Austrian Addiction

I hated dead poet's society...

2009-11-16T19:49:03Z

Adam Martin's great post at Aid Watch reminded me of Richard Bell's work . I remember he mentioned something akin to the following: on the American frontier people were against young women reading current literature, for fear that they would be Read More......(read more)

Neuro Hayekianism got you feeling neurotic?

2009-11-11T23:07:19Z

Barkley Rosser summarizes the exchange forthcoming in Advances in Austrian Economics over at e conospeak. Read More......(read more)

Presentations on Crime and Punishment

2009-10-03T19:05:18Z

David Garland on Capital Punishment. and Steven Pinker on Violence: HT Art Carden at Division of Labor Read More......(read more)

Music links

2009-09-16T01:33:09Z

The soundtrack against public schooling seems to be growing in size and quality Read More......(read more)

What would Russ Roberts say?

2009-08-22T20:46:59Z

This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US department of energy. I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the municipal water utility. After that, I turned on Read More......(read more)

Pete asked about Seasteading.

2009-08-12T03:55:51Z

And my response : I don't think secession type movements can sustain on ideology alone. So I'll ignore it momentarily. My first impression is that Tiebout competition would drive "good" results. Regardless of whether the heads of such Read More......(read more)

Fox News Story - a clarification

2009-06-16T21:26:43Z

Anyone who has done an interview for television media knows that even though they roll tape and take up your time for up to a half hour, the vast majority of material winds up on the cutting room floor. While I think the points I make in this interview Read More......(read more)

Understanding Poverty: Social Networks at the Bottom

2009-06-01T21:50:50Z

Caplan's got an interesting post summarizing Portfolio - a book I haven't read. Bryan's most interesting comment about the book: Yes, the world's poor are striving to better their lot. But what they really need isn't small-scale entrepreneurship Read More......(read more)

Caplan on culture

2009-05-31T18:55:54Z

A great post on modernity: The total volume is so massive we couldn't consume that top 10% if we tried with all our might... Friedman's problem is that he ignores the countervailing effects of population and wealth. Lots of creative people serving Read More......(read more)

Environmental end of days

2009-05-29T00:06:51Z

Art Carden at Division of Labor has a great post today on the widespread acceptance of inevitable environmental catastrophe. a public school teacher in our congregation had been encouraged by the School Board to highlight the "fact" that overpopulation Read More......(read more)

A partial answer to my Caplan question but not from Bryan

2009-05-27T21:10:01Z

A while back I posted this question about the political implications of people who believe in an "end of days scenario." Today I found this interesting post at Offsetting Behavior. CHRISTOPHER CROWE, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Abstract Read More......(read more)

Write up from last nights news appearance

2009-04-14T18:01:08Z

Just a small quote, but the video is up this time. Read More......(read more)

Make your own intellectual family tree.

2009-04-08T18:27:31Z

Pete Boettke recently posted a photo of Virgil Storr's office wall - a beautiful arrangement of photographs depicting Virgil's intellectual heritage. I had a similar desire for my own office, but I lack sufficient pictures for the more recent Read More......(read more)

Interview on Fox8 local news

2009-03-24T21:31:52Z

Here's lovely reporter, Shelley Brown's write up , but the video segment doesn't appear to be up. Read More......(read more)

A Breif Response to John Lott

2009-03-17T16:54:52Z

John Lott is an empirical scholar of great talent. He does not allow moral theorizing to be bold without backup. Thus he is skeptical of Loury's characterization of the American criminal justice system as racist because the hard facts seem to tell Read More......(read more)