February 06, 2014
How Ham on Nye Harms Our Public Discourse on Science and Religion
I tried to resist, but I must admit to having watched the “Ham on Nye” debate in full. I find debates between creationists and atheist evolutionists tiring and deeply upsetting…
February 04, 2014
An argument about regulation
A lot of people a lot of the time underestimate how burdensome, onerous, and intrusive complicated bureaucratic rules and regulations are. They casually treat the only cost of a rule…
February 04, 2014
On Bertram’s Bad Reasons for Leveling Down
Chris Bertram has just issued a rather worrisome post entitled, “Squeezing the Rich is Good: Even When It Raises No Money.” In other words, destroying huge amounts of wealth, intentionally,…
February 03, 2014
We Look Up To Households That Make Consensual Decisions And We’re Not Sorry
(Co-Authored with Sarah Skwire) Recently, the blogger Amy Glass from ThoughtCatalog posted a piece titled “I Look Down On Young Women With Husbands And Kids And I’m Not Sorry.” We…
February 01, 2014
How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed, Jeffrey Sachs Edition
I hope that most readers of our blog are already fans of Russ Roberts’ excellent Econtalk podcast. But in case you missed it, be sure to check out this excellent interview with…