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2023

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December 2023

  1. Some Links
  2. Quotation of the Day…
  3. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  4. Some Links
  5. Quotation of the Day…
  6. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  7. Some Links
  8. Quotation of the Day…
  9. Correcting Janet Yellen
  10. On Exceptions to the Case for a Policy of Unilateral Free Trade
  11. Some Links
  12. Quotation of the Day…
  13. Some Links
  14. Quotation of the Day…
  15. Trade Is A Tool
  16. Some Links
  17. Quotation of the Day…
  18. Quotation of the Day…
  19. Some Links
  20. Quotation of the Day…
  21. Some Links
  22. Quotation of the Day…
  23. By Itself?
  24. Some Links
  25. Quotation of the Day…
  26. The End Is Near! (Just Kidding)
  27. Some Links
  28. Quotation of the Day…
  29. Some Links
  30. Quotation of the Day…
  31. Some Links
  32. Quotation of the Day…
  33. Fritz Machlup (1902-1983)
  34. Some Links
  35. Quotation of the Day…
  36. A Recent Conversation With a Non-GMU Graduate Student
  37. Some Links
  38. Quotation of the Day…
  39. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  40. Some Links
  41. Quotation of the Day…
  42. There’s Truth in Tiebout
  43. Is It Beating a Dead Horse If the Horse Being Beaten Still Gallops?
  44. Yep 4
  45. Some Links
  46. Quotation of the Day…
  47. Some Links
  48. Quotation of the Day…
  49. Getting a Handle on Benefit-Cost Analysis
  50. Some Links
  51. Quotation of the Day…
  52. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  53. Some Links
  54. Quotation of the Day…
  55. On Home Schooling
  56. Some Links
  57. Quotation of the Day…
  58. Some Links
  59. Quotation of the Day…
  60. Defending Globalization
  61. Some Links
  62. More on Income
  63. Quotation of the Day…
  64. Unrealized Gains Aren’t Income
  65. Some Links
  66. Quotation of the Day…
  67. Some Links
  68. Quotation of the Day…
  69. Racist America?
  70. Some Links
  71. Quotation of the Day…
  72. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  73. Some Links
  74. Quotation of the Day…
  75. Economic Growth Cannot Be Promoted by a Government “Moonshot”
  76. A Contribution to Sound Economics Education
  77. Some Links
  78. Quotation of the Day…
  79. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  80. What Might Have Been
  81. Quotation of the Day…
  82. Some Links
  83. Quotation of the Day…
  84. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  85. Walter Williams
  86. Some Links
  87. Quotation of the Day…

November 2023

  1. “Theoretically Impossible” vs. “Practically Unlikely”
  2. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  3. Some Links
  4. Quotation of the Day…
  5. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  6. Trade Is A Technology
  7. Some Links
  8. Quotation of the Day…
  9. Some Links
  10. Quotation of the Day…
  11. More on the Regulation (or Not) of Expression and Emissions
  12. Some Links
  13. Quotation of the Day…
  14. Worried About the Cleanliness of American Households?
  15. Some Links
  16. Quotation of the Day…
  17. Some Links
  18. Quotation of the Day…
  19. Who’s “Anti-American”?
  20. Quotation of the Day…
  21. Quotation of the Day…
  22. Some Links
  23. Quotation of the Day…
  24. Opposition to Progressivism Isn’t the Equivalent of Trumpism
  25. Quotation of the Day…
  26. Expression Affects Third Parties
  27. Some Links
  28. Quotation of the Day…
  29. Some Links
  30. Quotation of the Day…
  31. Some Links
  32. Quotation of the Day…
  33. The Reality of Communism … and of Capitalism
  34. George Selgin on the New Deal and Recovery (and Relief and Reform)
  35. Some Links
  36. Quotation of the Day…
  37. On Hayek and His ‘Constitution of Liberty’
  38. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  39. Some Links
  40. Quotation of the Day…
  41. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  42. Some Links
  43. Quotation of the Day…
  44. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  45. Protectionism Assaults Producers
  46. Some Links
  47. Quotation of the Day…
  48. Protectionism Is An Unjust Assault On Fellow Citizens
  49. Some Links
  50. Quotation of the Day…
  51. Quotation of the Day…
  52. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  53. Some Links
  54. Quotation of the Day…
  55. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  56. Some Links
  57. Quotation of the Day…
  58. The Goals of Industrial Policy Are Indeed Too Much to Ask
  59. Some Links
  60. Quotation of the Day…
  61. Sohrab Ahmari Should Read More Widely or Carefully
  62. Some Links
  63. Quotation of the Day…
  64. Quotation of the Day…
  65. Phil Magness Provides Further Evidence of the Corruption of the Academy
  66. Some Links
  67. Quotation of the Day…
  68. Quotation of the Day…
  69. Quotation of the Day…
  70. Any Such ‘Misinformation’ Is What Economists Call “Inframarginal”
  71. Some Links
  72. Quotation of the Day…
  73. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  74. Some Links
  75. Quotation of the Day…
  76. Quotation of the Day…

