Re: [Fwd: availability]

[Bryan D Caplan]

Bryan Caplan wrote:
> 
> I've previously given Kuran and Sunstein's Stanford Law Review piece on
> "available cascades" an enthusiastic recommendation.  

The correct term is of course "availability cascade."  Thanks to Eric
for making fun of me. :-)

-- 
Prof. Bryan Caplan
   Department of Economics  George Mason University
http://www.bcaplan.com  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
"He lives in deadly terror of agreeing;
 'Twould make him seem an ordinary being.
 Indeed, he's so in love with contradiction,
 He'll turn against his most profound conviction
 And with a furious eloquence deplore it,
 If only someone else is speaking for it."
  Moliere, *The Misanthrope*

[Fwd: availability]

[Bryan Caplan]

I've previously given Kuran and Sunstein's Stanford Law Review piece on
"available cascades" an enthusiastic recommendation.  If you remember
the idea, you'll like the attached joke.
-- 
Prof. Bryan Caplan
   Department of Economics  George Mason University
http://www.bcaplan.com  [EMAIL PROTECTED]

  "He wrote a letter, but did not post it because he felt that no one 
   would have understood what he wanted to say, and besides it was not 
   necessary that anyone but himself should understand it." 
   Leo Tolstoy, *The Cossacks*
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Bryan and Timur--On availability cascades, see below (the last 
sentence is the funniest):


 
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is it a media phenomenon? We ask "America's
 
Most Wanted" host John Walsh.


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