Pinker Embraces Scientism
Further to my previous post on scientism: Steven Pinker has entered the fray, wit
Mises Wire
Plunging Stock Prices Reveal Shaky Recovery
On Thursday, stocks suffered their largest tumble since June due in large part to a so-called “sp
Is Macroeconomics Really Economics?
The world probably would have been much better off had macroeconomics never been devised.
No Fed, No Destructive Housing Bubble
Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal had a nice short summary of how bad housing policy over several administrations misdirected greed (self interest or
Ken Rogoff Decides This Time Is Different
Rogoff was previously chief economist at the International Monetary Fund and now teaches at Harvard. He is a Republican.
Krugman on Economic Policy Uncertainty
In his column “Phony Fear Factor,” published in The New York Times on August 8, 2013, Paul Krugman mocks the view that “economic policy un
