2017

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December 2017

1. 31 DecLawyer Reasoning Differs from Economist Reasoning
2. 31 DecFreeman Essay #19: “Julian Simon, Lifesaver”
3. 31 DecQuotation of the Day…
4. 30 DecFreeman Essay #18: “Judges versus Majorities versus Peaceful People”
5. 30 DecMilton Friedman on Phil Donahue’s Show (1979)
6. 30 DecQuotation of the Day…
7. 30 DecFreeman Essay #17: “Much More Than Meets the Eye”
8. 29 DecProtectionists in a Pickle
9. 29 DecIn the Real World
10. 29 DecFreeman Essay #17: “Bill Gates, Philanthropist”
11. 29 DecSome Links
12. 29 DecFreeman Essay #16: “Juvenile Delinquency”
13. 29 DecQuotation of the Day…
14. 28 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
15. 28 DecFreeman Essay #15: “The Benefits of Immigration”
16. 28 DecFreeman Essay #14: “A Free-Market Case Against Open Immigration?”
17. 28 DecSome Links
18. 28 DecQuotation of the Day…
19. 27 DecDangers Lurk in Timid Defenses of Free Trade
20. 27 DecFreedom Necessarily Includes the Freedom to Act Self-Destructively
21. 27 DecFreeman Essay #13: “The Nanny State”
22. 27 DecQuotation of the Day…
23. 26 DecProtectionism is a Bad Religion
24. 26 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
25. 26 DecSome Links
26. 26 DecFreeman Essay #12: “Coercivists and Voluntarists”
27. 26 DecQuotation of the Day…
28. 25 DecFreeman Essay #11: “The Market: The Only Trustworthy Pollster”
29. 25 DecQuotation of the Day…
30. 24 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
31. 24 DecFreeman Essay #10: “The Unique Role of FEE”
32. 24 DecQuotation of the Day…
33. 24 DecSome Links
34. 23 DecFreeman Essay #9: “Russell D. Shannon: In Memoriam”
35. 23 DecQuotation of the Day…
36. 22 DecFreeman Essay #8: “Salvation Through the Internet?”
37. 22 DecFreeman Essay #7: “Predatory Pricing Laws: Hazardous to Consumers’ Health”
38. 22 DecSome Links
39. 22 DecQuotation of the Day…
40. 21 DecAn Open Letter to Trade ‘Retaliationists’
41. 21 DecFreeman Essay #6: “Losing Touch”
42. 21 DecFreeman Essay #5: “A Life-Saving Lesson from Operation Desert Storm”
43. 21 DecQuotation of the Day…
44. 20 DecTheory and Practice
45. 20 DecA Wonky Letter on the Optimum Tariff
46. 20 DecFreeman Essay #4: “Capitalism: Who Are Its Friends and Who Are Its Foes?”
47. 20 DecSome Links
48. 20 DecQuotation of the Day…
49. 19 DecA Wonky Note on Price Controls and Substitute Goods
50. 19 DecFreeman Essay #3: “Germany: The Promise of Freedom”
51. 19 DecQuotation of the Day…
52. 18 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
53. 18 DecSome Links
54. 18 DecFreeman Essay #2: “Markets and Pseudo-Markets”
55. 18 DecQuotation of the Day…
56. 17 DecQuotation of the Day…
57. 16 DecProtectionism Is Immoral
58. 16 DecFreeman Columns
59. 16 DecSome Links
60. 16 DecQuotation of the Day…
61. 15 DecA Public Choice Truth
62. 15 DecSome Links
63. 15 DecQuotation of the Day…
64. 14 DecSpot On
65. 14 DecWhy the Inconsistency?
66. 14 DecSome Links
67. 14 DecQuotation of the Day…
68. 13 DecSome Links
69. 13 DecEscaping Modernity
70. 13 DecQuotation of the Day…
71. 12 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
72. 12 DecSome Links
73. 12 DecIs Free Trade a Problem If Some People Use Their Greater Freedom to Eat More Than Intellectuals Think Wise?
74. 12 DecQuotation of the Day…
75. 11 DecA Series of Questions for Protectionists
76. 11 DecSome Links
77. 11 DecQuotation of the Day…
78. 11 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
79. 10 DecTullock on Buchanan and Tullock on Calhoun
80. 10 DecQuotation of the Day…
81. 9 DecProtectionism Is Anything But ‘Neighborly’
82. 9 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
83. 9 DecSome Links
84. 9 DecPower Corrupts
85. 9 DecQuotation of the Day…
86. 9 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
87. 8 DecIs Free Trade Unethical?
88. 8 DecSome Links
89. 8 DecIs America’s Middle Class Really Stagnating?
90. 8 DecQuotation of the Day…
91. 8 DecSome Probing Questions for Protectionists
92. 7 DecMake America Great Again…
93. 7 DecThe Ultimate Monument to Status Quo Bias is Protectionism
94. 7 DecQuotation of the Day…
95. 6 DecSome Links
96. 6 DecA Note on Minimum Wages and Monopsony Power
97. 6 DecQuotation of the Day…
98. 6 DecA Parade of Flawed Arguments for Minimum-Wage Legislation
99. 5 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
100. 5 DecThoughts On the Right NOT to Contract
101. 5 DecQuotation of the Day…
102. 5 DecSome Links
103. 4 DecWrong Ross
104. 4 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
105. 4 DecSome Links
106. 4 DecQuotation of the Day…
107. 3 DecGulled by Pronouns
108. 3 DecQuotation of the Day…
109. 3 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
110. 2 DecTrying to Create Out of C. Smith an A. Smithian
111. 2 DecMoney Is Not Wealth
112. 2 DecQuotation of the Day…
113. 2 DecSome Links
114. 2 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
115. 1 DecWhat Are ‘Theoretical Reasons’?
116. 1 DecQuotation of the Day…
117. 1 DecSome Links

