2012

2012 999

December 2012

1. 31 DecSome Links
2. 31 DecQuotation of the Day…
3. 30 DecWorker Earnings and Worker Productivity: Some History
4. 30 DecQuotation of the Day…
5. 30 DecAn Overheard Snippet
6. 29 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
7. 29 DecThe Triumph of Potted History
8. 29 DecQuotation of the Day…
9. 29 DecHiggs on the Consequences and Moral Power of Consequentialism and Deontology
10. 28 DecCataloging Our Progress: Men’s Business Wear, 1975-2012
11. 28 DecQuotation of the Day…
12. 27 DecWho is to blame?
13. 27 DecBootleggers and baptists in the drug industry
14. 27 DecWealth Creation vs. Wealth Redistribution
15. 27 DecQuotation of the Day…
16. 26 DecCataloging Our Progress: Men’s Business Wear
17. 26 DecFaith and curiousity
18. 26 DecA few Les Miz thoughts
19. 26 DecProfit
20. 26 DecSome Links
21. 26 DecQuotation of the Day…
22. 26 DecThen and Now
23. 25 DecStyrofoam
24. 25 DecQuotation of the Day…
25. 24 DecQuotation of the Day…
26. 24 DecMore fact-free claims about austerity
27. 23 DecA Follow-up to Ian Fletcher
28. 23 DecCleaned by Capitalism XXIX
29. 23 DecInvest in Sound Economics
30. 23 DecQuotation of the Day…
31. 22 DecContinuing Correspondence with Ian Fletcher
32. 22 DecQuotation of the Day…
33. 21 DecQuotation of the Day…
34. 21 DecPale Amitai
35. 20 DecA Holiday Open Letter to Ian Fletcher
36. 20 DecWhat Everyone Knows About Austerity
37. 20 DecBetty! And Munger!
38. 20 DecMe and the Mathbabe
39. 20 DecIn the “This Won’t Shock Bryan Caplan” Category…
40. 20 DecQuotation of the Day…
41. 19 DecAdam Smith on Jeffrey Immelt
42. 19 DecThe curious task–natural gas edition
43. 19 DecSome Links
44. 19 DecQuotation of the Day…
45. 18 DecThe Biblical Road to Serfdom
46. 18 DecCataloging Our Progress: Basic Lawn Care
47. 18 DecNew episode of the Numbers Game
48. 18 DecSome Links
49. 18 DecQuotation of the Day…
50. 18 DecWise thinking about tragedy
51. 17 DecWhat should I read of Hayek to get started?
52. 17 DecCataloging Our Economic Progress: Basic Bedding
53. 17 DecQuotation of the Day…
54. 16 DecWho’s Nostalgic Now?
55. 16 DecCataloging Our Economic Progress
56. 16 DecQuotation of the Day…
57. 15 DecFollow-Up Letter to a Very Bright 11th-Grader
58. 15 DecQuotation of the Day…
59. 14 DecSay! Read this Pinpoint Account of the Astounding Complexity of Seemingly Mundane Markets
60. 14 DecQuotation of the Day…
61. 13 DecThe Question Is: Who Plans?
62. 13 DecQuotation of the Day…
63. 12 DecSandy and Bob on the Efficiency of ‘Inefficient’ Free Markets
64. 12 DecInterviewed on Minnesota Public Radio
65. 12 DecQuotation of the Day…
66. 11 DecAnd “Dangerous for Military” Isn’t Synonymous with “Dangerous for Society”
67. 11 DecIs the safety net keeping the unemployment rate high?
68. 11 DecInterviewed by James Pethokoukis
69. 11 DecQuotation of the Day…
70. 11 DecThe Profits and Wages of Exploring the Data
71. 10 DecSome Links
72. 10 DecQuotation of the Day…
73. 10 DecA Short Note on Social Security
74. 9 DecQuotation of the Day…
75. 8 DecFree-Rider Problem Shifted – Indeed, Intensified – Not Solved
76. 8 DecQuotation of the Day…
77. 7 DecQuotation of the Day…
78. 6 DecCapital Complementarity and the Extent of Markets
79. 6 DecQuotation of the Day…
80. 6 DecThe Very Talented Mr. Papola
81. 5 DecStarving for Historical Accuracy
82. 5 DecSome Links
83. 5 DecQuotation of the Day…
84. 5 DecKling on civilized discourse
85. 5 DecFedophiles
86. 5 DecZwolinski on “Social Justice”
87. 4 DecFaceless Plunder
88. 4 DecQuotation of the Day…
89. 3 DecInvest in Sound Economics
90. 3 DecIs it all in the micro?
91. 3 DecQuotation of the Day…
92. 3 DecProudly Independent of Government Funding
93. 2 DecQuotation of the Day…
94. 2 DecA Holiday Gift
95. 1 DecTwo Reviews in Barron’s
96. 1 DecQuotation of the Day…

