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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 Nov 2010, 10:29 pm
For example, research by economist Bryan Caplan shows that most voters have a strong “antiforeign bias” that leads them to greatly overestimate the dangers of foreign influence, trade, and investment, while ignoring most of its benefits. [read post]
28 Sep 2010, 2:23 pm
However, economist Bryan Caplan — a leading scholar on public ignorance — has some reservations about this analysis: If people sincerely believed that their eternal fates hinged on their knowledge of religion, their ignorance wouldn’t be rational. [read post]
5 Sep 2010, 10:32 pm
(Ilya Somin) At Econlog, GMU economist Bryan Caplan and Princeton economist Bill Dickens have been debating the signaling model of education. [read post]
12 Aug 2010, 11:10 am
This could be good because the natural instincts of voters are often irrationally skewed in ways that are inimical to social welfare, see, for example, Bryan Caplan, “The Myth of the Rational Voter,” and companies may have strong incentives to counter these biases against free trade, markets, foreigners, and so on. [read post]
19 Jul 2010, 8:31 am
Bryan Caplan, a hard core libertarian, has a good post making out the case for conservatism in favor of libertarianism. [read post]
6 Jul 2010, 5:43 am
Meanwhile, my friend Bryan Caplan criticizes my argument (read the original essay here) that Title II was justified on libertarian grounds to break up the Jim Crow cartel. [read post]
12 May 2010, 1:52 pm
(Ilya Somin) In a recent post, I endorsed economist Bryan Caplan’s “weight class” plan for reducing prison rape by separating prisoners by size and weight. [read post]
10 May 2010, 9:39 am
I thought I was being creative when I suggested "marital prisons" for spouses who are convicted of felonies, but George Mason University economist Bryan Caplan has a far more interesting proposal that might cut down on prison rape: "Reduce the variance of strength and aggression within single-sex prisons by separating prisoners into something like 'weight classes.'” Brilliant! [read post]
8 May 2010, 11:33 pm
My George Mason colleague, economist Bryan Caplan, has an interesting proposal that might reduce prison rape without running into the sorts of political obstacles that usually make the issue so intractable: Why do we have separate men’s and women’s prisons? [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]
5 May 2010, 2:28 pm
(Julian Sanchez expresses this hope more positively, Bryan Caplan more negatively.)In Nudge, Thaler and Sunstein do, in fact, support a handful of liberty-improving proposals, and for this they should be lauded. [read post]
3 May 2010, 8:24 am
Tyler Cowen, in response to a post from Bryan Caplan, argues: Bryan writes: On adoption: I think that adoption is a noble, generous act, and admire those who do it. [read post]
30 Apr 2010, 11:04 pm
UPDATE: Bryan Caplan has an interesting post related to this subject here. [read post]
21 Apr 2010, 8:39 pm
Bryan Caplan, in a laudable effort to sell more of his upcoming book, “Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids,” has asked readers of his blog whether he should keep this paragraph in, or take it out: I confess that I take anti-cloning arguments personally. [read post]
21 Apr 2010, 2:27 pm
Bryan Caplan is a weird dude who has the goofy-eye look. [read post]
6 Apr 2010, 1:12 pm
(Ilya Somin) Economist Bryan Caplan has an interesting post summarizing three competing explanation for the oppressive nature of socialist regimes: Lord Acton and F.A. [read post]
5 Apr 2010, 3:19 pm
Specifically, I noted (following Bryan Caplan and David Henderson) that guaranteed issue appears to kick in three years before the individual mandate – which, if true, would set in motion a rather severe adverse selection problem.But now I’m not sure that’s the timing after all. [read post]
2 Apr 2010, 7:04 am
In between tax returns, the Tax Update is wading through Bryan Caplan's "The Myth of the Rational Voter," whose theme... [read post]
30 Mar 2010, 1:04 am
A few days ago, I linked to a Bryan Caplan post which defended a fully voluntary health care system. [read post]
