ECONOMY

Glow in the Dark Flowers!

I love these glow-in-the-dark petunias. Aside from the novelty, they speak to science and progress! The petunias were genetically modified…

1 year ago

This is Vindication???

Joe Nocera has a strange piece in the Free Press arguing that the “godfathers of protectionism” have been vindicated. It…

1 year ago

Lady Liberty of the Pacific

Instead of re-opening Alcatraz as super-max prison we should build a statue to America. I suggest “Lady Liberty of the…

1 year ago

The Public Choice Outreach Conference

There are just a few spots left for the Public Choice Outreach Conference! Do encourage your students to apply!  …

1 year ago

The Decline of Manufacturing

Look at the incredible decline of manufacturing across a wide variety of industries in the figure below. Nearly 7.5 million…

1 year ago

Manufacturing share vs. GDP

Via Basil Halperin.  This is not a question of confusing causation and correlation, if anything it is the protectionists who…

1 year ago

Sell Floyd Bennett Field!

I’ve been shouting Sell! for many years. Perhaps now is the chance to do it. Here’s a recap: The Federal…

1 year ago

The Madmen and the AIs

In Collaborating with AI Agents: Field Experiments on Teamwork, Productivity, and Performance Harang Ju and Sinan Aral (both at MIT)…

1 year ago

China’s Medicines are Saving American Lives

The Economist reports that China is now the second largest producer of new pharmaceuticals, after the United States. China has…

1 year ago

Public Choice Outreach Conference!

The annual Public Choice Outreach Conference is a crash course in public choice. The conference is designed for undergraduates and…

1 year ago