November 2012

1. 30 NovSome Links
2. 30 NovQuotation of the Day…
3. 30 NovOpen Letter to New York’s Attorney General
4. 29 NovQuotation of the Day…
5. 28 NovQuotation of the Day…
6. 27 NovProtecting Us from Monopoly by Protecting Privileged Producers from Competition
7. 27 NovWorshipping the State
8. 27 NovThoughts on Comparing the 1950s to Today
9. 27 NovQuotation of the Day…
10. 27 NovThe Future: Back to the Past
11. 26 NovSome History of Minimum-Wage Legislation in America
12. 26 NovQuotation of the Day…
13. 25 NovMinimum-Wage Reality
14. 25 NovQuotation of the Day…
15. 24 NovQuotation of the Day…
16. 24 NovSome Links
17. 23 NovSimple Me
18. 23 NovQuotation of the Day…
19. 22 NovQuotation of the Day…
20. 21 NovQuotation of the Day…
21. 20 NovKling on Krugman on Debt
22. 20 NovThe A Word
23. 20 NovTaleb update
24. 20 NovQuotation of the Day…
25. 19 NovBonus Quotation of the Day…
26. 19 NovQuotation of the Day…
27. 18 NovTesting Jonathan Haidt
28. 18 NovQuotation of the Day…
29. 17 NovStructure, (Human) Capital, and Coordination
30. 17 NovQuotation of the Day…
31. 16 NovI, Pencil
32. 16 NovQuotation of the Day…
33. 16 NovNeither Liberal Nor Bourgeois
34. 15 NovQuotation of the Day…
35. 14 NovWhat If No Ship Were Larger than a Kayak? What Prosperity We’d Enjoy Then!
36. 14 NovSome Links
37. 14 NovObservation on the Fly
38. 14 NovQuotation of the Day…
39. 14 NovBonus Quotation of the Day…
40. 13 NovQuotation of the Day…
41. 13 NovSome Links
42. 12 NovOdd Scheme
43. 12 NovWalter Williams on the Morality of Free Markets
44. 12 NovGreed, Self-Interest, and the Extended Order of Voluntary Transactions
45. 12 NovQuotation of the Day…
46. 11 NovOpen Eyes on Trade
47. 11 NovQuotation of the Day…
48. 11 NovTom Palmer on the Origins of State and Government
49. 10 NovSome Links
50. 10 NovQuotation of the Day…
51. 10 NovFood For Thought
52. 9 NovQuotation of the Day…
53. 9 NovReally? The Road to Serfdom?
54. 8 NovSome post-election cheer and encouragement
55. 8 NovQuotation of the Day…
56. 8 NovMilton Friedman Speaks With Gravitas from the Grave
57. 7 NovChris Christie’s Transformation
58. 7 NovA Fired-up Economy
59. 7 NovQuotation of the Day…
60. 6 NovTomorrow morning
61. 6 NovQuotation of the Day…
62. 6 NovNote to a Voter
63. 6 NovSome Election-Day Links
64. 6 NovWhat if Obama wins?
65. 6 NovElection-eve Wisdom from the Wisest American
66. 6 NovBonus Quotation of the Day…
67. 5 NovSome Links
68. 5 NovQuotation of the Day…
69. 4 NovWho’s going to win?
70. 4 NovGouging Reality
71. 4 NovQuotation of the Day…
72. 3 NovZywicki on Krugman
73. 3 NovQuotation of the Day…
74. 2 NovTired of Bronco Bamma and Mitt Romney
75. 2 NovThe Price is Right
76. 2 NovI Agree: It’s Religious
77. 2 NovQuotation of the Day…
78. 2 NovWealth Creation Isn’t Promoted by Wealth Destruction
79. 1 NovOn Measuring Economic Activity
80. 1 NovDoes Obama deserve a second term? (For my mom)
81. 1 NovPrices and civilization
82. 1 NovThe Best Essay on Health Care
83. 1 NovA Note on Price Gouging and Economic Triage
84. 1 NovSome Links
85. 1 NovOn Destruction and Prosperity
86. 1 NovQuotation of the Day…
87. 1 NovNate Silver and objectivity

October 2012

1. 31 OctNick Gillespie on Three Mistaken Responses to Hurricane Sandy
2. 31 OctA Blast From the Past
3. 31 OctDisastrous Economics
4. 31 OctQuotation of the Day…
5. 30 OctVulgar Keynesianism at Full Gallop
6. 30 OctWho is worse?
7. 30 OctWisdom from Arnold
8. 30 OctThe curious task
9. 30 OctQuotation of the Day…
10. 29 OctSpeculators Storm Safeway!
11. 29 OctModern morality
12. 29 OctHanke on money
13. 29 OctDestroying Property Does Not Promote Economic Prosperity
14. 29 OctAdvocating More STEM Training Misses the Point
15. 29 OctQuotation of the Day…
16. 28 OctSome Links
17. 28 OctA Genuinely Disgusting Business
18. 28 OctQuotation of the Day…
19. 27 OctQuotation of the Day…
20. 26 OctGovernment by Contract
21. 26 OctSome Links
22. 26 OctQuotation of the Day…
23. 25 OctGoosing the Gander, and Taking a Gander at the Goose
24. 25 OctSome Links
25. 25 OctQuotation of the Day…
26. 24 OctQuotation of the Day…
27. 24 OctCopy That
28. 23 OctSome Links
29. 23 OctQuotation of the Day…
30. 22 OctYet Another Open Letter to Peter Morici
31. 22 OctQuotation of the Day…
32. 21 OctComparing Avocados to Kumquats
33. 21 OctQuotation of the Day…
34. 20 OctSome Links
35. 20 OctQuotation of the Day…
36. 19 OctTrade is Mutual
37. 19 OctQuotation of the Day…
38. 18 OctThe Most Bizarre Line I’ve Read in a Long Time…
39. 18 OctStossel Tonight
40. 18 OctOpen Letter to PBS Economics Reporter Paul Solman
41. 18 OctQuotation of the Day…
42. 18 OctLife Without Capitalism
43. 17 OctNo Debate: Both Men are Economically Ignorant
44. 17 OctQuotation of the Day…
45. 17 OctBarofsky’s Eulogy for a Crony
46. 16 OctSome Links
47. 16 OctQuotation of the Day…
48. 15 OctKrugman’s body count
49. 15 OctSome Links
50. 15 OctJohn Taylor on the Recovery, Part 2
51. 15 OctQuotation of the Day…
52. 14 OctA Morally Repugnant Policy
53. 14 OctQuotation of the Day…
54. 13 OctSome Links
55. 13 OctQuotation of the Day…
56. 12 OctA Note on Relative ‘Efficiencies’ in Trade
57. 12 OctMark Perry Translates from Politicalese to Plain English
58. 12 OctQuotation of the Day…
59. 12 OctBrown Out
60. 11 OctSome Links
61. 11 OctThreadbare Economics
62. 11 OctQuotation of the Day…
63. 10 OctPop Economists Fueling Popular Economic Myths
64. 10 OctPalmer and Stossel on After the Welfare State
65. 10 OctSome Links
66. 10 OctQuotation of the Day…
67. 9 OctQuotation of the Day…
68. 8 OctSamuelson – and Henderson – on Gordon and Growth
69. 8 OctQuotation of the Day…
70. 7 OctQuotation of the Day…
71. 6 OctQuotation of the Day…
72. 5 OctQuotation of the Day…
73. 4 OctThe China Syndrome
74. 4 OctLet’s (Re)Move those Tariffs!
75. 4 OctQuotation of the Day…
76. 3 OctSome Links
77. 3 OctSpare Us
78. 3 OctQuotation of the Day…
79. 3 OctSkidelsky on Money and the Good Life
80. 2 OctA Circus of Idiocy
81. 2 OctQuotation of the Day…
82. 1 OctSome Links
83. 1 OctQuotation of the Day…