November 2017

1. 30 NovQuotation of the Day…
2. 29 NovHelp Us to Promote Sound Economic Education and Outreach
3. 29 NovDeficient Description
4. 29 NovQuotation of the Day…
5. 28 NovBonus Quotation of the Day…
6. 28 NovTax the Taxers
7. 28 NovSome Links
8. 28 NovQuotation of the Day…
9. 27 NovBonus Quotation of the Day…
10. 27 NovExport-led Growth?
11. 27 NovQuotation of the Day…
12. 26 NovBonus Quotation of the Day…
13. 26 NovQuotation of the Day…
14. 26 NovSteve Landsburg’s Hayek Lecture at the I.E.A.
15. 25 NovBonus Quotation of the Day…
16. 25 NovSome Links
17. 25 NovWho’s “Us”?
18. 25 NovQuotation of the Day…
19. 24 NovSome Links
20. 24 NovQuotation of the Day…
21. 23 NovQuotation of the Day…
22. 22 NovDouglas Irwin’s “Clashing Over Commerce”
23. 22 NovSome Links
24. 22 NovQuotation of the Day…
25. 21 NovAn Open Letter to Kevin Kearns
26. 21 NovBaffling Hostility to Free Trade
27. 21 NovQuotation of the Day…
28. 21 NovSome Links
29. 20 NovFingleton 1; Strawman 0
30. 20 NovQuotation of the Day…
31. 19 NovAny Differences?
32. 19 NovSome Links
33. 19 NovQuotation of the Day…
34. 18 NovRepeating a Key Point about the Non-uniqueness of International Trade
35. 18 NovSome Links
36. 18 NovQuotation of the Day…
37. 18 NovPrice Theory at Its Best
38. 17 NovAbolish the CFPB
39. 17 NovQuotation of the Day…
40. 17 NovBonus Quotation of the Day…
41. 16 NovSome Links
42. 16 NovQuotation of the Day…
43. 15 NovFurther Evidence of the Absurdity of Nancy MacLean’s “Democracy in Chains”
44. 15 NovQuotation of the Day…
45. 14 NovPaid to?
46. 14 NovQuotation of the Day…
47. 14 NovYet More Deficient Analysis
48. 13 NovQuotation of the Day…
49. 13 NovSome Links
50. 13 NovTell Me Again Why A Net Inflow of Capital Into America Makes Americans Poorer
51. 12 NovMilton Friedman on the Absurdity of Socialism
52. 12 NovBonus Quotation of the Day…
53. 12 NovSome Links
54. 12 NovQuotation of the Day…
55. 11 NovSoHo Forum Debate on Trade
56. 11 NovWith Apologies to Bastiat
57. 11 NovQuotation of the Day…
58. 11 NovSome Links
59. 10 NovI Would be Richer If I Owned Your Assets
60. 10 NovLemonessence
61. 10 NovQuotation of the Day…
62. 9 NovDebating Free Trade
63. 9 NovQuotation of the Day…
64. 8 NovSome Links
65. 8 NovQuotation of the Day…
66. 7 NovHillsdale Debate Today on Free Trade vs. Protectionism (a.k.a. “Fair Trade”)
67. 7 NovBonus Quotation of the Day…
68. 7 NovQuotation of the Day…
69. 6 NovThere’s No Deficiency of Opportunities to Write on this Issue
70. 6 NovShould Apple Be Criticized for Not Wasting Scarce Resources?
71. 6 NovQuotation of the Day…
72. 5 NovDebate at Hillsdale on Trade
73. 5 NovBonus Quotation of the Day…
74. 5 NovQuotation of the Day…
75. 5 NovSome Links
76. 4 NovJust Cronyism
77. 4 NovYet More Nancy MacLean Carelessness
78. 4 NovQuotation of the Day…
79. 3 NovArtificial Burdens
80. 3 NovThere Ain’t No Such Thing As a Free Subsidy
81. 3 NovSome Links
82. 3 NovQuotation of the Day…
83. 2 NovDogs Bark!
84. 2 NovQuotation of the Day…
85. 2 NovSome Links
86. 1 NovBonus Quotation of the Day…
87. 1 NovBeware of What Richard McKenzie Calls “Jobilism”
88. 1 NovQuotation of the Day…

October 2017

1. 31 OctNow Enough with Misleading “Playing Field” Analogies
2. 31 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
3. 31 OctSome Links
4. 31 OctIs the Irrational Rational?
5. 31 OctQuotation of the Day…
6. 30 OctSome Links
7. 30 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
8. 30 OctFree Trade is Not Founded on Religion
9. 30 OctQuotation of the Day…
10. 29 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
11. 29 OctQuotation of the Day…
12. 29 OctSome Links
13. 28 OctMore Questions for Protectionists
14. 28 OctQuotation of the Day…
15. 28 OctMonstrous Modern Mercantilism
16. 27 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
17. 27 OctQuotation of the Day…
18. 25 OctQuotation of the Day…
19. 24 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
20. 24 OctSome Links
21. 24 OctQuotation of the Day…
22. 23 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
23. 23 OctStereotyping
24. 23 OctSome Links
25. 23 OctQuotation of the Day…
26. 22 OctMcCloskey on Comparative Advantage
27. 22 OctPhil Magness Reviews ‘Democracy in Chains’ in ‘Modern Age’
28. 22 OctQuotation of the Day…
29. 21 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
30. 21 OctQuotation of the Day…
31. 20 OctNancy MacLean’s Third-Grader Defense
32. 20 OctQuotation of the Day…
33. 19 OctPhil Magness Does Further Research that Proves the Shoddiness of Nancy MacLean’s ‘Research’
34. 19 OctSome Links
35. 19 OctQuotation of the Day…
36. 18 OctQuotation of the Day…
37. 18 OctSome Links
38. 17 OctExports are Costs; Imports are Benefits
39. 17 OctSteeling
40. 17 OctQuotation of the Day…
41. 16 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
42. 16 OctSome Links
43. 16 OctTrump’s Trade Policy Is Madness
44. 16 OctQuotation of the Day…
45. 15 OctQuotation of the Day…
46. 14 OctHorwitz on MacLean
47. 14 OctSome Links
48. 14 OctQuotation of the Day…
49. 13 OctPhrases Ever So Fine Are Too Often Masks for Mischief
50. 13 OctQuotation of the Day…
51. 12 OctYet More on ‘Trade has Losers’ (and Analogized to a Game of Dice)
52. 12 OctPareto Relevance Is More Relevant at the Level of Policy Choices than at the Level of Particular Policy Outcomes
53. 12 OctSome Links
54. 12 OctQuotation of the Day…
55. 11 OctI Just Don’t Get It
56. 11 OctSome Links
57. 11 OctBig- and Ordinary-Sized Hearts
58. 11 OctQuotation of the Day…
59. 10 OctReagan on Trade
60. 10 OctTrue Irrationality
61. 10 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
62. 10 OctQuotation of the Day…
63. 10 OctSome Links
64. 9 OctJames Devereaux Reviews Nancy MacLean’s Democracy in Chains
65. 9 OctJohn Stuart Mill Would Likely Disagree With Me
66. 9 OctQuotation of the Day…
67. 8 OctQuotation of the Day…
68. 7 OctSome Links
69. 7 OctQuotation of the Day…
70. 6 OctQuotation of the Day…
71. 5 OctFree Trade Has No Such Prerequisites
72. 5 OctQuotation of the Day…
73. 4 OctEarly Buchanan contra MacLean
74. 4 OctSome Links
75. 4 OctQuotation of the Day…
76. 4 OctUnlike Political Diktats, Prices Are Not Arbitrary
77. 3 OctNancy MacLean Offers No Evidence to Support Her Serious Charge
78. 3 OctArt Carden’s and Phil Magness’s Review of Nancy MacLean
79. 3 OctSome Links
80. 3 OctIf Only MacLean Had Read All the Way to Page 4….
81. 3 OctQuotation of the Day…
82. 2 OctMichael Reich Is Wrong About the Booth School Surveys on Minimum Wages
83. 2 OctSome Links
84. 2 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
85. 2 OctWhat If the World were Doomed?
86. 2 OctHayek Speaker Series at GMU’s Mercatus Center
87. 2 OctQuotation of the Day…
88. 1 OctFurther Abysmal Sloppiness is Exposed in Nancy MacLean’s ‘Scholarship’
89. 1 OctQuotation of the Day…
90. 1 OctA True Protectionist Deal

