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The Many Voices of Voice

posted to Cafe Hayek on Wed 8th Sep 10

Here’s a letter to the Baltimore Sun:I object to the sentiment conveyed by the title of Andrew Yarrow’s op-ed “Vote now or forever hold your peace” (Sept. 8). There might be good reasons for voting; either prudence or ethics, or both,
Larry White on the German Economic Miracle

posted to Cafe Hayek on Wed 8th Sep 10

My GMU Econ colleague, the great monetary theorist and historian Larry White, has this splendid op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal. In it, Larry explains that the post-WWII “German economic miracle” resulted from economic liberalization
Crumbling Infrastructure?

posted to Cafe Hayek on Tue 7th Sep 10

Here’s some evidence that America’s transportation infrastructure isn’t “crumbling.” (HT Aaron Merrill)Note to the commentors who accuse me of being a mindless ideologue: because nearly all of what most people think of as “infrastructure”

Sociology (by Russell Roberts)

posted to Cafe Hayek on Thu 11th Jun 09

My colleague Bryan Caplan at EconLog onhow economics is evolving: I've studied economics for over twenty years. The more I think about it, though, the more I realize that I don't know what "economics" means anymore. Textbooks may say that economics is about
Who's the Partisan Hack? (by Don Boudreaux)

posted to Cafe Hayek on Mon 12th Jan 09

Brad DeLong says that his blog is "Reality-Based." And, indeed, it often offers sound, reasonable, clear-eyed commentary - stuff that I typically find valuable even when I disagree with it; indeed, chiefly when I disagree with it.But not always.
The Unsung Successes of the Market (by Don Boudreaux)

posted to Cafe Hayek on Mon 2nd Mar 09

It's become an article of faith among lots of people that recent events prove (or at least suggest) that markets don't work very well.Let's assume -- contrary to what my assessment of the evidence tells me -- that the housing bubble and its crash, along with

Happy birthday Alfred

posted to Anti-Dismal on Mon 27th Jul 09

I missed it, but on July 26th the great English economist Alfred Marshall would have turned 167.(HT: Cafe Hayek)
Monday's Daily News

posted to Club for Growth on Mon 27th Jul 09

THE DAILY NEWS 'Waterloo' Backfires - Amanda Carpenter, Washington Times The New PC: Public Choice - Amity Shlaes, Forbes.com Bernanke Does Not Deserve Reappointment - Anna Schwartz, NYT Stocks Rally on Death of Health-Care Reform - Don Luskin, Smart Money
No Examples of Free Market Health Care?

posted to CARPE DIEM on Mon 27th Jul 09

Paul Krugman: There are, however, no examples of successful health care based on the principles of the free market, for one simple reason: in health care, the free market just doesnt work.Don Boudreaux: I can list lots of examples of successful health care