September 2012

1. 30 SepKeynes, Savings, and the Jews
2. 30 SepPeople Produce and Sell In Order to Buy and Consume. Political Borders Do Not Alter this Reality.
3. 30 SepQuotation of the Day…
4. 29 SepTim Worstall on Measuring Labor’s (and Labour’s) Share of National Income
5. 29 SepQuotation of the Day…
6. 29 SepSome Links
7. 28 SepPut Your Hands Up or I’ll Offer to Sell You Some Low-Priced Kitchenware!
8. 28 SepQuotation of the Day…
9. 28 SepChanging Family Structure
10. 27 SepSome Links
11. 27 SepThe recession and recovery in one picture
12. 27 SepQuotation of the Day…
13. 26 SepWages, Productivity, Rates of Return, and Investment: Quick Thoughts
14. 26 SepQuotation of the Day…
15. 25 SepSome Links
16. 25 SepQuotation of the Day…
17. 24 SepLetter to a Very Bright 11th Grader
18. 24 SepTrade Cheaters
19. 24 SepQuotation of the Day…
20. 23 SepStop Wasting Your Time Reporting. Start Doing!
21. 23 SepQuotation of the Day…
22. 22 SepQuotation of the Day…
23. 21 SepQuotation of the Day…
24. 20 SepWill Someone Please Develop an App to Protect Us From Protectionists?
25. 20 SepThe Price of Monetary Meddling
26. 20 SepQuotation of the Day…
27. 19 SepA fresh look at the European crisis
28. 19 SepQuotation of the Day…
29. 19 SepSome Links
30. 18 SepHeritage Book Event Reminder
31. 18 SepQuotation of the Day…
32. 18 SepGovernment Indebtedness, Spending Other People’s Money, and Reckoning With the Consequences
33. 17 SepOpen Letter to Barack Obama
34. 17 SepTrojan Horse
35. 17 SepSome QE3 Links
36. 17 SepQuotation of the Day…
37. 16 SepOpen Letter to Mitt Romney
38. 16 SepQuotation of the Day…
39. 15 SepQuotation of the Day…
40. 14 SepI Composed this Letter on My MacBook Pro While Sipping Gourmet Coffee from Guatemala
41. 14 SepQuotation of the Day…
42. 13 SepThe Problem With Dealing With Social Costs
43. 13 SepQuotation of the Day…
44. 13 SepSome Resources for Teachers (and Students)
45. 12 SepBook Event at Heritage
46. 12 SepAn Unscientific Case for More Government Funding of Science
47. 12 SepSome Links
48. 12 SepQuotation of the Day…
49. 11 SepJohn Adams vs. Woodrow Wilson
50. 11 SepNosek on the elusiveness of truth
51. 11 SepQuotation of the Day…
52. 11 SepBonus Quotations of the Day…
53. 10 SepQuotation of the Day…
54. 9 SepTrue Also for Airline Pilots?
55. 9 SepQuotation of the Day…
56. 8 SepSome Links
57. 8 SepQuotation of the Day…
58. 7 SepCountless Wonders
59. 7 SepQuotation of the Day…
60. 6 SepConflicting Visions
61. 6 SepQuotation of the Day…
62. 5 SepThe Numbers Game
63. 5 SepQuotation of the Day…
64. 5 SepJoining Hoover full-time
65. 4 SepWon’t Back Down
66. 4 SepWhat Barofsky learned
67. 4 SepSuperabundance?
68. 4 SepHypocrites and Half-Price
69. 4 SepQuotation of the Day…
70. 3 SepSome Links
71. 3 SepDan Klein on Clint Eastwood
72. 3 SepQuotation of the Day…
73. 2 SepQuotation of the Day…
74. 1 Sep“I Did Kill My Parents, Your Honor. So I Plead that You Have Mercy on Me, a Poor Orphan.”
75. 1 SepQuotation of the Day…