September 2017

1. 30 SepSome Links
2. 30 SepQuotation of the Day…
3. 29 SepGod Knows (but Government Doesn’t)
4. 29 SepQuotation of the Day…
5. 28 SepSome Links
6. 28 SepQuotation of the Day…
7. 27 SepPolitics
8. 27 SepThe Jones Act Is Deadly
9. 27 SepQuotation of the Day…
10. 26 SepMinimum-Wage Proponents Continue to Believe in Free Lunches
11. 26 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
12. 26 SepStill a Relevant Point
13. 26 SepSome Links
14. 26 Sep“Price Gouging” IS Against the Law
15. 26 SepQuotation of the Day…
16. 25 SepSome Links
17. 25 SepSeparate Sport and State
18. 25 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
19. 25 SepFurther Thoughts on NFL Players’ Protests
20. 25 SepQuotation of the Day…
21. 24 SepAnthem
22. 24 SepSome Links
23. 24 SepWhat’s the Opposite of Price Gouging?
24. 24 SepQuotation of the Day…
25. 23 SepThe State of the World Today
26. 23 SepQuotation of the Day…
27. 22 SepSome Links
28. 22 SepTrump’s Trade Policy is Not ‘Optimal’
29. 22 SepQuotation of the Day…
30. 22 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
31. 21 SepQuotation of the Day…
32. 20 SepTariffs Did NOT Fuel American Economic Growth
33. 20 SepQuotation of the Day…
34. 20 SepWhy Democracy?
35. 19 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
36. 19 SepSome Links
37. 19 SepIs China’s Export Success Built on Slavery?
38. 19 SepQuotation of the Day…
39. 18 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
40. 18 SepSome Links
41. 18 SepQuotation of the Day…
42. 17 SepQuotation of the Day…
43. 17 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
44. 16 SepIgnorant of Economics AND of History
45. 16 Sep“Price-Gouging” and Monopoly
46. 16 SepQuotation of the Day…
47. 16 SepDoes MacLean Really Want Economists to Drop this Assumption?
48. 15 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
49. 15 SepSome Links
50. 15 SepQuotation of the Day…
51. 15 SepMcCloskey on “Cents and Sensibility”
52. 15 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
53. 14 SepSome Links
54. 14 SepQuotation of the Day…
55. 13 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
56. 13 SepQuotation of the Day…
57. 12 SepSome Links
58. 12 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
59. 12 SepAn Odd Tic
60. 12 SepQuotation of the Day…
61. 11 SepQuotation of the Day…
62. 10 SepSome Links
63. 10 SepQuotation of the Day…
64. 10 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
65. 9 SepSome Links
66. 9 SepQuotation of the Day…
67. 8 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
68. 8 SepQuotation of the Day…
69. 7 SepShould There Also Be “Queue Controls”?
70. 7 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
71. 7 SepThe Price of Something Is Not Necessarily the Cost of that Something
72. 7 SepSome Links
73. 7 SepQuotation of the Day…
74. 6 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
75. 6 SepHow Likely Are Prohibitions On “Price Gouging” to Help the Poor?
76. 6 SepQuotation of the Day…
77. 6 SepProbing the Ethics of So-called “Price Gouging”
78. 5 SepReality Only SEEMS to be Easier to Understand If It’s Interpreted as a Battle Between the Forces of Good and the Forces of Evil
79. 5 SepThaler’s Argument Fails
80. 5 SepSome Links
81. 5 SepQuotation of the Day…
82. 4 SepSome Links
83. 4 SepQuotation of the Day…
84. 3 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
85. 3 SepCutting MacLean Some Slack
86. 3 SepFlinging Moral Condemnation Is Cheap
87. 3 SepQuotation of the Day…
88. 3 SepDeirdre McCloskey’s Preface to Jeff Tucker’s RIGHT-WING COLLECTIVISM
89. 2 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
90. 2 SepSome Links
91. 2 SepQuotation of the Day…
92. 2 SepNancy MacLean’s Research Is Pathetically Shoddy
93. 1 SepPrices and the Sharing Economy
94. 1 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
95. 1 SepSome Links
96. 1 SepWho’s the Greedy Party?
97. 1 SepQuotation of the Day…

August 2017

1. 31 AugQuotation of the Day…
2. 30 AugSome Links
3. 30 AugQuotation of the Day…
4. 30 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
5. 30 AugWho You Gonna Believe: the Facts or the Pundit?
6. 29 AugGouging Logic
7. 29 AugSome Links
8. 29 AugQuotation of the Day…
9. 28 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
10. 28 AugHayekian Wisdom on “Price Gouging”
11. 28 AugMore on ‘Price-Gouging’
12. 28 AugQuotation of the Day…
13. 27 AugSome Links
14. 27 AugQuotation of the Day…
15. 26 AugAn Open Letter to the Attorney General of Texas
16. 26 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
17. 26 AugQuotation of the Day…
18. 26 AugSome Links
19. 25 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
20. 25 AugIlya Somin On William Darity’s Failed Defense of Nancy MacLean
21. 25 AugQuotation of the Day…
22. 24 AugI Prefer Free Trade
23. 24 AugSome Links
24. 24 AugQuotation of the Day…
25. 23 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
26. 23 AugA Note on Motivational Assumptions and Public Choice
27. 23 AugSome Links
28. 23 AugQuotation of the Day…
29. 23 AugVarieties of “Anti-Government”
30. 22 AugPardon My Repetition
31. 22 AugModels are Necessary but Not Sufficient
32. 22 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
33. 22 AugQuotation of the Day…
34. 21 AugNo Monopsony in the Market for Low-Skilled Labor Back Then
35. 21 AugSome Links
36. 21 AugQuotation of the Day…
37. 20 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
38. 20 AugSome Links
39. 20 AugQuotation of the Day…
40. 19 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
41. 19 AugBuchanan, Madison, and Constitutions
42. 19 AugQuotation of the Day…
43. 19 AugJeff Miron on Statues
44. 19 AugSome Links
45. 18 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
46. 18 AugSome Links
47. 18 AugGlobalism > Nationalism > Localism
48. 18 AugQuotation of the Day…
49. 17 AugA Fusillade of Fallacies at Breitbart
50. 17 AugQuotation of the Day…
51. 16 AugTrade’s Greatest Benefit
52. 16 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
53. 16 AugSome Links
54. 16 AugQuotation of the Day…
55. 15 AugQuotation of the Day…
56. 14 AugWho’d a-Thunk It?
57. 14 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
58. 14 AugSome Links
59. 14 AugQuotation of the Day…
60. 13 AugDeirdre McCloskey Chats with Nick Gillespie
61. 13 AugQuotation of the Day…
62. 13 AugSome Links
63. 12 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
64. 12 AugQuotation of the Day…
65. 12 AugConsumption Is Indeed the End; Production Is Indeed Only a Means
66. 11 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
67. 11 AugSome Links
68. 11 AugProduction Is a Means; Consumption Is the End
69. 11 AugQuotation of the Day…
70. 10 AugQuotation of the Day…
71. 9 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
72. 9 AugSome Links
73. 9 AugQuotation of the Day…
74. 8 AugQuotation of the Day…
75. 7 AugAgain on the Prudent Response of Government A to Government B’s Manipulative Trade Policies
76. 7 AugTo Repeat: Imports are Benefits and Exports are Costs
77. 7 AugQuotation of the Day…
78. 7 AugSome Links
79. 6 AugOn Pigou on Externalities
80. 6 Aug“Cost” Is Not a Synonym for “Loss”
81. 6 AugQuotation of the Day…
82. 5 AugPapandreou on THE CALCULUS OF CONSENT
83. 5 AugSome Links
84. 5 AugRent-Seeking: One Small Example
85. 5 AugQuotation of the Day…
86. 4 AugArt Carden on the Response to Nancy MacLean’s Fabulist Tale
87. 4 AugQuotation of the Day…
88. 4 AugSome Links
89. 3 AugAnd Yet Another Open Letter to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross
90. 3 AugA Probing Question
91. 3 AugYet Another Open Letter to Wilbur Ross
92. 3 AugSome Links
93. 3 AugQuotation of the Day…
94. 2 AugYet More on the Book of Errors Titled “Democracy in Chains”
95. 2 AugMore MacLean Mistakes
96. 2 AugQuotation of the Day…
97. 2 AugSome Links
98. 1 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
99. 1 AugAn Open Letter to Nancy MacLean
100. 1 AugQuotation of the Day…