October 2023

  1. Lockdowns Were Anything But “Prudent and Essential”
  2. A Silver Lining
  3. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  4. Some Links
  5. Quotation of the Day…
  6. Some Links
  7. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  8. Quotation of the Day…
  9. Emoting Is Easier Than Thinking
  10. Some Links
  11. Quotation of the Day…
  12. Some Links
  13. Quotation of the Day…
  14. Responding Further to Fallacies Spread by Oren Cass
  15. Quotation of the Day…
  16. Some Links
  17. Quotation of the Day…
  18. The Antitrust Action Against Google Isn’t Justified
  19. Some Links
  20. Quotation of the Day…
  21. Ian Fillmore Is an Awestruck
  22. Some Links
  23. Quotation of the Day…
  24. Quotation of the Day…
  25. The Awestruck and the Awws
  26. Some Links
  27. Quotation of the Day…
  28. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  29. Some Links
  30. Quotation of the Day…
  31. Another Open Letter to Oren Cass
  32. Some Links
  33. Quotation of the Day…
  34. Some Links
  35. Quotation of the Day…
  36. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Sharing prosperity”
  37. Some Links
  38. Quotation of the Day…
  39. The Problem Isn’t Free Trade
  40. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  41. Some Links
  42. Quotation of the Day…
  43. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  44. Some Links
  45. Quotation of the Day…
  46. Some Links
  47. Quotation of the Day…
  48. Some Links
  49. Quotation of the Day…
  50. On James Buchanan, Kenneth Elzinga, and Antitrust
  51. Some Links
  52. Quotation of the Day…
  53. Kvetching
  54. Some Links
  55. Quotation of the Day…
  56. Some Links
  57. Quotation of the Day…
  58. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  59. Some Links
  60. Quotation of the Day…
  61. Some Links
  62. Quotation of the Day…
  63. Dan Klein in the Wall Street Journal on the Censoring of Science
  64. More from Thomas Sowell on Social-Justice Fallacies
  65. Some Links
  66. Quotation of the Day…
  67. On the Meaning of “Deindustrialization”
  68. Some Links
  69. Quotation of the Day…
  70. Some Links
  71. Quotation of the Day…
  72. Follow the Rules
  73. Some Links
  74. Quotation of the Day…
  75. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  76. Some Links
  77. Quotation of the Day…
  78. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Some facts about income inequality”
  79. A Conversation With John J. Miller About Adam Smith
  80. Some Links
  81. Quotation of the Day…
  82. Reality Doesn’t Change Simply By Being Repeatedly Misrepresented
  83. Some Links
  84. Quotation of the Day…
  85. Some Links
  86. Quotation of the Day…
  87. The Ultimate Knowledge Problem

September 2023

  1. Some Links
  2. Quotation of the Day…
  3. On Economically ‘Absorbing’ Immigrants
  4. Some Links
  5. Quotation of the Day…
  6. Yet More On the Trade Deficit
  7. Some Links
  8. Quotation of the Day…
  9. The Curious Task of Economics
  10. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  11. Some Links
  12. Quotation of the Day…
  13. I Repeat Myself
  14. Some Links
  15. Quotation of the Day…
  16. People Who Worry About the Trade Deficit…
  17. Responding to Robert Lighthizer
  18. Some Links
  19. Quotation of the Day…
  20. Some Links
  21. Quotation of the Day…
  22. Some Links
  23. Quotation of the Day…
  24. Beware Being Confused By Accounting Conventions
  25. Quotation of the Day…
  26. Exploring EconTalk: Charles Calomiris on the Financial Crisis (2009)
  27. Quotation of the Day…
  28. An Application of Occam’s Razor
  29. Thomas Sowell on Social Justice Fallacies
  30. Some Links
  31. Quotation of the Day…
  32. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  33. Some Links
  34. Quotation of the Day…
  35. More on Angela Davis
  36. Some Links
  37. Quotation of the Day…
  38. James Buchanan Rightly Opposed UCLA’s Hiring of Angela Davis
  39. Quotation of the Day…
  40. Market Competition Is a Process of Creativity and Discovery
  41. Some Links
  42. Quotation of the Day…
  43. Decrying the Infantilization of ‘Higher Education’
  44. Some Links
  45. Quotation of the Day…
  46. Some Links
  47. Quotation of the Day…
  48. Some Links
  49. Defending Globalization
  50. Quotation of the Day…
  51. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  52. Defending Globalization
  53. Trump Has No Idea What Made America Great
  54. Some Links
  55. Quotation of the Day…
  56. Trump’s Trade War Was a Loser
  57. Some Links
  58. Quotation of the Day…
  59. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  60. Quotation of the Day…
  61. Unseen and Unsightly Costs of the War on Drugs
  62. Some Links
  63. Quotation of the Day…
  64. Some Links
  65. Tariffs Reduce Domestic Supplies and Raise Prices
  66. Quotation of the Day…
  67. Some Links
  68. Quotation of the Day…
  69. The Reality of Regulation by Government
  70. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  71. Some Links
  72. Quotation of the Day…
  73. Wall Street Journal: “Learning to Love Insider Trading”
  74. Bobby McCormick, R.I.P.
  75. Quotation of the Day…
  76. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  77. Some Links
  78. Quotation of the Day…
  79. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  80. Quotation of the Day…
  81. Some Links
  82. Quotation of the Day…
  83. Reality Really Is Really Complex. Really.
  84. Some Links
  85. Quotation of the Day…

