I discuss my new paper on polarization and the rise of ethno-nationalist populism as overlooked side-effects of urbanization in this free-wheeling live chat.
Category: Institutions
Corporations are composed of people. So are unions. So are universities. So are families. The…
Otteson makes a Smithian case: What the free-enterprise system—Smith’s “obvious and simple system of natural…
Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson on Jared Diamond: Another major problem for Diamond’s argument is that…
I was pretty impressed with much of Krugman’s NYT Magazine magnum opus. Macro is a…
From Herb Gintis’ excellent review of the lately-departed G.A. Cohen’s Why Not Socialism?: Cohen argues…
I think it’s an idea worth trying, though I share some of Tyler Cowen’s concerns.…
Gregory Clark’s basic assumption would seem to be that some people are born idiots. His…
David Boaz has a good post on the economists petitioning against an audit of the Fed…
I have the sense that many defenders of an even-more-fully-government-run health care system have a…