July 2017

1. 31 JulWas Buchanan’s and Tullock’s Enterprise “Like” Calhoun’s?
2. 31 JulMore Misunderstanding of James Buchanan’s Work
3. 31 JulQuotation of the Day…
4. 31 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
5. 30 JulMacLean on Madison – and Madison on Property Rights
6. 30 JulA Made-up Quotation by Nancy MacLean
7. 30 JulBuchanan on Slavery
8. 30 JulProf. Nancy “Harold Hill” MacLean
9. 30 JulQuotation of the Day…
10. 29 JulIn Praise of Chains
11. 29 JulSome Links
12. 29 JulQuotation of the Day…
13. 28 JulI Challenge Nancy MacLean to Supply Evidence for Her Claim
14. 28 JulMore on Nancy MacLean’s Distorted Portrait of Jim Buchanan’s Tax-Reform Analysis
15. 28 JulQuotation of the Day…
16. 27 JulNancy MacLean Seriously Misrepresents Jim Buchanan’s Tax Criterion
17. 27 JulSome More MacLean Links
18. 27 JulQuotation of the Day…
19. 26 JulJim Buchanan’s Own Favorite Quotations
20. 26 JulOptimal Majoritarian Taxation
21. 26 JulOccam’s Razor Isn’t Meant to Slash Reality
22. 26 JulQuotation of the Day…
23. 26 JulNancy MacLean Seems to Be an Historian Who Doesn’t Know the History About What She Writes
24. 26 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
25. 25 JulSo Much for MacLean’s Accusation that James M. Buchanan was a Southern Agrarian Racist
26. 25 JulWhere are Nancy MacLean’s Defenders?
27. 25 JulNancy MacLean Refuses to Publicly Debate Mike Munger
28. 25 JulSome Links on Nancy MacLean and Public Choice
29. 25 JulQuotation of the Day…
30. 24 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
31. 24 JulSome Links
32. 24 JulYet Another Inconsistency from Nancy MacLean
33. 24 JulQuotation of the Day…
34. 23 JulA Third Reason Nancy MacLean Owes Tyler Cowen an Apology
35. 23 JulYet More Careless Mischaracterization by Nancy MacLean
36. 23 JulGeoff Brennan, and Others, On James M. Buchanan
37. 23 JulYet Another Nancy MacLean Error
38. 23 JulQuotation of the Day…
39. 22 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
40. 22 JulGordon Tullock on the Origins of Public Choice
41. 22 JulSome Links
42. 22 JulQuotation of the Day…
43. 21 JulNancy MacLean Deeply, Profoundly Errs
44. 21 JulBrian Doherty’s Devastating Review of “Democracy in Chains”
45. 21 JulQuotation of the Day…
46. 21 JulSome Links
47. 20 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
48. 20 JulA Note on MacLean’s Charge that Calhoun is an “Intellectual Lodestar”
49. 20 JulMore Links About Nancy MacLean’s Fictional Tale
50. 20 JulNancy MacLean Continues to be Reckless With the Facts
51. 20 JulNancy MacLean Seems Unable to Understand What People Clearly Write
52. 20 JulQuotation of the Day…
53. 20 JulAn Accurate Portrait of Jim Buchanan’s Ideas
54. 19 JulEven Rick Perlstein Questions the Merits of “Democracy in Chains”
55. 19 JulStop the Presses: Rural Southern Boy Dislikes Gotham! That Boy Must be a Southern Agrarian!
56. 19 JulLet’s Play Again by Nancy MacLean’s Rules for Scholarship
57. 19 JulQuotation of the Day…
58. 19 JulHere are Two More Instances of Nancy MacLean’s Inexcusable Sloppiness
59. 19 JulBob Higgs Sums Up Well Nancy MacLean’s Fabulist Tale
60. 18 JulWho’s “Undistinguished”?
61. 18 JulMacLean Doesn’t Understand What Buchanan Wrote
62. 18 JulQuotation of the Day…
63. 18 JulSome Links
64. 17 JulWas Nancy MacLean Secretly Influenced By the Ideas of Joe McCarthy?!
65. 17 JulOn Trade
66. 17 JulQuotation of the Day…
67. 16 JulSome Links
68. 16 JulJohan Norberg Points Out that Minimum-Wage Supporters…
69. 16 JulQuotation of the Day…
70. 15 JulMacLean’s Story Continues to Unravel
71. 15 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
72. 15 JulSome Links
73. 15 JulQuotation of the Day…
74. 15 JulOn Nancy MacLean’s Ignorance of Economics
75. 15 JulTo Have Such Problems…
76. 14 JulNancy MacLean Unraveled
77. 14 JulQuotation of the Day…
78. 14 JulThe Relevant Part of Buchanan’s Memo
79. 14 JulJames Buchanan Was Not Referring to Koch Contributions
80. 13 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
81. 13 JulThese are Nancy MacLean’s Actual Words
82. 13 JulNancy MacLean’s Sloppy ‘Scholarship’
83. 13 JulDon’t Fear the Robots
84. 13 JulQuotation of the Day…
85. 13 JulSteve Horwitz Explains the Responses to Nancy MacLean’s Work of Fiction
86. 12 JulSome Links
87. 12 JulThe Systematic Errors of the Man (and Woman) of System
88. 12 JulQuotation of the Day…
89. 12 JulNancy MacLean Should Get Back In Touch With Reality
90. 11 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
91. 11 JulNaomi Klein Won’t Like This Brand of Economics
92. 11 JulSome Links
93. 11 JulDan Griswold Busts Myths
94. 11 JulQuotation of the Day…
95. 10 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
96. 10 JulIlya Somin on Nancy MacLean’s Fabulist Tale
97. 10 JulSome Businessman
98. 10 JulQuotation of the Day…
99. 10 JulSome Links
100. 9 JulHere They Come
101. 9 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
102. 9 JulJames Buchanan Hall
103. 9 JulWhat Does Nancy MacLean Think of Woodrow Wilson?
104. 9 JulQuotation of the Day…
105. 8 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
106. 8 JulQuestions for Progressives About Trump
107. 8 JulQuotation of the Day…
108. 8 JulSome Links
109. 7 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
110. 7 JulStrict Enforcement of an Impoverishing Deal Assures Continuing Impoverishment
111. 7 JulQuotation of the Day…
112. 6 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
113. 6 JulI Repeat Myself
114. 6 JulNein. Falsch.
115. 6 JulAsk Me Anything
116. 6 JulSome Links
117. 6 JulIt’s Not Simply A Matter of Getting the Facts Correct and Following Them
118. 6 JulYet More On Nancy MacLean’s Utter Carelessness with Facts and Disregard of Logic
119. 6 JulQuotation of the Day…
120. 6 JulI Love My Job
121. 5 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
122. 5 JulMore on MacLean’s Fiction
123. 5 JulQuotation of the Day…
124. 4 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
125. 4 JulQuotation of the Day…
126. 4 JulSome Links
127. 3 JulQuotation of the Day…
128. 2 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
129. 2 JulQuotation of the Day…
130. 1 JulMacLean’s Illogic
131. 1 JulQuotation of the Day…

