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3 Aug 2017, 7:03 pm
As economist Bryan Caplan outlines, we can instead tap some of the vast wealth created by immigration and transfer it to low-wage native workers, for example by boosting the earned income tax credit. [read post]
1 Aug 2017, 9:05 pm
” And once workers hit that age their employment levels drop by a third [Alex Tabarrok] More: Bryan Caplan; I’m quoted on how Fair Labor Standards Act’s pressure to impose 9 to 5 clock-punching regime pulls in opposite direction from modern trends in workplace organization [Karl Herchenroeder, PJ Media] Podcast on latest developments in Department of Labor overtime rules [Federalist Society with Tammy McCutchen] One thing Seattle was doing with its minimum… [read post]
26 Jul 2017, 2:21 pm
It also does not incorporate Bryan Caplan’s theory of “rational irrationality” (which he had not yet published). [read post]
16 Jul 2017, 2:31 pm
Critics such as Bryan Caplan argue that her wars are counterproductive, ultimately causing more harm than good. [read post]
1 Jun 2017, 5:02 am
In the work of Ilya Somin, Christopher Achen and Larry Bartels, Bryan Caplan and others, the literature on flaws in voter decision-making has developed substantially over the past decade or so, to the point where the proposition that populist reforms will produce more representative politics, better governance or a happier public is borderline indefensible. [read post]
8 Nov 2016, 7:05 am
Several important works warning about the dangers of political ignorance have been authored by libertarian scholars like Bryan Caplan and Jason Brennan (I critiqued Brennan’s insghtful recent book on the subject here). [read post]
30 Aug 2016, 12:48 pm
Because libertarians are highly critical of the modern state and diverge from mainstream public opinion on many issues, it is no surprise that libertarian scholars like Brennan and Bryan Caplan have written some of the most important recent works highlighting the dangers of political ignorance. [read post]
20 Jul 2016, 8:00 am
For example, Bryan Caplan finds that, after controlling for these and other variables, economists are far more optimistic about the economic effects of free trade and immigration than laypeople are. [read post]
16 Jun 2016, 7:10 am
AAC has also done a number of interesting recent interviews with other public policy experts and commentators, including economist Bryan Caplan, Juan Williams, Harvard historian Niall Ferguson, Ronald Bailey of Reason, and others. [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]
17 May 2016, 9:05 pm
Not often it seems [Niclas Berggren via Bryan Caplan] China, not unlike our own attorney general-environmentalist alliance, is cracking down on the work of what it deems ideologically harmful nonprofits [ABA Journal] Barking mad: new ABA ethics proposal would deem it professional misconduct for lawyers to discriminate on various grounds, including “socioeconomic status,” in choosing partners, employees and experts [Eugene Volokh, Sara Randazzo/WSJ Law Blog] … [read post]
16 Mar 2016, 8:30 am
For a more comprehensive overview of possible “keyhole” solutions to potential risks posed by immigration that do not require excluding people, see this helpful article by economist Bryan Caplan. [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]
5 Jan 2016, 8:05 am
Economist Bryan Caplan has proposed a “Voter Achievement Test” that would do just that, and I tentatively outlined a similar proposal in my book Democracy and Political Ignorance. [read post]
16 Nov 2015, 9:05 pm
What that says about the welfare state [Bryan Caplan] “Jury awards $16.7 million in swine flu death of pregnant Puyallup mother” [Tacoma News-Tribune] Doc convicted of murder after patient overdoses: “Some experts worried that a conviction would have a chilling effect on worried doctors and keep powerful painkillers from patients who need them. [read post]
3 Oct 2015, 8:15 am
A rejoinder worth reading on labor markets by George Mason economist Bryan Caplan to the pseudonymous “Scott Alexander,” who writes the popular Slate Star Codex blog [Caplan first, second, third posts, all responding to this critique-of-libertarianism FAQ] If you don’t read Alexander, some of his top posts are here (especially strong on questions of medicine/health care and the way social justice language has developed into a tool of power). [read post]
15 Sep 2015, 7:40 am
Economist Bryan Caplan extends this logic to other refugees fleeing oppression that hasn’t yet fully materialized. [read post]
4 Jun 2015, 8:00 am
However, economist Bryan Caplan has summarized some of the more important conclusions here. [read post]
16 Apr 2015, 7:35 am
Economist Bryan Caplan, an expert on child safety data, sums it up well: “it’s crazy, people are being persecuted for doing things that are extremely statistically safe just because other people disagree. [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]
