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2 Jun 2008, 12:31 am
We'll probably use kite power before solar satellites, world population is not proportional to oil production, and hopes for more than a tiny space tourism market anytime soon are pure fantasy.To which Bryan Caplan responds:I've often heard Robin Hanson called a "space cadet" or even a "replicant. [read post]
6 Jun 2019, 10:24 am
Later, the writings of scholars such as Bryan Caplan, Michael Clemens, and Joseph Carens, helped me see that international migration is an even more significant pathway to expanding human freedom and opportunity; not just one liberty among many, but one of the great issues of our time. [read post]
4 Oct 2013, 1:15 pm
Economist Bryan Caplan calls this kind of behavior "rational irrationality": when the goal of acquiring information is something other than truth-seeking, it is often rational to be highly biased in the way you evaluate what you learn. [read post]
21 May 2016, 11:00 am
As I explain more fully in Chapter 7 of my book on political ignorance, and in a critique of a similar proposal by economist Bryan Caplan, a mandatory knowledge test could easily be skewed to favor supporters of the incumbent political party and weed out opponents. [read post]
15 Mar 2016, 2:48 pm
This gap is in large part due to the public’s ignorance of basic economics and what economist Bryan Caplan calls “antiforeign bias” – suspicion and fear of economic activity involving foreigners that is usually seen as completely innocent if conducted by Americans. [read post]
19 Feb 2010, 11:51 pm
Maybe Gollum is an example of Bryan Caplan’s thesis that many seemingly insane people are not irrational, but merely have unusual preferences. [read post]
11 Feb 2008, 1:24 am
Hat tip: Bryan Caplan, from whom I stole much of this post. [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 4:08 pm
I think Bryan Caplan and David Henderson are exactly right: the timeline for implementation virtually guarantees a severe adverse selection problem. [read post]
25 Apr 2022, 8:05 am
As part of its programming, the Institute sponsors public lectures, and in recent years it has hosted lectures by a range of speakers, including David Brooks, Glenn Loury, Alice Dreger, Michael Sandel, Bari Weiss, and Bryan Caplan. [read post]
6 Jun 2022, 10:33 am
Later, the writings of scholars such as Bryan Caplan, Michael Clemens, and Joseph Carens, helped me see that international migration is an even more significant pathway to expanding human freedom and opportunity; not just one liberty among many, but one of the great issues of our time. [read post]
6 May 2010, 9:48 pm
Bryan Caplan’s important 2007 book The Myth of the Rational Voter shows that even liberal Democratic economists are, on average, much more pro-market than the median American (to say nothing of the average self-identified “progressive”). [read post]
31 Jul 2012, 4:10 pm
Economist Bryan Caplan has posted a thoughtful tribute here: Today would have been Milton Friedman’s 100th birthday. [read post]
30 Apr 2010, 11:04 pm
UPDATE: Bryan Caplan has an interesting post related to this subject here. [read post]
2 Oct 2023, 2:36 pm
The Econ Journal Watch underrated articles compendia (see here and here), include many interesting nominations by prominent scholars, including Nick Bostrom, Andrew Gelman, Sam Peltzman, Richard Wagner, Bryan Caplan, Alex Tabarrok, and many others. [read post]
6 Nov 2010, 2:52 pm
But as Bryan Caplan points out, the impact of parenthood is minor compared to that of other factors such as ideology, gender, and religion. [read post]
2 Jan 2010, 12:58 pm
My GMU colleague Bryan Caplan points out that this is often not the only or the best strategy for defending liberty: Libertarians often highlight "the right to do wrong. [read post]
29 Apr 2022, 2:13 pm
There is a lot of truth to Bryan Caplan's critique of the education system along those lines. [read post]
13 Apr 2015, 7:40 am
The relevant evidence has been catalogued by David Boaz, polling guru Nate Silver (who is far from being a libertarian himself), and economist Bryan Caplan. [read post]
14 May 2024, 1:22 pm
Bryan Caplan's post, linked above, is a good summary of the case for deregulating housing construction. [read post]
28 Dec 2009, 10:54 am
The last time the issue came up on the blog was in response to a similar question raised by my George Mason colleague Bryan Caplan (in regard to the new proposed law in Hong Kong). [read post]