June 2017

1. 30 JunOh the Irony
2. 30 JunSome Links
3. 30 JunMike Munger Reviews “Democracy in Chains”
4. 30 JunQuotation of the Day…
5. 29 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…
6. 29 JunSome Links
7. 29 JunNancy MacLean’s Narrative Continues to Unravel
8. 29 JunQuotation of the Day…
9. 28 JunSome Links
10. 28 JunOpen Letter to Alex Shephard
11. 28 JunQuotation of the Day…
12. 27 JunMore MacLean Mistakes
13. 27 JunSome Links
14. 27 JunGreg Weiner on Nancy MacLean on James Buchanan
15. 27 JunQuotation of the Day…
16. 26 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…
17. 26 JunThe Essence of the Political Left
18. 26 JunRuss Roberts on Nancy MacLean on Tyler Cowen on Democracy
19. 26 JunSome Links
20. 26 JunQuotation of the Day…
21. 25 JunFiction
22. 25 JunWilliam Allen is Interviewed by Bob Chitester
23. 25 JunQuotation of the Day…
24. 25 JunCleaned by Capitalism XXXIX
25. 24 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…
26. 24 JunHow Much Do I Value X If I Am Willing to Acquire X Only At Your Expense?
27. 24 JunQuotation of the Day…
28. 23 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…
29. 23 JunFor the Umpteenth Time: Costs Are Not Benefits
30. 23 JunQuotation of the Day…
31. 22 JunI’ve Got a Beef with Protectionism
32. 22 JunSome Links
33. 22 JunAn Open Letter to Robert Lighthizer
34. 22 JunQuotation of the Day…
35. 21 JunSome Links
36. 21 JunQuotation of the Day…
37. 20 JunAnother Open Letter to Wilbur Ross
38. 20 JunA&P was FEMA – Actually, a Far-Better FEMA – Before FEMA
39. 20 JunQuotation of the Day…
40. 19 JunA Friendly Objection to Adam Ozimek on the Minimum-Wage Debate
41. 19 JunSome Links
42. 19 JunQuotation of the Day…
43. 18 JunDo Employers Who Can’t Afford to Pay Workers a ‘Living Wage’ Have No Right to Exist?
44. 18 JunQuotation of the Day…
45. 17 JunSome Links
46. 17 JunQuotation of the Day…
47. 16 JunQuotation of the Day…
48. 15 JunStagnant Middle Class?
49. 15 JunQuotation of the Day…
50. 15 JunSome Links
51. 14 JunTrump and Ip Are Both Wrong About Trade
52. 14 JunQuotation of the Day…
53. 14 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…
54. 13 JunSelectUSA
55. 13 JunQuotation of the Day….
56. 12 JunHow Much Automation Is there in Chad?
57. 12 JunMunger, Roberts, and Boudreaux Discuss Emergent Order…
58. 12 JunQuotation of the Day…
59. 11 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…
60. 11 JunSome Links
61. 11 JunQuotation of the Day…
62. 10 JunThere Is Nothing Unique About Competition from Across a Political Border
63. 10 JunQuotation of the Day…
64. 9 JunMonkeying With Logic
65. 9 JunSome Links
66. 9 JunQuotation of the Day…
67. 8 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…
68. 8 JunSome Links
69. 8 JunQuotation of the Day…
70. 7 JunTrade With China Is Good for Most Americans
71. 7 JunQuotation of the Day…
72. 7 JunSome Links
73. 6 JunA New Primer on Trade
74. 6 JunQuotation of the Day…
75. 5 JunA Stuff Surplus
76. 5 JunSome Links
77. 5 JunQuotation of the Day…
78. 4 JunOf Course, He Says He’s for ‘Free Trade If It’s Fair’
79. 4 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…
80. 4 JunQuotation of the Day…
81. 3 JunThose Harmed by an Undervalued Yuan are the Chinese, Not Americans
82. 3 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…
83. 3 JunSome Links
84. 3 JunQuotation of the Day…
85. 2 JunQuotation of the Day…
86. 2 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…
87. 1 JunSome Links
88. 1 JunQuotation of the Day…
89. 1 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…

May 2017

1. 31 MayQuotation of the Day…
2. 31 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
3. 30 MayFree Trade, Unconditional
4. 30 MayQuotation of the Day…
5. 29 MayThe Struggle Never Ends
6. 29 MaySome Links
7. 29 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
8. 29 MayQuotation of the Day…
9. 28 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
10. 28 MayA Letter to an Imagined Concerned Worker
11. 28 MayQuotation of the Day…
12. 27 MayEconomists Are Not Therapists
13. 27 MayWho’s Arrogant?
14. 27 MayQuotation of the Day…
15. 27 MaySome Links
16. 26 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
17. 26 MayProtectionists are Masters of Legerdemain
18. 26 MayQuotation of the Day…
19. 25 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
20. 25 MayQuotation of the Day…
21. 25 MaySome Links
22. 25 MayResources Are Scarce In All Cases
23. 24 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
24. 24 MayQuestions for Those Who Obsess Over Income Differences
25. 24 MayCalling Mark Perry
26. 24 MayQuotation of the Day…
27. 23 MayDo You See What I See?
28. 23 MaySome Links
29. 23 MayQuotation of the Day…
30. 22 MayWatching With Arnold Kling Economics’ Left-Wing March
31. 22 MayProtectionism Expands the Power and Reach of Government
32. 22 MayQuotation of the Day…
33. 21 MaySome Links
34. 21 MayQuotation of the Day…
35. 21 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
36. 20 MaySome Links
37. 20 MayClarification and Elaboration on Stolper-Samuelson
38. 20 MayHere I Take a Minority Position on the Prediction of Stolper-Samuelson
39. 20 MayQuotation of the Day…
40. 19 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
41. 19 MayProbing the (Il)logic: Another Open Letter to Rick Manning
42. 19 MayA Public-Interest Proposal
43. 19 MayQuotation of the Day…
44. 19 MaySome Links
45. 19 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
46. 18 MayAn Open Letter to Rick Manning
47. 18 MayQuotation of the Day…
48. 17 MayYet Another Open Letter to Arch-Protectionist Sherrod Brown
49. 17 MaySome Links
50. 17 MayQuotation of the Day…
51. 16 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
52. 16 MayBryan Caplan Busts Myths
53. 16 MayRun Away from Such Officious People
54. 16 MaySweethearts
55. 16 MaySome Links
56. 16 MayQuotation of the Day…
57. 15 MayLet’s Not Sugar-Coat the Reality
58. 15 MayQuotation of the Day…
59. 15 MaySome Links
60. 14 MayQuotation of the Day…
61. 13 MayThe Case for Protectionism Simply Cannot be Saved From Its Own Illogic
62. 13 MaySome Links
63. 13 MayQuotation of the Day…
64. 13 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
65. 12 MayCarter As Clueless As Trump
66. 12 MayBlast from the Past
67. 12 MaySome Links
68. 12 MayQuotation of the Day…
69. 11 MayThe Myth of Monopsony Power: Some Evidence
70. 11 MaySome Links
71. 11 MayQuotation of the Day…
72. 10 MayBottled Water, Bottled Water, Everywhere
73. 10 MayThe Minimum-Wage Swindle
74. 10 MayQuotation of the Day…
75. 10 MaySpending Future People’s Money
76. 9 MayA Misleading Claim
77. 9 MayQuotation of the Day
78. 9 MaySome Links
79. 8 MayFace Palm
80. 8 MayNosy
81. 8 MayQuotation of the Day…
82. 8 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
83. 7 MayStanding By My ‘Richer-than-Rockefeller’ Argument
84. 7 MayQuotation of the Day…
85. 6 MayHomers Nod
86. 6 MaySome Links
87. 6 MayI Wonder…
88. 6 MayOnce Again: You’re Richer than Rockefeller
89. 6 MayQuotation of the Day…
90. 5 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
91. 5 MaySome Links
92. 5 MayIf Attempting to Explain Economic Truths Is Arrogance, Then I’m Arrogant
93. 5 MayQuotation of the Day…
94. 4 MayIt’s A Wonderful Loaf
95. 4 MayQuotation of the Day…
96. 3 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
97. 3 MayHere’s Hoping for a Deal-Maker Whose Artlessness Is Exceeded Only By His Ineptness
98. 3 MaySome Links
99. 3 MayQuotation of the Day…
100. 2 May“I’ll Work to Make Americans Poorer!”
101. 2 MayECON 101 Remains Fundamental
102. 2 MayQuotation of the Day…
103. 2 MaySome Links
104. 1 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
105. 1 MayReviewing Vanessa Williamson’s “Read My Lips”
106. 1 MaySome Links
107. 1 MayQuotation of the Day…

