Auld Lang Syne David Henderson By David Henderson, Jan 1 2021 SHARE POST: A beautiful version of Auld Lang Syne with beautiful nature scenes. Happy New Year to all EconLog readers and all people of good will. Let’s hope for a wonderful, and much freer, 2021.
Jan 2 2021 Economics of Health Care The costs of not maximizing aggregate utility Scott Sumner Many people don't like utilitarianism. They advocate alternative (often deontological) approaches to ethics. In 2020, we saw the immense costs of some of those misguided ethical systems. Scott Aaronson has an excellent post that begins with a discussion of why he believes our response to Covid was inexcusably slow. ... 52 Read More
Jan 1 2021 Behavioral Economics When May We Be Happy? Bryan Caplan 2020 felt like a bad year. I was definitely less happy than normal. Yet every day, I tried to be happy. You could question the realism of the goal. "Be happy during a pandemic? When over a million human beings are dying? When the global economy crashes? When billions lose their freedom? When immigratio... 7 Read More
Jan 1 2021 Liberty Auld Lang Syne David Henderson A beautiful version of Auld Lang Syne with beautiful nature scenes. Happy New Year to all EconLog readers and all people of good will. Let's hope for a wonderful, and much freer, 2021. 0 Read More