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Here’s another guest post by Bet On It reader Bogusław Kołodziej, inspired by my “Economics of Szasz" (Rationality and Society, 2006). I’ll reply in a…

18 hr ago

A guest post by the author

Mar 23

Or, when Tolkien met Friedman

Mar 22

When the answers change, I change my mind.

Mar 21

In January, Bet On It readers voted for two audits of Alex Epstein’s Fossil Future. First topic: Is Epstein correct to claim that climate models have…

Mar 20

Live ideas in Austin, Texas and Nashville, Tennessee

Mar 17

19 members of the GMU Economics Department signed the Statement of Commitment to Academic Freedom and to Intellectual Merit. 19. Quite a few bystanders…

Mar 16

Here is my reply to Bogusław Kołodziej’s challenging questions about friendliness. He’s in blockquotes; I’m not. Recently, I've been on a binge of your…

Mar 15

Titanic recently returned to the big screen, and I was delighted to revisit this cinematic classic at my local theater. Besides being a feat of…

Mar 14

Very fun podcast with Greg Salmieri

Mar 13

Email from a reader. Please offer constructive advice in the comments. Dear Bryan Caplan, I need some advice. I know you're busy and lead a full life. I…

Mar 10

Ah, Calvin Coolidge. I heavily blame him for his part in the termination of open borders. Yet if only he’d been pro-immigration, he might have been my…

Mar 8

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