April 2017

1. 30 AprSome Links
2. 30 AprQuotation of the Day…
3. 30 AprGary Becker on Globalization, Inequality, and Education
4. 29 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
5. 29 AprOpen Letter to Wilbur Ross
6. 29 AprTakl
7. 29 AprQuotation of the Day…
8. 29 AprSome Links
9. 28 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
10. 28 AprThis Truth, Constantly Overlooked, Must Be Constantly Repeated
11. 28 AprQuotation of the Day…
12. 27 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
13. 27 AprSome Links
14. 27 AprQuotation of the Day…
15. 27 AprTaxing 2
16. 26 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
17. 26 AprSome Links
18. 26 AprQuotation of the Day…
19. 26 AprFair Currency Pricing
20. 25 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
21. 25 AprScarcityism Is a Tool of Cronyists
22. 25 AprRemembering My Father
23. 25 AprSome Links
24. 25 AprQuotation of the Day…
25. 25 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
26. 24 AprQuotation of the Day…
27. 24 AprImagine the Outcry if Walmart Demanded Payment Years In Advance of Its Delivery of Goods to Consumers
28. 23 AprThe President’s First 100 Days – FDR’s, That Is
29. 23 AprQuotation of the Day…
30. 22 Apr$10 > $5 (although sometimes some people believe that $10 = $5)
31. 22 AprSome Links
32. 22 AprQuotation of the Day…
33. 21 AprDon’t Buy It
34. 21 AprThe So-called ‘War on Drugs’ is Deeply Unethical
35. 21 AprPublic Choice Outreach Seminar 2017
36. 21 AprQuotation of the Day…
37. 20 AprQuotation of the Day…
38. 20 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
39. 19 AprNot “Leaders.” Lackeys
40. 19 AprSome Links
41. 19 AprSpontaneous Order is Not an Engineered Outcome
42. 19 AprThe Humans Are Coming!
43. 19 AprQuotation of the Day…
44. 19 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
45. 18 AprIf Government Subsidies and Tariffs Are Productive, Why Not Use Them Regardless of What Other Governments Do?
46. 18 AprSome Links
47. 18 AprQuotation of the Day…
48. 18 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
49. 17 AprPrice Controls
50. 17 AprA Haidtian Point
51. 17 AprQuotation of the Day…
52. 17 AprSome Links
53. 16 AprQuotation of the Day…
54. 15 AprSome Links
55. 15 AprQuotation of the Day…
56. 15 AprEspecially Creative Destruction Is Especially Creative
57. 15 AprQuotation of the Day…
58. 13 AprQuotation of the Day…
59. 13 AprQuotation of the Day…
60. 12 AprOn Trump Voters
61. 11 AprQuotation of the Day…
62. 10 AprQuotation of the Day…
63. 9 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
64. 9 AprQuotation of the Day…
65. 8 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
66. 8 AprSome Links
67. 8 AprQuotation of the Day…
68. 7 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
69. 7 AprJust Shoot Me
70. 7 AprMercantilism’s Sophistries are Never-ending
71. 7 AprThere’s a Real and a World of Difference Between Chosen and Coerced
72. 7 AprSome Links
73. 7 AprQuotation of the Day…
74. 6 AprQuotation of the Day…
75. 5 AprLiving in a Fantasy World
76. 5 AprSome Links
77. 5 AprQuotation of the Day…
78. 4 AprOpen Letter to U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-Virginia)
79. 4 AprMinding the Very Small Remaining Gap
80. 4 AprDan Griswold on Peter Navarro’s Horror Fiction Film, “Death by China”
81. 4 AprSome Links
82. 4 AprQuotation of the Day…
83. 3 AprThe Age Pay Gap
84. 3 AprSome Links
85. 3 AprQuotation of the Day…
86. 2 AprPeople Are Motivated Not Only By Narrow Material Considerations
87. 2 AprPredatory Pricing – or Dumping – Is No Cause for Concern
88. 2 AprQuotation of the Day…
89. 1 AprSome Links
90. 1 AprQuotation of the Day…
91. 1 AprThe Luck of Those Who Persevere

