Democratic years. That’s a crime against intelligence. The …
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Tyler Cowen has started an interesting conversation with this Volokh Conspiracy post on why he’s not a modern liberal. His discussion largely revolves around a pragmatic argument concerning immigration and welfare. Brad DeLong responds by trying to evangelize Tyler and persuade him that he really is a modern liberal. Tyler’s riposte continues the conversation. I …
The folks at Catallarchy have been on a total roll, particularly this post on Roger Ebert channeling Ronald Coase, and this post on physics envy in mainstream economics. Brian’s physics envy post has a quote from Ludwig von Mises that I find particularly relevant to some of the more philosophical issues I’m thinking about in …
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