Reminder--Tuesday on Capitol Hill Arnold Kling By Arnold Kling, May 21 2006 SHARE POST: If you want the definitive word on the Massachusetts Health Care reform, be sure to attend this event at the Rayburn Building at noon on Tuesday, May 23.
May 22 2006 Regulation and Subsidies I Can Drunk Just as Well Think! Bryan Caplan When I was first teaching Industrial Organization (nearly 10 years ago!), there was a big internet campaign to boycott Borders and Barnes & Noble. "It might superficially seem like consumers are getting more and better choices, but just you wait!" said the critics. I'm still waiting. Now, explains Don Boudreaux ... 17 Read More
May 22 2006 Behavioral Economics The Confirmatory Bias Diet Arnold Kling John Ford writes, Seth Roberts, a psychologist at UC Berkeley has written a book called The Shangri-La Diet. In it, Roberts described some old obesity rat data and via "self-experimentation" developed a technique for weight loss that he hopes will change millions of lives. ...However, the scientific method exists for... 16 Read More
May 21 2006 Economics of Health Care Reminder--Tuesday on Capitol Hill Arnold Kling If you want the definitive word on the Massachusetts Health Care reform, be sure to attend this event at the Rayburn Building at noon on Tuesday, May 23. 0 Read More