August 2023

  1. Trade Policy and Total Employment
  2. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  3. Some Links
  4. Quotation of the Day…
  5. Trump’s Ignorance of Trade is Everestian
  6. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  7. Some Links
  8. Quotation of the Day…
  9. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  10. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: “More questions for redistributionists”
  11. Some Links
  12. Quotation of the Day…
  13. Some Links
  14. Quotation of the Day…
  15. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  16. Some Links
  17. Quotation of the Day…
  18. Some Links
  19. Quotation of the Day…
  20. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  21. Some Links
  22. Quotation of the Day…
  23. On the Rise In America of Maternal Mortality
  24. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  25. Some Links
  26. Quotation of the Day…
  27. Further Thoughts on Industrial Policy
  28. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  29. Some Links
  30. Quotation of the Day…
  31. Steven Koonin on Uncommon Knowledge
  32. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  33. A Powerful Weapon to Suppress China’s Military Might
  34. Some Links
  35. Quotation of the Day…
  36. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  37. Some Links
  38. Quotation of the Day…
  39. Some Links
  40. Quotation of the Day…
  41. Robert Ekelund (1940-2023)
  42. Some Links
  43. Quotation of the Day…
  44. An Open Letter to Lina Khan
  45. Some Links
  46. Quotation of the Day…
  47. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  48. Wages Are Payments for Services Rendered
  49. Some Links
  50. Quotation of the Day…
  51. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  52. The Great Enrichment Enriched From Its Start
  53. Some Links
  54. Quotation of the Day…
  55. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  56. Some Links
  57. Quotation of the Day…
  58. Some Links
  59. Quotation of the Day…
  60. A “Climate Psychology Certificate Program”?
  61. Quotation of the Day…
  62. Some Links
  63. Quotation of the Day…
  64. Snowflake America
  65. Some Links
  66. Quotation of the Day…
  67. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  68. Some Links
  69. Quotation of the Day…
  70. The Burden of Persuasion Should Be On Those Persons Who Propose Interventions
  71. More Humility, Please, About Climate-Change Policies
  72. Some Links
  73. Quotation of the Day…
  74. (Some of) What ESGers Don’t Understand
  75. Apples Must Be Compared to Apples and Not to Angels
  76. Some Links
  77. Quotation of the Day…
  78. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Questions for redistribution’s proponents”
  79. A Note on the Knowledge Problem
  80. Quotation of the Day…
  81. Some Links
  82. Quotation of the Day…
  83. Quotation of the Day…
  84. Some Links
  85. The Government Ain’t Us
  86. Quotation of the Day…
  87. Some Links
  88. Quotation of the Day…
  89. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  90. Some Links
  91. Quotation of the Day…
  92. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  93. Ignorance or Cunning?
  94. Some Links
  95. Quotation of the Day…

