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Smoking, health care costs, and imprisoning drug users because they cost us...
Earlier this week I posted an article on the Globe’s Economy Lab blog on lifestyle and health care costs. Here’s a little more exposition on a couple of key points, phrased a little more formally. The...
View ArticleThe optimal regulation of vibrators
In Alabama it is illegal to sell “any device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs for anything of pecuniary value.” You can’t legally sell a vibrator....
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Dairy supply management: Orphans versus yuppies
Yesterday Federal Agricultural Minister Gerry Ritz uttered insane lies about dairy supply management: I would make the argument that I don’t see those inflated prices, certainly, depending on where you...
View ArticleDebunking Debunking Economics
A short article I wrote in 2002 regarding the novel arguments in Steve Keen’s Debunking Economics has been hard to track down for a while, so I’m making it available here. Click here to download a copy...
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18 signs you’re reading bad criticism of economics
Every mainstream science which touches on political or religious ideology attracts more than its fair share of deniers: the anti-vaccine crowd v mainstream medicine, GMO fearmongers v geneticists,...
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What do economists do? PhD job openings 2009-2013.
This post breaks down academic job openings for economists over the last five years by field. As reflected by job openings, what do economists study, and which fields have been “hot” over this time...
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