August 2012

1. 31 AugReading along with EconTalk
2. 31 AugRomney’s speech
3. 31 AugQuotation of the Day…
4. 30 AugThe Political Circus
5. 30 AugCompetition
6. 30 AugStormy Economics
7. 30 AugDeep and Unobservable Complexity
8. 30 AugQuotation of the Day…
9. 29 AugKing Crony
10. 29 AugQuotation of the Day…
11. 28 AugPredicting the Inevitable
12. 28 AugSome Links
13. 28 AugQuotation of the Day…
14. 27 AugMiddle-Class Perspective
15. 27 AugQuotation of the Day…
16. 26 AugQuotation of the Day…
17. 25 AugPeople before Profits!
18. 25 AugQuotation of the Day…
19. 24 AugSome Links
20. 24 AugQuotation of the Day…
21. 23 AugBuy Low, Sell High
22. 23 AugImmigration snapshots
23. 23 AugSome Links
24. 23 AugQuotation of the Day…
25. 22 AugJunk Food Costs Its Buyers More
26. 22 AugChanges in the Disability Rolls
27. 22 AugAnalysis of an Oily Situation
28. 21 AugSome Links
29. 21 AugQuotation of the Day…
30. 20 AugOn Joe Soptic’s Job-Loss
31. 20 AugRussian civil rights
32. 20 AugNear-Americans
33. 20 AugTaxi Scientism
34. 20 AugOhanian on the Great Recession and the Labor Market
35. 20 AugQuotation of the Day…
36. 19 AugQuotation of the Day…
37. 18 AugGovernment-built Infrastructure Isn’t Uniquely Important
38. 17 AugI Believe
39. 16 AugSome Links
40. 14 AugQuotation of the Day…
41. 13 AugBut It Made Teaching Economics Easier Back Then!
42. 13 AugQuotation of the Day…
43. 12 AugCongress’s Untrustworthy Sticky Fingers and Social Security
44. 12 AugQuotation of the Day…
45. 11 AugQuotation of the Day…
46. 11 AugSome Links
47. 10 AugHere, What Lawyers Call ‘An Argument Against Interest’
48. 9 AugAn Open Letter to CBS News Radio Commentator Dave Ross
49. 9 AugA Birther Myth that Won’t Die
50. 9 AugQuotation of the Day…
51. 8 AugDavid Brin Misinterprets Hayek
52. 8 AugSome Links
53. 8 AugQuotation of the Day…
54. 7 AugIn Truth, I’d be a Shrimp of a Quarterback
55. 7 AugMcCloskey on Sandel on the Morality of Commerce
56. 7 AugTim Worstall, Scandinavian Policies, and Crowd-funding
57. 7 AugQuotation of the Day…
58. 6 AugSome Links
59. 6 AugQuotation of the Day…
60. 5 AugCalling Deirdre McCloskey
61. 5 AugQuotation of the Day…
62. 4 AugFriedman a Secret Admirer of Keynes?
63. 2 AugNature is Made Lovely by Capitalism
64. 2 AugQuotation of the Day…
65. 2 AugMore Milton Friedman on Rules
66. 1 AugOn Rules
67. 1 AugSome Links
68. 1 AugQuotation of the Day…

July 2012

1. 31 JulSome Friedman Links
2. 31 JulWapshott Gets Friedman Wrong, Majorly … Again
3. 31 JulQuotation of the Day…
4. 30 JulMilton Friedman: My Centennial Appreciation of a Giant of Genuine Liberalism
5. 30 JulMilton Friedman the Moderate?
6. 30 JulQuotation of the Day…
7. 29 JulFriedman was No Fan of Fed Discretion
8. 29 JulQuotation of the Day…
9. 28 JulSome Links
10. 28 JulKilling a Cultural Meme
11. 28 JulQuotation of the Day…
12. 27 JulQuotation of the Day…
13. 26 JulThe worst part of Dodd-Frank
14. 26 JulSome Links
15. 26 JulTrade and Vulnerability
16. 26 JulQuotation of the Day…
17. 25 JulSome Links
18. 25 JulProsperity Springs from Growing Abundance and Not from Contrived Scarcity
19. 25 JulQuotation of the Day…
20. 24 JulRomney’s choice for VP
21. 24 JulStiglitz on politics
22. 24 JulQuotation of the Day…
23. 23 JulEconomists for People Putting Their Own Money Where Their Mouths Are
24. 23 JulSome Links
25. 23 JulBike rental vs. car rental
26. 23 JulMore Market AND Household Production
27. 23 JulQuotation of the Day…
28. 22 JulQuotation of the Day…
29. 21 JulQuotation of the Day…
30. 20 JulA Further Word on Fraud and the Proper Role of the State
31. 20 JulSome Links
32. 20 JulQuotation of the Day…
33. 19 JulObama: right about business, wrong about government
34. 19 JulThe importance of changing family structure
35. 19 JulSome Links
36. 19 JulBright Lines, State Action, & Fraud
37. 19 JulQuotation of the Day…
38. 18 JulPraise for the CFPB?
39. 18 JulSome Links
40. 18 JulQuotation of the Day…
41. 17 JulLibertarians
42. 17 JulA Society of Contract or of Status?
43. 17 JulQuotation of the Day…
44. 16 JulStudy in One of the Most Lovely Places on Earth…
45. 16 JulUniform Nonsense
46. 16 JulQuotation of the Day…
47. 15 JulQuotation of the Day…
48. 14 JulSomeone Please Tell Me Again Why Politicians Should be Treated With Respect
49. 14 JulSome Links
50. 14 JulQuotation of the Day…
51. 13 JulTrue Freedom of Trade
52. 13 JulThe Perverse Logic of Protectionism
53. 12 JulMercantilist Myths Persist
54. 12 JulQuotation of the Day…
55. 11 JulSome Links
56. 11 JulQuotation of the Day…
57. 10 JulOpen Letter to a Politician
58. 10 JulSome Links
59. 10 JulThe Fetish for Force is So Fashionable
60. 10 JulQuotation of the Day…
61. 10 JulWhat has happened to public employment?
62. 9 JulQuotation of the Day…
63. 8 JulAid, AIDS, and Growth
64. 8 JulQuotation of the Day…
65. 7 JulQuotation of the Day…
66. 6 JulMotives vs. results
67. 6 JulEnd the Vote-Buying
68. 5 JulQuotation of the Day…
69. 4 JulThe Door to My Son’s Room
70. 4 JulSome Links
71. 4 JulQuotation of the Day…
72. 3 JulPrices and Reality
73. 3 JulAndy Griffith has passed away
74. 3 JulQuotation of the Day…
75. 2 JulZingales and real capitalism
76. 2 JulWhat’s Central to the Case for Trade?
77. 2 JulI Beat a Regrettably Immortal Horse
78. 2 JulQuotation of the Day…
79. 2 JulSome Links
80. 1 JulQuotation of the Day…