July 2023

  1. Some Links
  2. Quotation of the Day…
  3. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  4. Some Links
  5. Quotation of the Day…
  6. Some Links
  7. In Defense of My Defense of Parking Lots
  8. Quotation of the Day…
  9. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  10. A Law & Economics Center Event With the Great Bruce Yandle
  11. In Praise of Parking Lots, or Paradise Has A Price
  12. Some Links
  13. Quotation of the Day…
  14. The Blindness of Industrial Policy
  15. Some Links
  16. An Entrepreneurial Idea Is an Asset, Not a Source of Monopoly Power
  17. Quotation of the Day…
  18. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  19. The Statrix
  20. Some Links
  21. Quotation of the Day…
  22. Some Links
  23. Quotation of the Day…
  24. A Law & Economics Center Webinar With Bruce Yandle
  25. Some Links
  26. Quotation of the Day…
  27. Some Links
  28. Quotation of the Day…
  29. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  30. Quotation of the Day…
  31. Some Links
  32. Quotation of the Day…
  33. In Defense of Allowing Collusion
  34. Some Links
  35. Quotation of the Day…
  36. Bhattacharya and Kulldorff on the War Against Covid
  37. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  38. Some Links
  39. Quotation of the Day…
  40. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  41. Some Links
  42. Quotation of the Day…
  43. ‘I’ve Not Read Adam Smith, But I Know that You – Who Have Read Him – Get Smith Wrong’
  44. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  45. More On Adam Smith’s ‘Exceptions’ to His Case For Unilateral Free Trade
  46. Some Links
  47. Quotation of the Day…
  48. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  49. U.S. News & World Report: “Obama’s Misleading Minimum Wage Statistics”
  50. Some Links
  51. Quotation of the Day…
  52. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  53. Some Links
  54. Quotation of the Day…
  55. That’s Prohibited by the 13th Amendment
  56. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  57. Some Links
  58. Quotation of the Day…
  59. The Knowledge Problem Doesn’t Disappear Just Because It’s Ignored
  60. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  61. Advocates of Minimum Wages…
  62. Some Links
  63. Quotation of the Day…
  64. Some Links
  65. Quotation of the Day…
  66. Do You Have a Right to a Yo-Yo?
  67. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  68. Some Links
  69. Quotation of the Day…
  70. Some Links
  71. Quotation of the Day…
  72. Some Links
  73. Quotation of the Day…
  74. Some Links
  75. Quotation of the Day…
  76. Some Links
  77. Quotation of the Day…
  78. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  79. Who’d a-Thunk It?
  80. Some Links
  81. Quotation of the Day…
  82. On Adam Smith
  83. What “Social Dislocation”?
  84. Oh That No One Would Ever Have Embarked Upon ‘Balance of Trade’ Accounting
  85. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  86. Some Links
  87. Quotation of the Day…
  88. Some Links
  89. Quotation of the Day…
  90. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  91. Some Links
  92. Quotation of the Day…
  93. Repeal the Jones Act
  94. Some Links
  95. Quotation of the Day…
  96. Sigh 2
  97. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  98. Wise Reflections on China
  99. Some Links
  100. Quotation of the Day…

June 2023

  1. On Today’s Ruling On Student-Loan ‘Forgiveness’
  2. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  3. Some Links
  4. Quotation of the Day…
  5. I Was Mistaken…
  6. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  7. Some Links
  8. Quotation of the Day…
  9. Phil Magness Exposes As Shoddyship Some So-called “Scholarship”
  10. Take Responsibility
  11. Make of This What You Will
  12. Some Links
  13. Quotation of the Day…
  14. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  15. Reality Is Far More Complex Than Politicians Pretend
  16. Some Links
  17. Quotation of the Day…
  18. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  19. Is This a Spoof?
  20. Let’s Dethrone the “Balance of Payments”
  21. Some Links
  22. Quotation of the Day…
  23. Economic Reasoning Shifts the Burden of Persuasion Onto Opponents of a Policy of Unilateral Free Trade
  24. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  25. Some Links
  26. Quotation of the Day…
  27. Worrying About the ‘Balance of Trade’ Is Like Worrying About Witches
  28. On Evidence of the Economic Consequences of a Policy of Unilateral Free Trade
  29. Some Links
  30. Quotation of the Day…
  31. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  32. Pilkington Is Mistaken About Trade Deficits
  33. Avoid Expertolatry
  34. Quotation of the Day…
  35. Some Links
  36. Quotation of the Day…
  37. Some Links
  38. Quotation of the Day…
  39. Votes FOR and Votes AGAINST
  40. A Confused Review of Sam Gregg’s ‘Next American Economy’
  41. Some Links
  42. Quotation of the Day…
  43. “Shoddy, Shoddy, Shoddy”
  44. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  45. Some Links
  46. Quotation of the Day…
  47. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  48. Some Links
  49. Quotation of the Day…
  50. Quotation of the Day…
  51. Some Links
  52. Quotation of the Day…
  53. Why Do Genius Angels Need Government Power?
  54. Quotation of the Day…
  55. Oh, And Naturally He Also Calls for Industrial Policy
  56. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  57. Some Links
  58. Quotation of the Day…
  59. On the Relevance of Economics
  60. Social Security and Medicare Are Going Broke
  61. Some Links
  62. Quotation of the Day…
  63. Soiled by Socialism
  64. Some Links
  65. Quotation of the Day…
  66. Rubio Is Wrong
  67. Reducing CO2 Concentrations In the Atmosphere Is Not An End In Itself
  68. Some Links
  69. Quotation of the Day…
  70. Some Links
  71. Quotation of the Day…
  72. Price Controls Are Government-Mandated False Advertising
  73. Vernon Smith On Price Controls
  74. Price Controls Are Not Justified by Monopoly Power
  75. Quotation of the Day…
  76. More on the Absurdity of Price Controls
  77. Some Links
  78. Quotation of the Day…
  79. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  80. Socialism Is Bad For the Environment
  81. Some Links
  82. Quotation of the Day…
  83. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  84. Some Links
  85. Quotation of the Day…
  86. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  87. Some Links
  88. Some Adam Smith Links
  89. Quotation of the Day…
  90. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  91. Some Links
  92. Quotation of the Day…
  93. Creative Destruction Is Not An Externality, Part 1
  94. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  95. Some Links
  96. Quotation of the Day…
  97. Industrial Policy Would Ensure Failure
  98. A Speculative Thought
  99. Some Links
  100. Quotation of the Day…
  101. Some Links
  102. Quotation of the Day…

