February 01, 2019
The In-Kind Party
I got the below from a friend, someone I respect very much. The ideas (as the author him/herself would note) are not developed fully, or even halfway. This is a…
Author: Mike Munger
January 24, 2019
Pave the Muddy Paths….
There are many definitions of “rule of law.” My good friend Paul Burgess is actually writing a dissertation on just how hard, but interesting, it is to try to define…
September 15, 2018
An economics joke, and consideration of price-gouging
From the American Institute on Economic Research, my piece on price-gouging. I’m against it. I favor low prices and plentiful supply. The problem is that if you don’t have plentiful…
August 16, 2018
A “Ticket” to Capitalism….
I think we often miss the most basic consequentialist argument for capitalism. So I tried to make it here.
July 31, 2018
Reason is the slave of the atavisms
Moral intuitions are not often, and may be almost never, arrived at through reason. That may be a problem, when economic institutions evolve faster than our moral intuitions.
July 24, 2018
Fight the Goo Goo
There is a faction among conservative Progressives. People call them (and some call themselves) “GooGoos.” That is, they are the “good government” people. Paul Krugman, for example. Classic goo goo….