June 2012

1. 30 JunSome Links
2. 30 JunPerhaps the New York Times’s Editorial Writers Should Have Borrowed More Money to Study Economics
3. 29 JunQuotation of the Day…
4. 29 JunQuotation of the Day…
5. 27 JunThe Good-Citizen Economist
6. 26 JunCosts Are Not Benefits
7. 26 JunYou have to love politics
8. 26 JunTwo different stories
9. 26 JunQuotation of the Day…
10. 26 JunMoretti on jobs and cities
11. 25 JunCleaned by Capitalism XXVIII
12. 25 JunQuotation of the Day…
13. 24 JunSome Links
14. 24 JunWho Said It?
15. 24 JunQuotation of the Day…
16. 23 JunImmigrants and Culture
17. 23 JunSome Links
18. 23 JunQuotation of the Day…
19. 22 JunCleaned by Capitalism XXVII
20. 22 JunImmigration
21. 22 JunAnna Jacobson Schwartz (1915-2012)
22. 22 JunQuotation of the Day…
23. 22 JunIt wasn’t Milton Friedman’s fault
24. 21 JunWhat’s Worth More? One $100 Bill or Five $20 Bills?
25. 21 JunPolluted History
26. 21 JunQuotation of the Day…
27. 20 JunSome Links
28. 20 JunQuotation of the Day…
29. 20 JunA Capitalism for the People
30. 20 JunSpanish austerity
31. 20 JunQuotation of the Day…
32. 18 Jun“The Greatest Blog Entry Ever Written”…
33. 18 JunSome Links
34. 18 JunQuotation of the Day…
35. 17 JunQuotation of the Day…
36. 17 JunHappy Father’s Day
37. 17 JunEconomists for Peace
38. 16 JunThe Munro Doctrine
39. 16 JunQuotation of the Day…
40. 15 JunDo we need more education?
41. 15 JunBut So Many Media Darlings Say It Ain’t So!
42. 15 JunSome Links
43. 15 JunQuotation of the Day…
44. 14 JunOr As Russ Might Put It…
45. 14 JunQuotation of the Day…
46. 13 JunWee Problem
47. 13 JunSome Links
48. 13 JunDoomed Economics
49. 13 JunQuotation of the Day…
50. 12 JunCompared to what
51. 12 JunElinor Ostrom
52. 12 JunQuotation of the Day…
53. 11 JunPseudo-Science Masquerading as Science
54. 11 JunIn a complex system, bias reigns
55. 11 JunQuotation of the Day…
56. 11 JunSome Links
57. 10 JunHanke on Estonia
58. 10 JunThomas Sowell on the (So-Called) “Fair Pay Act”
59. 10 JunQuotation of the Day…
60. 9 JunSome Links
61. 9 JunBrittan on Krugman on Keynesianism
62. 9 JunQuotation of the Day…
63. 8 JunThe Problem Is Precisely that Majoritarian Voting Is a Deeply Problem-Filled Means of Making Decisions
64. 8 JunOne Defense of Citizens United
65. 8 JunQuotation of the Day…
66. 8 JunSome Links
67. 7 JunRiffing on Bargaining Power
68. 7 JunThe Wisdom of Public-Sector Unions?
69. 7 JunQuotation of the Day…
70. 6 JunMore on the Modern-Day Bastiat
71. 6 JunWhat’s the Reich Benchmark?
72. 6 JunQuotation of the Day…
73. 6 JunThe State of Economics and Economics Journalism
74. 5 JunShanghai Austrian Economics Summit
75. 5 JunMencken on Mayor Mike
76. 5 JunQuotation of the Day…
77. 5 JunSome Links
78. 4 JunOn Krugman on Spending
79. 4 JunQuotation of the Day…
80. 4 JunSome Links
81. 3 JunQuotation of the Day…
82. 2 JunA Scientist’s Unscientific Misunderstanding of the Scope of Science
83. 2 JunQuotation of the Day…
84. 1 JunFlying Blind
85. 1 JunQuotation of the Day…

May 2012

1. 31 MayQuotation of the Day…
2. 31 MaySome Links
3. 30 MayQuotation of the Day…
4. 30 MayRadical Decentralization
5. 30 MayLiving within your means is so inconvenient
6. 30 MayMore on War
7. 29 MayQuotation of the Day…
8. 28 MayQuotation of the Day…
9. 28 MayMemorial Day
10. 27 MayQuotation of the Day…
11. 26 MayQuotation of the Day…
12. 26 MaySome Links
13. 26 MayJust Asking
14. 25 MayQuotation of the Day…
15. 25 MayAs Long As Consumers Aren’t Free to Choose, It’s Okay
16. 25 MaySome Links
17. 24 MayGreece, Malpass, and Hayek
18. 24 MayQuotation of the Day…
19. 23 MayBoth Are Successful Movies!
20. 23 MayQuotation of the Day…
21. 23 MaySome Links
22. 23 MayThe Myth & Meme Surrounding Glass-Steagall
23. 22 MayVampire Politicians
24. 22 MayIncome Differences and Max Borders’s Superwealth
25. 22 MayQuotation of the Day…
26. 21 MayPaying for Satisfaction
27. 21 MayQuotation of the Day…
28. 20 MayUncle Sam and State Governments: Looting Like Pirates in the Name of Fighting Crime
29. 20 MayQuotation of the Day…
30. 20 MayT.J. Rodgers on the Buffett Rule
31. 19 MayQuotation of the Day…
32. 19 MaySome Links
33. 18 MayWhat’s Really Going On (Inspired by Mark Perry)
34. 18 MayQuotation of the Day…
35. 18 MayPublic Choice: Some Evidence
36. 18 MayAn Open Letter to Two Would-Be Lords of the Manor
37. 18 MayQuotation of the Day…
38. 17 MayQuotation of the Day…
39. 16 MayPtolemaic Economics…
40. 15 MayQuotation of the Day…
41. 14 MayRead to your kids (and teach them about money)
42. 14 MayQuotation of the Day…
43. 13 MayQuotation of the Day…
44. 12 MaySome Links
45. 12 MayQuotation of the Day…
46. 12 MayTrumped
47. 12 MayHorwitz on Mises & Hayek and their Objections to Keynes’s Blinding Aggregates
48. 11 MayThe Austerity Fairy
49. 11 MayQuotation of the Day…
50. 10 MayThe Forgotten Person
51. 10 MaySylvia Nasar and Larry White at Cato on Larry’s Clash of Economic Ideas
52. 10 MayQuotation of the Day…
53. 10 MayImagine
54. 10 MayAlternatives to austerity
55. 10 MayThe slashed spending of European governments
56. 9 MayQuotation of the Day…
57. 8 MaySome Links
58. 8 MayQuotation of the Day…
59. 7 MayQuotation of the Day…
60. 7 MayShow me the numbers!
61. 7 MaySchmidtz on Rawls, Nozick, and Justice
62. 7 MayEuropean Government Spending as % of GDP, 2009
63. 7 MayThe austerity experiment
64. 6 MayThe 2012 Hayek Prize
65. 6 MaySimple Question
66. 6 MaySome Links
67. 6 MayQuotation of the Day…
68. 5 MayQuotation of the Day…
69. 4 MayThe Curley Effect
70. 4 MaySentence of the day
71. 4 MayCapitalism and Freedom: A 50th Anniversary Symposium
72. 4 MayDrafty Logic and Drafty History
73. 4 MayQuotation of the Day…
74. 3 MayDeLong asks Krugman a question
75. 3 MayObama, Lincoln, and Lenin
76. 3 MaySome Links
77. 3 MayQuotation of the Day…
78. 2 MayWean Yourself
79. 2 MayCleaned by Capitalism XXVI
80. 2 MayQuotation of the Day…
81. 1 MaySome Links
82. 1 MayQuotation of the Day…