May 2023

  1. Continuing to Get Straight the Facts About the American Economy
  2. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  3. Minimum-Wage Legislation Came From a Bad Place
  4. Some Links
  5. Quotation of the Day…
  6. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  7. Some Links
  8. Quotation of the Day…
  9. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  10. Some Links
  11. Quotation of the Day…
  12. Thoughts on Immigration
  13. The Public’s – and the Media’s – Economic Understanding Remains Primitive
  14. Only Airheads Believe That the Economy Is Well-Served by ESG Investing
  15. Some Links
  16. Quotation of the Day…
  17. Quotation of the Day…
  18. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  19. Some Links
  20. Quotation of the Day…
  21. Getting Straight the Facts About Americans’ Economic Fortunes
  22. The Gall
  23. Some Links
  24. Quotation of the Day…
  25. More On America’s Mythical “Deindustrialization”
  26. America Has Not Deindustrialized
  27. Some Links
  28. Quotation of the Day…
  29. Some Links
  30. Quotation of the Day…
  31. The NatCons Are Deeply Confused
  32. Quotation of the Day…
  33. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  34. Some Links
  35. Quotation of the Day…
  36. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  37. Quotation of the Day…
  38. The ‘Theory’ of “Greedflation” Is Rank Nonsense
  39. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  40. Some Links
  41. Quotation of the Day…
  42. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  43. The Super Market
  44. Some Links
  45. Quotation of the Day…
  46. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  47. Some Links
  48. Quotation of the Day…
  49. The Supermarket
  50. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Busting Depression myths”
  51. Some Links
  52. Quotation of the Day…
  53. Rather than Issue ‘Baby Bonds’….
  54. Some Links
  55. Quotation of the Day…
  56. On Wartime and Postwar Prosperity
  57. Some Links
  58. Quotation of the Day…
  59. Beware of “Common Good Capitalism”
  60. Quotation of the Day…
  61. In Defense of My Intrepid Mercatus Center Colleague
  62. Hail to Forever-Anonymous Leaders!
  63. Boudreaux and Zywicki on Hayek
  64. Some Links
  65. Quotation of the Day…
  66. Boudreaux and Perry on the Myth of a Stagnant Middle Class
  67. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  68. Some Links
  69. Quotation of the Day…
  70. Befuddling
  71. Some Links
  72. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  73. Quotation of the Day…
  74. Michael Lind Slays A Minimum-Wage Straw Man
  75. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  76. Gotta Mention the Iceberg
  77. Some Links
  78. Quotation of the Day…
  79. Productivity Is Flat (Thus Explaining Flat Wages) While Productivity Is Rising (Thus Explaining Unjust Worker Exploitation)
  80. But Then Again, Washington DOES Endlessly Issue Commands
  81. Some Links
  82. Quotation of the Day…
  83. Quotation of the Day…
  84. Quotation of the Day…
  85. Some Links
  86. Oren Cass Again Grossly Understates the Rise In Ordinary Americans’ Wages
  87. Quotation of the Day…
  88. Some Links
  89. Quotation of the Day…
  90. Common-‘Good’ Statism
  91. Negative-Productivity Administration Officials
  92. Some Links
  93. Quotation of the Day…
  94. A New Study of Industrial Policy
  95. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  96. Some Links
  97. Quotation of the Day…
  98. “Common-Good Capitalism” Is Really “Person X’s-Good Statism”
  99. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  100. Some Links
  101. Quotation of the Day…

