ATTENTION: Szasz Prize Change of Venue

I was just notified that the Szasz Prize ceremony has been moved from the Cato Institute in D.C. to the Harper Library at the GMU Law School in Arlington. The day and time remain the same: September 21, 6 PM. -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics

Szasz prize

. Hope to see you there! -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics George Mason University http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://econlog.econlib.org [M]uch of the advice from the parenting experts is flapdoodle. But surely the advice

Re: Dickens on the Laffer Curve

. -- Anton Sherwood, http://www.ogre.nu/ -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics George Mason University http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://econlog.econlib.org [M]uch of the advice from the parenting experts is flapdoodle. But surely

Dickens on the Laffer Curve

-- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics George Mason University http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://econlog.econlib.org [M]uch of the advice from the parenting experts is flapdoodle. But surely the advice is grounded in research

Re: Laffer Curve

suspect it would have been a far less entrepreneurial and innovative economy in the 90's. Econometric evidence? As far as I know, there's none either way, and for obvious reasons. But it makes sense to me. -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics George Mason

blogging

FYI: I'm going to be a regular blogger on Econlib http://econlog.econlib.org/ for at least a year. -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics George Mason University http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] [M]uch of the advice from

blogging

For the next month, I am going to be guest blogging at Econlog, the Liberty Fund website's blog. Expect to see me post three times per week. The URL is: http://econlog.econlib.org -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics George Mason University

the answer is...

line is attached. -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics George Mason University http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] But we must deplore and, so far as possible, overcome the evils of habitual newspaper reading. These evils

personal finances survey

There is a press release about high school students' low scores on this survey of personal finances, but I'm impressed by how well they did. Unlike beliefs about the economy, at least the modal answer on this survey is usually right! -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department

more on personal finances

The modal answer (given four choices) was right on the 31 substantive questions 74% of the time. The first or second most common answer was right 97% of the time. -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics George Mason University http

Re: personal finances survey

Robert A. Book wrote: What's up with question 32? 52% male and 52% female? I think you have to look at the second column of numbers, the ones not in bold. Those add up, though I am confused about the first column. -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics

piece debunking growth-education link

Tyler Cowen at www.marginalrevolution.com alerted me to the following very interesting piece debunking the supposed causal connection between education and growth: http://www.spiked-online.com/Printable/000CA640.htm -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics

Re: Siberia and Canada

Can any Canada experts weigh in? That includes all Canadians. Eric? fabio guillermo rojas wrote: Yes - evidence: the population of Canada is highly clustered around the border. I have hunch they would bolt the second the border was opened. Fabio On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, Bryan Caplan wrote

new paper

My new paper on the economics of mental illness, entitled The Economics of Szasz can now be downloaded from my webpage at: http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/bcaplan/szaszjhe.doc -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics George Mason University

farm subsidies

/Economics/FarmQnnaire_01_04.pdf -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics George Mason University http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] I hope this has taught you kids a lesson: kids never learn. --Chief Wiggum, *The Simpsons*

divided government

Many smart libertarians I've talked to lately have embraced the view that divided government (especially Dem president and Rep Congress) yields the least un-libertarian outcome. Are they right, and if so, what's the theoretical explanation? -- Prof. Bryan Caplan

Excite Poll

I'm not the least surprised by these results: http://poll.excite.com/poll/home.jsp?cat_id=1 -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics George Mason University http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] I hope this has taught you kids a lesson

Women Don't Ask

are too high. -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics George Mason University http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] I hope this has taught you kids a lesson: kids never learn. --Chief Wiggum, *The Simpsons*

Re: Oscar Political Business Cycle

Dickens William T. Dickens The Brookings Institution 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 Phone: (202) 797-6113 FAX: (202) 797-6181 E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AOL IM: wtdickens Bryan Caplan [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/31/03 02:07AM The Political Business Cycle story has not fared

Me at the AEAs

Shameless self-promotion: I'll be subbing in for none other than Gary Becker this Saturday at the AEA meetings in San Diego. It will be at the 10:15 1/3 session on Competition chaired by Andrei Shleifer. Hope to see you there. Topic: Systematically Biased Beliefs About Cultural Competition,

Oscar Political Business Cycle

The Political Business Cycle story has not fared well empirically in recent years (though Kevin Grier has done interesting work on Mexico's PBC). But it seems overwhelming in the Oscars. It seems like roughly half of the big nominees get released in December. What gives? Is there any way to

Re: Economist IQ?

am Subject: Economist IQ? I doubt anyone has hard data on this, but I'm wondering what people on this list would guess is the average IQ of Ph.D. economists? Would it be much different from the average IQ of Ph.D.s in general? -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department

Re: Real wages constant since 1964?!

complex and differ across different types of goods) are inadequate. - - Bill William T. Dickens The Brookings Institution 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 Phone: (202) 797-6113 FAX: (202) 797-6181 E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AOL IM: wtdickens -- Prof. Bryan

Re: MVT and policy portfolios

of spending or regulation, the median position is usually the same. -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics George Mason University http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] But being alone he had begun to conceive thoughts of his own