April 2012

1. 30 AprTaylor on monetary and fiscal policy history
2. 30 AprA Wing and a Prayer
3. 29 AprQuotation of the Day…
4. 28 AprThe Spencer Myth
5. 28 AprQuotation of the Day…
6. 27 AprQuotation of the Day…
7. 27 AprNo Option?
8. 26 AprSome Links
9. 25 AprQuotation of the Day…
10. 25 AprI Can Have More Constructive Conversations with a Hamster
11. 25 AprLarry White Today
12. 24 AprQuotation of the Day…
13. 23 AprQuotation of the Day…
14. 22 AprBut He’s OUR Leader Exploiting OUR Economic Ignorance!
15. 22 AprCleaned by Capitalism XXV
16. 22 AprEarth Day Perspective
17. 22 AprQuotation of the Day…
18. 21 AprQuotation of the Day…
19. 20 AprQuotation of the Day…
20. 20 AprThe Isaacson biography of Steve Jobs
21. 19 AprStakeless and Idle Yammering
22. 19 AprQuotation of the Day…
23. 18 AprQuotation of the Day…
24. 17 AprA Banana Republic, Unless You Can Avoid It
25. 17 AprPhelps on Keynes vs. Hayek
26. 17 AprSheila Baer’s modest proposal
27. 17 AprA republic, if you can keep it
28. 17 AprCleaned by Capitalism XXIV
29. 17 AprCleaned by Capitalism XXIII
30. 17 AprQuotation of the Day…
31. 16 AprSome Links
32. 16 AprCleaned by Capitalism XXII
33. 16 AprCleaned by Capitalism XXI
34. 16 AprQuotation of the Day…
35. 15 AprSo Why Is Manhattan Much Richer than Malawi?
36. 15 AprQuotation of the Day…
37. 14 AprReprobates
38. 14 AprQuotation of the Day…
39. 13 AprAnother Link
40. 13 AprSome Links
41. 13 AprMercantilist Nonsense, Instance #68,594,247,048,331,683,549
42. 13 AprQuotation of the Day…
43. 12 AprNo Limits
44. 12 AprAn Adult Fairy Tale
45. 12 AprQuotation of the Day…
46. 12 AprWe owe it to ourselves
47. 11 AprYet Another Mercantilist-Cronyist (But I Repeat Myself)
48. 11 AprSome Links
49. 11 AprA Collection of 111 of My Letters to Editors
50. 11 AprQuotation of the Day…
51. 10 AprQuotation of the Day…
52. 9 AprMercantilist Superstitions Die Hard
53. 9 AprThe Great Distortion
54. 9 AprQuotation of the Day…
55. 8 AprSome Links
56. 8 AprOn the Legitimacy of Tax Loopholes
57. 8 AprQuotation of the Day…
58. 7 AprHumpty Dumpty Unrestricted Trade
59. 7 AprQuotation of the Day…
60. 6 AprTitanic Growth in Living Standards
61. 6 AprSome Links
62. 6 AprQuotation of the Day…
63. 5 AprAs (Julian) Simon Says
64. 5 AprThe real Che
65. 5 AprBoaz on Obama on Social Darwinism
66. 5 AprQuotation of the Day…
67. 5 AprSome Links
68. 4 AprQuotation of the Day…
69. 4 AprOne of private property’s biggest virtues
70. 4 AprLiving Standards and Ideology
71. 3 AprGoogle Art Project
72. 3 AprWorth a thousand words
73. 3 AprEugene White on bank regulation
74. 3 AprQuotation of the Day…
75. 2 AprWhat if America’s Founding Generation had Twitter?
76. 2 AprQuotation of the Day…
77. 1 AprFake science everywhere
78. 1 AprNot an April Fools’ Joke
79. 1 AprQuotation of the Day…

