I very much enjoyed my outings and talks in Tennessee and Dallas. In Tennessee I gave one of my "economics of music" talks, this time about old-timey music, country and western, and gospel; in short the talk was about how music evolved in Tennessee and nearby parts (I've done the same in
Eric Rasmusen reports on what appears to be the University of Illinois' attempt to restrict the Web speech of one of its professors:I've just come across a case of a very good university, the University of Illinois, apparently suppressing a professor's academic freedom to avoid offending diploma
For what it's worth, I signed a contract-amendment with OUP in the spring authorizing the creation of services like this. I had thought they'd mostly be libraries buying subscriptions to Oxford Scholarship Online, and hadn't realized how dramatic the difference would be if the service was made
It seems that the Israelis are considering privatizing part of the antiquities market, and allowing private trading:
"The Antiquities Authority is considering selling pottery shards unearthed in archaeological digs on
the open market. If the move is approved, it could be an international
Blogging, and being involved in public debates more generally, leaves one open to criticism, and sometimes the critics even turn out to be right. But in a couple of recent instances, bloggers have criticized arguments I never made, setting me up as a libertarian strawman.
Responding to an