March 2017

1. 31 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
2. 31 MarQuotation of the Day…
3. 30 MarSome Links
4. 30 MarQuotation of the Day…
5. 29 MarDo Americans Profit from the Export-Import Bank?
6. 29 MarRepetition of this Point Passes a Cost-Benefit Test
7. 29 MarQuotation of the Day…
8. 29 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
9. 28 MarCosts Are Not Comforts, and Burdens Are Not Benefits
10. 28 MarCentralized Cost-Benefit Analysis Fails the Cost-Benefit Test
11. 28 MarLotta Moberg on Special Economic Zones
12. 28 MarOpen Letter to Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
13. 28 MarQuotation of the Day…
14. 28 MarSome Links
15. 27 MarMore on the Injustice of Trade “Retaliation”
16. 27 MarQuotation of the Day…
17. 26 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
18. 26 MarUnfair Trade Is Unfair Only to Foreign Consumers and Taxpayers, Not to Domestic Producers
19. 26 MarSome Links
20. 26 MarQuotation of the Day…
21. 25 MarLosing One’s Wits Over the Trade Deficit
22. 25 MarDon’t Blame Trade
23. 25 MarMore on Job Losses and the Costs of Trade
24. 25 MarQuotation of the Day…
25. 25 MarAn Open Letter to Arizona Governor Doug Ducey
26. 24 MarEconomic Nationalists Should be the Very LAST People to Endorse the Use of Retaliatory Subsidies
27. 24 MarSome Links
28. 24 MarThis Is No Way to Limit Government
29. 24 MarQuotation of the Day…
30. 23 MarThis DiMicco Guy Is Precisely the Sort of Business Person Upon Whom Adam Smith Rightly Poured Such Scorn
31. 23 MarThe Difference Between Markets and Politics
32. 23 MarSome Links
33. 23 MarQuotation of the Day…
34. 22 MarPeter Navarro Knows Not About What He Writes
35. 22 MarMore on Real Versus Fake Wants
36. 22 MarSurprised and Dismayed?
37. 22 MarSome Links
38. 22 MarGreater Imports Are Both an Effect AND a Cause of Economic Growth
39. 22 MarQuotation of the Day…
40. 22 MarRicardo’s Remarkable Idea
41. 21 MarTrying to Harpoon My White Whale
42. 21 MarSome Links
43. 21 Mar2017 Public Choice Outreach Conference
44. 21 MarQuotation of the Day…
45. 20 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
46. 20 MarMore on the General Effect of Welfare on Wages
47. 20 MarSome Fundamentals About International Trade
48. 20 MarSome Links
49. 20 MarQuotation of the Day…
50. 19 MarIf Economic Ignorance Were a Natural Resource, Our World Would Be Paradise
51. 19 MarSome Links
52. 19 MarQuotation of the Day…
53. 18 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
54. 18 MarSome Links
55. 18 MarQuotation of the Day…
56. 18 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
57. 17 MarCalvin Coolidge for President!
58. 17 MarThe Sado-Masochism of Trade Wars
59. 17 MarSome Links
60. 17 MarQuotation of the Day…
61. 17 MarToday’s U.S. Immigration In Historical Context
62. 17 MarWho’s Blind?
63. 16 MarGriswold Busts Another Trade Myth
64. 16 MarSome Links
65. 16 MarQuotation of the Day…
66. 16 MarForget About Food Miles
67. 15 MarA Trade Deficit Is Not Necessarily Evidence of Domestic Consumption In Excess of Domestic Production
68. 15 MarQuotation of the Day…
69. 15 MarSome Links
70. 14 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
71. 14 MarDan Griswold’s New Paper on Trade Deficits
72. 14 MarOn Bob Murphy On Mark Perry On Trade Deficits
73. 14 MarSome Links
74. 14 MarQuotation of the Day…
75. 13 MarQuotation of the Day…
76. 12 MarTower on Boudreaux on Sumner on Blanchard and Furman
77. 12 MarEconomic Ignorance Is Widespread
78. 12 MarQuotation of the Day…
79. 11 MarSumner: 1 Blanchard-Furman: 0
80. 11 MarThe Real Original Purpose of Civil Asset Forfeiture
81. 11 MarSome Links
82. 11 MarQuotation of the Day…
83. 10 MarA Trade Deficit Is Not Helpfully Described as Necessarily a Macroeconomic Phenomenon
84. 10 MarArguing with Protectionists
85. 10 MarSome Links
86. 10 MarQuotation of the Day…
87. 9 MarA Probing, Excellent Question from Tom Palmer
88. 9 MarSome Links
89. 9 MarQuotation of the Day…
90. 9 MarThe Only Sovereignty that Truly Matters in Matters of Trade
91. 8 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
92. 8 MarNavarro vs. Griswold
93. 8 MarSome Links
94. 8 MarEveryone Theorizes
95. 8 MarQuotation of the Day…
96. 7 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
97. 7 MarTrade Deficits and War: Tales from Two Economists
98. 7 Mar‘Playing Fields’ Heavily Pitted, Hilly, Gully-filled, and Uneven
99. 7 MarSome Links
100. 7 MarQuotation of the Day…
101. 6 MarWhat an Embarrassing Performance by Peter Navarro
102. 6 MarSome Links
103. 6 MarNick Gillespie’s Conversation with Johan Norberg
104. 6 MarQuotation of the Day…
105. 5 MarWhat About Losers from Tariffs?
106. 5 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
107. 5 MarQuotation of the Day…
108. 5 MarSome Links
109. 4 MarJohn Cochrane on Russ Roberts on What Economics Is and Isn’t Good For
110. 4 MarEstella Ryan Gerding (1917-1996)
111. 4 MarQuotation of the Day…
112. 3 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
113. 3 MarSome Links
114. 3 MarDrafty Logic in Sweden
115. 3 MarQuotation of the Day…
116. 3 MarDeirdre McCloskey on Commerce
117. 3 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
118. 2 MarSaving Myself from Impoverishment!
119. 2 MarSome Links
120. 2 MarQuotation of the Day…
121. 2 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
122. 1 MarMore Evidence Against Autor, Dorn, and Hanson
123. 1 MarD.J. Trump Is No Modern-Day W.G. Sumner
124. 1 MarSome Links
125. 1 MarQuotation of the Day…

February 2017

1. 28 FebReagan vs. Trump
2. 28 FebArrow – and Coase, and Lerner
3. 28 FebTrump’s Trade Ignorance
4. 28 FebTransition Problems and Costs
5. 28 FebNot So Fast to Canonize the Findings of Autor, Dorn, and Hanson
6. 28 FebQuotation of the Day…
7. 27 FebWalter Williams Asks a Probing Question
8. 27 FebShould DIY Pursuits Be Punitively Tariffed?
9. 27 FebSome Links
10. 27 FebQuotation of the Day…
11. 26 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
12. 26 FebStill Awaiting a Good Reason for Why International Trade Differs Meaningfully from Domestic Trade
13. 26 FebA Serious Economic Lesson from a Cartoon-Caption Contest
14. 26 FebSome Links
15. 26 FebQuotation of the Day…
16. 26 FebTrump’s Trade Policy In Three Frames
17. 25 FebTrump’s Ugly and Destructive Economic Nationalism
18. 25 FebSome Links
19. 25 FebQuotation of the Day…
20. 24 FebAnother Open Letter to Trump
21. 24 FebSome Links
22. 24 FebPhysicalism Is Fallacious
23. 24 FebQuotation of the Day…
24. 24 FebAn Unfolding Mystery
25. 23 FebSome Links
26. 23 FebQuotation of the Day…
27. 22 FebPrimitive Minds
28. 22 FebThe Dangers of Economists Teaching ECON 101 Poorly
29. 22 FebSome Links
30. 22 FebQuotation of the Day…
31. 22 FebIn Defense of ECON 101
32. 21 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
33. 21 FebThe Libertarian Angle
34. 21 FebSome Links
35. 21 FebQuotation of the Day…
36. 21 FebMore On Team Trump’s Proposed Scheme to Use Fraudulent Trade Accounting
37. 20 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
38. 20 FebWhat Accounts for Trump’s Trade Tales?
39. 20 FebDeirdre McCloskey on Free Trade
40. 20 FebSome Links
41. 20 FebQuotation of the Day…
42. 20 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
43. 19 FebProtect Us from Those Who Would ‘Bargain Hard’ for Us
44. 19 FebSome Links
45. 19 FebQuotation of the Day…
46. 19 FebSalam’s Criticism of Puzder Misses the Point
47. 18 FebQuotation of the Day…
48. 17 FebPlane Ignorance
49. 17 FebMysterious Sentences
50. 17 FebQuotation of the Day…
51. 17 FebSome Links
52. 17 FebWartime Prosperity?
53. 16 FebQuotation of the Day…
54. 15 FebThe Bizarro World of Mercantilism
55. 15 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
56. 15 FebNo Free Lunch (or Infrastructure)
57. 15 FebSome Links
58. 15 FebQuotation of the Day…
59. 14 FebCalling Mark Perry
60. 14 FebHere I Offer to Bet a Luddite
61. 14 FebLocation, Location, Location
62. 14 FebSome Links
63. 14 FebQuotation of the Day…
64. 13 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
65. 13 FebDeirdre McCloskey on the Unsavory History of the Minimum Wage
66. 13 FebSome Links
67. 13 FebQuotation of the Day…
68. 12 FebTrumped: Reprised
69. 12 FebWhat a Trade Surplus Doesn’t Mean
70. 12 FebTrade Is Not Unique
71. 12 FebQuotation of the Day…
72. 11 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
73. 11 FebEarned Success, by All Means
74. 11 FebQuotation of the Day…
75. 11 FebSome Links
76. 10 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
77. 10 FebSome Links
78. 10 FebQuotation of the Day…
79. 9 FebQuotation of the Day…
80. 9 FebSigh
81. 8 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
82. 8 FebSimpleton Navarro
83. 8 FebSome Links
84. 8 FebTweedle-Dee & Tweedle-Dum on Immigration
85. 8 FebQuotation of the Day…
86. 7 FebEconomists Make Visible the Invisible
87. 7 FebAn Off-the-Cuff Observation
88. 7 FebSome Links
89. 7 FebThe Market Remains the Most Reliable Pollster
90. 7 FebQuotation of the Day…
91. 6 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
92. 6 FebRodrik’s Wrong Again
93. 6 FebSome Links
94. 6 FebQuotation of the Day…
95. 5 FebQuotation of the Day…
96. 4 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
97. 4 FebSome Links
98. 4 FebQuotation of the Day…
99. 3 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
100. 3 FebBob Higgs on Donald Trump
101. 3 FebObstacles to Trade Are Obstacles to Trade No Matter Who Erects Them
102. 3 FebQuotation of the Day…
103. 3 FebSimple
104. 2 FebThe Illogic of Protectionism
105. 2 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
106. 2 FebSome Links
107. 2 FebQuotation of the Day…
108. 2 FebKeynesianism in One Photo
109. 2 FebJohan Norberg and Milton Friedman on Free Trade
110. 1 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
111. 1 FebIt’s About Teachers and Bureaucrats, Not Students
112. 1 FebWhat’s the Difference?
113. 1 FebThe Enriching Powers of Trade
114. 1 FebSome Links
115. 1 FebQuotation of the Day…
116. 1 FebDoug Irwin on Trade