March 2012

1. 31 MarQuotation of the Day…
2. 30 MarHubris 3
3. 30 MarLearn economics at GMU for nearly free
4. 30 MarOh C’mon! THAT Will Never Happen!
5. 30 MarQuotation of the Day…
6. 29 MarQuotation of the Day…
7. 28 MarRevisiting Ludwig Lachmann
8. 28 MarSome Links
9. 28 MarCronyism and Mercantilism are Siblings
10. 28 MarQuotation of the Day…
11. 27 MarQuotation of the Day…
12. 26 MarIndebted to Russ for Having Me Again on EconTalk
13. 26 MarA Profit Opportunity?
14. 26 MarQuotation of the Day…
15. 25 MarQuotation of the Day…
16. 23 MarUnplug
17. 23 MarHealth and fitness update
18. 23 MarWhat Do these Panel Data Reveal?
19. 23 MarQuotation of the Day…
20. 22 MarStartups to change the world
21. 22 MarAnti-Bernanke
22. 22 MarQuotation of the Day…
23. 22 MarOxymoron: ‘Planned Progress’
24. 22 MarSome Links
25. 21 MarHow About the State Conscripting Only Those Who Call for Conscription?
26. 21 MarQuotation of the Day…
27. 20 MarPete, Dan, & Deirdre
28. 20 MarTrade and Productivity
29. 20 MarQuotation of the Day…
30. 19 MarRobertson, Rockefeller, and Prohibition
31. 19 MarQuotation of the Day…
32. 18 MarRent-Seekers Taking Advantage of Vagueness
33. 18 MarQuotation of the Day…
34. 17 MarQuotation of the Day…
35. 16 MarMy Mom
36. 16 MarQuotation of the Day…
37. 15 MarRSS Feed
38. 15 MarSome Links
39. 15 MarQuotation of the Day…
40. 15 MarThe right way to make money
41. 14 MarFEE Seminars
42. 14 MarA Tank Full of Economic Misunderstanding
43. 14 MarQuotation of the Day…
44. 14 MarNot the Messiah
45. 13 MarGod-like Only When Convenient
46. 13 MarQuotation of the Day…
47. 12 MarSteve Landsburg is a National Treasure
48. 12 MarPower Always Demands More
49. 12 MarQuotation of the Day…
50. 12 MarOpen Letter to Rep. Dave Camp
51. 10 MarQuotation of the Day…
52. 9 MarQuotation of the Day…
53. 8 MarAs Far as Thought Goes, Scienter Should Suffice
54. 8 MarQuotation of the Day…
55. 7 MarOpen Letter to Rep. Sandy Levin
56. 7 MarGreen cronies
57. 7 MarQuotation of the Day…
58. 6 MarLbj
59. 6 MarThe Russian election
60. 6 MarThe essential question
61. 6 MarTaylor on the stimulus
62. 6 MarSome Links
63. 6 MarQuotation of the Day…
64. 6 MarDiving into the balance sheet
65. 5 MarQuotation of the Day…
66. 4 MarCato and the Kochs
67. 4 MarQuotation of the Day…
68. 3 MarQuotation of the Day…
69. 3 MarIf You Forcibly Take My Money, You Can’t Complain If I Vigorously Protest
70. 2 MarSome Links
71. 2 MarQuotation of the Day…
72. 2 MarHear David Henderson Channel Bryan Caplan on Immigration
73. 1 MarOn Fox Business tonight
74. 1 MarState of Manufacturing
75. 1 MarAfghanistan and Hayek
76. 1 MarSpeaking ill of the dead
77. 1 MarQuotation of the Day…

February 2012

1. 29 FebPrecautionary Principle
2. 29 FebSome Links
3. 29 FebQuotation of the Day…
4. 29 Feb“Is the Fed a Failure?”…
5. 28 FebDo Political Borders Possess Transformative Powers?
6. 28 FebQuotation of the Day…
7. 27 FebQuotation of the Day…
8. 27 FebGifts Do Not Cause Wages to Rise
9. 26 FebHungry for Attention
10. 26 FebThe insanity of health insurance
11. 26 FebQuotation of the Day…
12. 25 FebQuotation of the Day…
13. 25 FebSome Links
14. 24 FebOpen Letter to Bill O’Reilly
15. 24 FebStossel on Illegal Everything
16. 24 FebQuotation of the Day…
17. 23 FebThuggery Masquerading as Public Policy
18. 23 FebSome Links
19. 23 FebQuotation of the Day…
20. 22 FebThe political culture in Russia
21. 22 FebThe Deepest Thing We Know
22. 22 FebLehman 2
23. 22 FebQuotation of the Day…
24. 22 FebHe doth Reason Mistakkenly
25. 21 FebQuotation of the Day…
26. 20 Feb“It’s What We Know that Ain’t So….”
27. 20 FebQuotation of the Day…
28. 19 FebQuotation of the Day…
29. 18 FebQuotation of the Day…
30. 17 FebQuotation of the Day…
31. 17 FebObama: Corporate-Welfare Champion
32. 17 FebReturning to the classics
33. 17 FebInequality and Stagnation
34. 17 FebBronars on Rattner
35. 16 FebRevealing hidden information
36. 16 FebAnticommons is Too Common
37. 16 FebQuotation of the Day…
38. 16 FebSallie James Discusses Trade with Cavuto
39. 15 FebThe Poisonous Romance of Collectivism
40. 15 FebSome Links
41. 15 FebQuotation of the Day…
42. 14 FebIs Obama a Socialist?
43. 14 FebMercantilist Myth
44. 14 FebQuotation of the Day…
45. 13 FebLooking High and Low for Economic Growth
46. 13 FebSeminar in the History of Economic Thought
47. 13 FebMinimum Understanding
48. 13 FebQuotation of the Day…
49. 13 FebThe Conundrum
50. 12 FebThe end of football
51. 12 FebWords vs. Subsidies
52. 12 FebQuotation of the Day…
53. 11 FebVenting
54. 11 FebQuotation of the Day…
55. 11 FebSome Links
56. 11 FebSelgin on Bagehot
57. 10 FebMean-ing
58. 10 FebQuotation of the Day…
59. 10 FebThe Twistocracy
60. 10 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
61. 9 FebQuotation of the Day…
62. 8 FebSome Links
63. 8 FebOne rule for you, a different one for me
64. 8 FebTit for Tat
65. 8 FebQuotation of the Day…
66. 7 FebDisgusting
67. 7 FebBrand Proliferation
68. 6 FebShelf space
69. 6 FebSuper Bowl thoughts
70. 6 FebChapman on Mewt
71. 6 FebPost-war “austerity”
72. 6 FebQuotation of the Day…
73. 4 FebJobilism
74. 4 FebQuotation of the Day…
75. 3 FebFamily Values and the ‘War on Drugs’
76. 3 FebArnold Kling on PSST
77. 3 FebQuotation of the Day…
78. 2 FebMore British “austerity”
79. 2 FebQuotation of the Day…
80. 2 FebA Question for Protectionists
81. 1 FebQuotation of the Day…