April 2023

  1. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  2. Some Links
  3. Quotation of the Day…
  4. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  5. Some Links
  6. Quotation of the Day…
  7. There Is No Saving Industrial Policy
  8. It’s Not Just An Austrian Position
  9. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  10. Some Links
  11. Quotation of the Day…
  12. Ian Fillmore on Industrial Policyists
  13. Some Thoughts on A Twitter Thread
  14. Protectionism Is Indeed Economic Parasitism
  15. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  16. Some Links
  17. Quotation of the Day…
  18. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  19. All They Can Think Of Is Centralized Control
  20. No, Industrial Subsidies Do Not Benefit the Country As a Whole
  21. Some Links
  22. Quotation of the Day…
  23. Griswold and Freytag On the So-Called “Trade Deficit”
  24. Common Errors Committed by “Common Good Capitalists”
  25. Some Links
  26. Quotation of the Day…
  27. Some Links
  28. On Brooke Group, Ltd. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. (U.S. Supreme Court, 1993)
  29. Quotation of the Day…
  30. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  31. Some Links
  32. Quotation of the Day…
  33. Some Links
  34. Quotation of the Day…
  35. Phil Magness Debates Woody Holton on the ‘1619 Project’
  36. Protectionists Are Losers
  37. Some Links
  38. Quotation of the Day…
  39. Some Links
  40. Quotation of the Day…
  41. To Repeat: Industrial Policy Is Naive and Blind Arrogance
  42. Some Links
  43. Quotation of the Day…
  44. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  45. Why America Runs Trade Deficits
  46. Some Links
  47. Quotation of the Day…
  48. Hmmm…. I Wonder Why People Are Losing Confidence in the Media
  49. Industrial Policy Does Indeed Fall Victim to the Knowledge Problem
  50. Some Links
  51. Quotation of the Day…
  52. Debunking Yet Another False Tale Told About American Trade Deficits
  53. Quotation of the Day…
  54. Which Proponents of Capitalism Believe Themselves NOT to Promote the Common Good?
  55. Scott Lincicome’s Memo to Industrial Policy Proponents: Political Reality Isn’t Optional
  56. Quotation of the Day…
  57. Beware of ESG Investing
  58. Some Links
  59. Quotation of the Day…
  60. Quotation of the Day…
  61. Some Links
  62. Quotation of the Day…
  63. An Open Letter to P.M. Sunak
  64. Quotation of the Day…
  65. Bonus Quotation of Day…
  66. Some Links
  67. Quotation of the Day…
  68. Boudreaux and Irwin on the Repeal of the Corn Laws
  69. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  70. Quotation of the Day…
  71. Some Links
  72. Quotation of the Day…
  73. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  74. One Good Outcome of the Great Depression
  75. Quotation of the Day…
  76. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  77. There Is No “Will of the People”
  78. Some Links
  79. Quotation of the Day…
  80. Consumption Is Indeed – As Adam Smith Said – “the Sole End and Purpose Of All Production”
  81. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  82. Some Links
  83. Quotation of the Day…
  84. If Solitary Confinement Is Cruel and Unusual Punishment … Aren’t, Also, Lockdowns?
  85. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  86. Some Links
  87. Quotation of the Day…
  88. A Review of Elizabeth Popp Berman’s “Thinking Like an Economist”
  89. On Dollars In Global Trade
  90. Quotation of the Day…
  91. Some Links
  92. Quotation of the Day…
  93. Some Links
  94. A Note from a Reader
  95. Quotation of the Day…