January 2017

1. 31 JanAs Compared to What?
2. 31 JanExposing Some Myths Trumpeted by Protectionists
3. 31 JanQuotation of the Day…
4. 31 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
5. 30 JanBonus Some Links
6. 30 JanSome Links
7. 30 JanQuotation of the Day…
8. 30 JanThe Benefactor
9. 30 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
10. 29 JanThe Marvel of the Price System
11. 29 JanSome Links
12. 29 JanQuotation of the Day…
13. 29 JanTrump’s Immigrant Ban
14. 29 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
15. 28 JanSome Data Relevant to the Debate on Trade
16. 28 JanSome Links
17. 28 JanQuotation of the Day…
18. 28 JanTrading Responses
19. 28 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
20. 27 JanSome Links
21. 27 JanBush I and Reagan on Mexican Immigrants
22. 27 JanFrom Jerry Jordan: More on Taxing Mexican Imports (and on NAFTA)
23. 27 JanThe (Il)logic of Government Trade Policies
24. 27 JanQuotation of the Day…
25. 27 JanIt’s More Complicated
26. 27 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
27. 26 JanBanging My Head Against a Wall
28. 26 JanA Note on Trade Agreements (and ‘Sovereignty’)
29. 26 JanSome Links
30. 26 JanQuotation of the Day…
31. 25 JanDeprivation Is Deprivation Regardless of Who Does the Depriving
32. 25 JanThe Rules of Trade
33. 25 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
34. 25 JanSome Links
35. 25 JanQuotation of the Day…
36. 25 JanAsk
37. 24 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
38. 24 JanI Am, I Admit, a Rule Utilitarian
39. 24 JanSome Links
40. 24 JanQuotation of the Day…
41. 24 JanCartoonomics
42. 23 JanProtectionism Does Not Prevent Job Losses
43. 23 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
44. 23 JanSome Links
45. 23 JanTrump’s Promises
46. 23 JanAlternative Facts
47. 23 JanQuotation of the Day…
48. 22 JanAn Open Letter to President Donald Trump
49. 22 JanSome Links
50. 22 JanQuotation of the Day…
51. 21 JanYes, Trump Is Unethical
52. 21 JanSome Links
53. 21 JanWill Trump Reduce or Increase Power in Washington?
54. 21 JanQuotation of the Day…
55. 20 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
56. 20 JanTrade, Innovation, and Job Losses
57. 20 JanTrade, Protectionism, and Manufacturing Output
58. 20 JanQuotation of the Day…
59. 20 JanSome Links
60. 19 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
61. 19 JanA Baker’s Dozen Economics Missteps
62. 19 JanNo State is Trustworthy
63. 19 JanInternational Trade Is Simply One Manifestation of Competition
64. 19 JanQuotation of the Day…
65. 18 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
66. 18 JanQuotation of the Day…
67. 18 JanSome Links
68. 17 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
69. 17 JanExplore History of Economic Thought with the Best…
70. 17 JanTrump on Trade
71. 17 JanQuotation of the Day…
72. 17 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
73. 16 JanSome Links
74. 16 JanQuotation of the Day…
75. 15 JanEconomic Principles Do Not Disappear As Economic Complexities Arise
76. 15 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
77. 15 JanPejovich Quotes Alchian
78. 15 JanSome Links
79. 15 JanQuotation of the Day…
80. 14 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
81. 14 JanPowerful Empirical Evidence Against the Monopsony-Power Justification for Minimum Wages
82. 14 JanQuotation of the Day…
83. 13 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
84. 13 JanJerry Jordan Points to Some Unintended Consequences of Trumpism
85. 13 JanTrump Will Do His Best to Oblige Americans to Sell as Low as Possible and to Buy as High as Possible (Hooray??)
86. 13 JanResults Trump Intentions
87. 13 JanQuotation of the Day…
88. 13 JanSome Links
89. 12 JanA Challenge (Or, Crowd-Sourcing)
90. 12 JanStuff for Smiles
91. 12 JanSome Links
92. 12 JanQuotation of the Day…
93. 12 Jan30 Years of Improvement
94. 12 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
95. 11 JanComparative Advantage Still Exists – and Always Will
96. 11 JanTrade, Innovation, and Manufacturing Jobs
97. 11 JanQuotation of the Day…
98. 11 JanSome Links
99. 10 JanTrump and the Economic Ignorance On Which He Surfs Are Both Appalling
100. 10 JanAgainst International Economics As a Sub-discipline
101. 10 JanSome Links
102. 10 JanQuotation of the Day…
103. 9 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
104. 9 JanQuotation of the Day…
105. 8 JanThe Pavement of the Road to Serfdom Is Surprisingly Banal
106. 8 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
107. 8 JanSmiles for Free Trade
108. 8 JanThe Global Economy
109. 8 JanQuotation of the Day…
110. 7 JanIs Any Concept In Economics as Prodigious a Source of Misunderstanding and Mischief as is ‘the Trade Deficit’?
111. 7 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
112. 7 JanThe Evil that Is Economic Nationalism
113. 7 JanQuotation of the Day…
114. 6 JanWorrying About the ‘Trade Deficit’ Is Absurd to the Nth Degree
115. 6 JanThe Nationalities of Spenders and Savers Are Irrelevant
116. 6 JanSome Links
117. 6 JanTrump’s Economic Ignorance Is Vast – and Scary
118. 6 JanQuotation of the Day…
119. 5 JanSuperabundance or Scarcity?
120. 5 JanSome Links
121. 5 JanQuotation of the Day…
122. 4 JanSome Links
123. 4 JanDisruptive
124. 4 JanQuotation of the Day…
125. 3 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
126. 3 JanSome Links
127. 3 JanTrump’s Ignorance Is Matched Only by His Thuggishness
128. 3 JanMore Ominous Trade News from the Trump Team
129. 3 JanQuotation of the Day…
130. 2 JanThe Lament of the Merely Decent Economist
131. 2 JanSome Links
132. 2 JanQuotation of the Day…
133. 1 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
134. 1 JanHappy 90th Birthday, Vernon Smith!
135. 1 JanQuotation of the Day…