January 2012

1. 31 JanSome Links
2. 31 JanQuotation of the Day…
3. 30 JanSome Links
4. 30 JanKrugman’s Austere Science
5. 30 JanQuotation of the Day…
6. 29 JanThe K word
7. 29 JanQuotation of the Day…
8. 27 JanChange incentives instead of regulating outcomes
9. 27 JanQuotation of the Day…
10. 27 JanDicey Economics
11. 26 JanDan Klein’s new book
12. 26 JanQuotation of the Day…
13. 25 JanBarack Southey Obama
14. 25 JanSome Links
15. 25 JanMitch Daniels’s news flash
16. 25 JanQuotation of the Day…
17. 24 JanMewt
18. 24 JanWill on Mitt and Newt
19. 24 JanPETA Should Praise Capitalism
20. 24 JanSome Links
21. 24 JanAdam Smith on Retaliation
22. 24 JanQuotation of the Day…
23. 24 JanDo-do-DO-do, do-do-DO-do, do-do-DO-do….
24. 23 JanDavid Rose on the moral foundations of economic behavior
25. 23 JanMicro-microeconomics
26. 23 JanQuotation of the Day…
27. 22 JanMore on Jobilism
28. 22 Jan“Our goal should never be to ‘create jobs’. Our goal should be to enable people to contribute something valued by other people. The value is the point, not the work.”
29. 22 JanJobilism (to Steal a Word Coined by Richard McKenzie)
30. 22 JanQuotation of the Day…
31. 21 JanTired of Namby-Pamby Schemes to Boost Employment in America?
32. 21 JanSome Links
33. 21 JanQuotation of the Day…
34. 21 JanLandsburg (and Mankiw) on Krugman
35. 20 JanMore on Capital-Gains Taxation
36. 20 JanAre Low Capital-Gains Tax Rates Evidence of Favoritism Toward ‘the Rich’?
37. 20 JanQuotation of the Day…
38. 19 JanSome Links
39. 19 JanQuotation of the Day…
40. 18 JanThe essence of Taleb
41. 18 JanAdam Smith on the the self-deception of politicians
42. 18 JanAli
43. 18 JanColumbia Economist Slays Straw Man
44. 18 JanQuotation of the Day…
45. 18 JanDeLong on Friedman
46. 18 JanQuotation of the Day…
47. 17 JanSome Links
48. 17 JanAncient Wisdom
49. 17 JanPaul Gregory writes
50. 16 JanTaleb on antifragility
51. 16 JanRedistribute This
52. 16 JanQuotation of the Day…
53. 15 JanQuotation of the Day…
54. 14 JanQuotation of the Day…
55. 13 JanOnly 99.9919 Percent to Go
56. 13 JanEven More Frightening than Infuriating…
57. 13 JanSmart Gmail
58. 13 JanBoettke on Austrian Economics
59. 13 JanBaker on the crisis
60. 13 JanQuotation of the Day…
61. 12 JanThe Bane of Civilization
62. 12 JanChapman surveys the field
63. 12 JanSome Links
64. 12 JanQuotation of the Day…
65. 11 JanBanking on What We Know That Ain’t So
66. 11 JanQuotation of the Day…
67. 10 JanBryan Caplan at His Caplanesque Best
68. 10 JanBe careful what you wish for
69. 10 JanCausation in Complex Systems
70. 10 JanIvan’s War
71. 10 JanQuotation of the Day…
72. 10 JanLet Him Imprison Prometheus
73. 9 JanSome Links
74. 9 JanAt Least Try to Better Align the Costs with the Benefits
75. 9 JanCommenting
76. 9 JanQuotation of the Day…
77. 8 JanQuotation of the Day…
78. 8 JanEconomic Growth and Income Differences
79. 8 JanTwo Caplan Gems
80. 7 JanA Note on the Burden-of-Public-Debt Question
81. 7 JanThe Burden of the Debt Burden
82. 7 JanSome Links
83. 7 JanQuotation of the Day…
84. 6 JanQuotation of the Day…
85. 6 JanYour Favorite EconTalk Guests of 2011
86. 5 JanQuotation of the Day…
87. 5 JanAnother Open Letter to Peter Morici
88. 5 JanThe art of economics
89. 5 JanPaper and Plastic
90. 5 JanCommenting
91. 5 JanLet’s Not Talk Past Each Other on the Burden-of-Public-Debt Issue
92. 5 JanConfirmation Bias
93. 4 JanOpen Letter to Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL)
94. 3 JanQuotation of the Day…
95. 3 JanMore on Fannie and Freddie and the crisis
96. 3 JanSumner on money, the Fed and more
97. 3 JanSpaceship Earth
98. 3 JanSome Links
99. 2 JanWe Refuse to Lend to Us
100. 2 JanHallelujah! We Owe It To Ourselves!
101. 2 JanSOMEBODY Doesn’t Understand Debt
102. 2 JanQuotation of the Day…
103. 1 JanFrankly Baffling
104. 1 JanMost Surprising Thing I’ve Learned this Year (so far)
105. 1 JanQuotation of the Day…
106. 1 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…