March 2023

  1. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  2. Some Links
  3. Quotation of the Day…
  4. Signs of Hope
  5. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  6. Some Links
  7. Quotation of the Day…
  8. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  9. I’m Sick of Having My Intelligence Insulted
  10. Some Links
  11. Quotation of the Day…
  12. Some Links
  13. Quotation of the Day…
  14. Some Links
  15. Quotation of the Day…
  16. Some Links
  17. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  18. Quotation of the Day…
  19. Should Protectionist Measures Be Ended All At Once or Gradually?
  20. Some Links
  21. Quotation of the Day…
  22. Some Links
  23. More On Why Adam Smith Was No Protectionist
  24. Quotation of the Day…
  25. More On Hayek
  26. Some Links
  27. Quotation of the Day…
  28. Revisionist History?
  29. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  30. Some Links
  31. Getting 19th-century American Economic History Right
  32. Quotation of the Day…
  33. Getting Adam Smith Right
  34. Some Links
  35. History Is Not Optional
  36. Quotation of the Day…
  37. Getting Comparative Advantage Straight
  38. Quotation of the Day…
  39. Some Links
  40. Quotation of the Day…
  41. Some Links
  42. Reality Isn’t Optional, Exhibit #79,201,096e28
  43. Quotation of the Day…
  44. Difficult to Believe that Such An Essay Is Published In March 2023
  45. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  46. Some Links
  47. On Hayek
  48. Quotation of the Day…
  49. Some Links
  50. Quotation of the Day…
  51. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  52. Some Links
  53. Quotation of the Day…
  54. Trade Is Amazing: It Empowers Us to Turn Almost Anything Into Almost Anything Else
  55. Some Links
  56. Quotation of the Day…
  57. Taxing An Intelligent Person’s Patience
  58. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Ford’s pay hike: It wasn’t about [having his workers buy his cars]”
  59. Some Links
  60. Quotation of the Day…
  61. Some Links
  62. Quotation of the Day…
  63. Quotation of the Day…
  64. Some Links
  65. Quotation of the Day…
  66. Some Links
  67. Quotation of the Day…
  68. On the Banana Republic Practice of Civil Asset Forfeiture
  69. Some Links
  70. Quotation of the Day…
  71. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  72. Some Links
  73. Quotation of the Day…
  74. Statement of Commitment to Academic Freedom and to Intellectual Merit
  75. Some Links
  76. More On American Workers’ Opportunity Costs, On Wages, and On the Harms of Protectionism
  77. Quotation of the Day…
  78. On Jobs and Economic Dynamism
  79. Bad Economics
  80. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  81. Some Links
  82. Quotation of the Day…
  83. An Open Letter to a Protectionist
  84. Some Links
  85. Quotation of the Day…
  86. A Telling Tale of Toil
  87. Some Links
  88. Quotation of the Day…
  89. Good Sense Spoken to Congress by Jay Bhattacharya, Martin Kulldorff, and Marty Makary
  90. Some Links
  91. The Economic Ignorance Is Stunning
  92. Quotation of the Day…
  93. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Impressive material progress”
  94. As a Facebook Commenter Said…
  95. Some Links
  96. Quotation of the Day…

February 2023

  1. Some Links
  2. Quotation of the Day…
  3. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  4. Some Links
  5. Quotation of the Day…
  6. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  7. The Glories of Globalization
  8. More Than Any Other, This Understanding Is the Distinguishing Feature of True Liberalism
  9. Some Links
  10. Quotation of the Day…
  11. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  12. Some Links
  13. Quotation of the Day…
  14. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  15. The Infantile Woke
  16. Some Links
  17. Twitter Admits That It Received “Legal Demands” from the US Government to Censor Covid Information
  18. Quotation of the Day…
  19. Jordan Peterson Talks With Jay Bhattacharya
  20. Some Links
  21. Quotation of the Day…
  22. Capitalists Supply the Rope for Their Own Hanging
  23. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  24. An Open Letter to Michel Martin
  25. Some Links
  26. Quotation of the Day…
  27. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  28. Still Trying To Open John Tamny’s Eyes To the Harms Unleashed by Deficit Financing
  29. Some Links
  30. Quotation of the Day…
  31. Quotation of the Day…
  32. Some Links
  33. Quotation of the Day…
  34. Some Links
  35. Quotation of the Day…
  36. The Intellectual Weakness Is Abundant and Evident
  37. Dishonorable Woke
  38. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  39. Some Links
  40. Quotation of the Day…
  41. An Economics Pop Quiz
  42. Some Links
  43. Quotation of the Day…
  44. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  45. Some Links
  46. Quotation of the Day…
  47. Hygiene Socialism Isn’t “Authoritarian Capitalism”
  48. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  49. Some Links
  50. In Defense of Steven Koonin
  51. Woke Spoofs Itself
  52. Quotation of the Day…
  53. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  54. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: “The sharing economy”
  55. Some Links
  56. Quotation of the Day…
  57. Hipopolorum and Lopopohirum
  58. Some Links
  59. Quotation of the Day…
  60. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  61. Some Links
  62. Quotation of the Day…
  63. Or Maybe the Woke Are Full-On Comatose
  64. Some Links
  65. Quotation of the Day…
  66. The Great Ken Elzinga Speaks at GMU Econ
  67. Some Links
  68. Quotation of the Day…
  69. A Tendentiously Alleged Connection Between Trump and the Kochs
  70. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  71. Some Links
  72. Quotation of the Day…
  73. Some Questions for a Covid Commission
  74. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  75. Be Grateful to Live In A World In Which First Responders Are Paid Less Than Professional Athletes
  76. Some Links
  77. Quotation of the Day…
  78. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  79. Some Links
  80. Quotation of the Day…
  81. Bill Maher Eviscerates the Woke
  82. Some Links
  83. Quotation of the Day…
  84. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  85. Some Links
  86. Quotation of the Day…
  87. The Typical Immigration Restrictionist Is No Better At Economics Than Is the Typical Protectionist
  88. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  89. More from Phil Magness on the Error-Stuffed 1619 Project
  90. Some Links
  91. Quotation of the Day…
  92. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  93. Some Links
  94. Quotation of the Day…
  95. More From Konstantin Kisin On the Idiocy and Dangers of Wokism
  96. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  97. Some Links
  98. Quotation of the Day…

