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DeLong Shot
First Brad Delong claimed that we can’t know things by pure reason. In response, I offered a counterexample: The ratio of the circumference of a (euclidean) circle to its radius is greater than 6.28...
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A Little Knowledge Is A Dangerous Thing
Writing in The New Yorker, Elizabeth Kolbert illustrates the power of analogy: A man walks into a bar. He orders several rounds, downs them, and staggers out. The man has got plastered, the bar owner...
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Carbon Tax Policy: No Simple Answers
Assuming carbon emissions damage the environment, should they be discouraged through taxation? And if so, should the tax revenue be earmarked for damage abatement, or should it be paid into general...
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Robert Bork, RIP
Robert Bork will be remembered for many things, but the most important, and the reason we are so fortunate to have had him with us, is his eloquent and influential insistence that antitrust law is...
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Merry Christmas
I think I’ll make the reposting of this an annual tradition: What I Like About Scrooge Here’s what I like about Ebenezer Scrooge: His meager lodgings were dark because darkness is cheap, and barely...
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Over the Cliff
Re the fiscal cliff, I’ve tried hard to keep my head in the sand, figuring I can always go back to watching the news in 2016. So I’m not completely up to date on all this stuff, and I might be missing...
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