January 2023

  1. Turns Out that People Such As Scott Atlas and Jay Bhattacharya Were Right All Along
  2. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  3. Some Links
  4. Quotation of the Day…
  5. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  6. Some Links
  7. Quotation of the Day…
  8. Broken Compass
  9. Choosing to Be Part of the Global Market Economy
  10. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  11. Some Links
  12. Quotation of the Day…
  13. Trust the ‘Experts’?
  14. Some Links
  15. Quotation of the Day…
  16. I Say Again: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
  17. Antitrust Confusion
  18. Some Links
  19. Quotation of the Day…
  20. The Cost of Shipping Is Accounted for In the Retail Price
  21. What Accounts for All This Stuff?
  22. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  23. Some Links
  24. Quotation of the Day…
  25. John Stossel on Paul Ehrlich and the Doomsters
  26. Konstantin Kisin on the Environment and ‘Woke’ Culture
  27. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  28. Some Links
  29. Quotation of the Day…
  30. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Coase’s valuable insights into market economies”
  31. Some Links
  32. Quotation of the Day…
  33. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  34. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  35. Some Links
  36. Quotation of the Day…
  37. What Was Uniquely Important About American Revolutionaries?
  38. Quotation of the Day…
  39. The Primacy of the Consumer-Welfare Standard
  40. Some Links
  41. Quotation of the Day…
  42. Art Carden and Larry White on W.H. Hutt
  43. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  44. Some Links
  45. Quotation of the Day…
  46. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  47. Some Links
  48. Quotation of the Day…
  49. “I, Pencil’s” Point
  50. Good-Faith Reading vs. Adversarial Reading
  51. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Sham heroics”
  52. Some Links
  53. Quotation of the Day…
  54. Don’t Ban Noncompete Clauses
  55. On the Comparative Advantage At Improving Comparative Advantages
  56. Some Links
  57. Quotation of the Day…
  58. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  59. Quotation of the Day…
  60. More on Leonard Read’s “I, Pencil”
  61. Intellectuals Who Can’t Read
  62. The Utter Illogic of Mercantilism
  63. Some Links
  64. Quotation of the Day…
  65. A Bot Is Better Than ‘Education’ Bureaucrats
  66. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  67. Some Links
  68. Quotation of the Day…
  69. Some Links
  70. Quotation of the Day…
  71. Jerry Z. Muller on Jacob Soll on Adam Smith
  72. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  73. Some Links
  74. Quotation of the Day…
  75. Non-covid Excess Deaths
  76. An Open Letter to Henry I. Miller
  77. Quotation of the Day…
  78. Daniel Hannan on Free Trade
  79. Some Links
  80. More on the Difference Between Losses and Costs
  81. Quotation of the Day…
  82. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: “If tomorrow is irrelevant”
  83. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  84. Quotation of the Day…
  85. Such Is Some Modern “Scholarship”
  86. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  87. Some Links
  88. Quotation of the Day…
  89. Some Links
  90. Quotation of the Day…
  91. Some Links
  92. Quotation of the Day…
  93. The United States Certainly Did Have Lockdowns
  94. Quotation of the Day…
  95. Trade, Tariffs, and Complexity
  96. Some Links
  97. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  98. Quotation of the Day…
  99. Some Racist That Hutt!
  100. Some Links
  101. Bonus Quotation of the Day…
  102. Quotation of the Day…
  103. Some Links
  104. Quotation of the Day…
  105. Quotation of the Day…

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