Five Random Lessons from Covering the Theranos Debacle
Not one of which is, “You know, that Jim Cramer is really on to something.”
Category: Economics
V for Vindication: Justifications for Piracy and Copyright
Perhaps there is more to piracy than its need to be stopped.
Globalism vs Populism vs Empricism
A lot of people feel that the global economy has let them down. How do we figure out whether that is true, and what to do about it?
Why Are There So Few Female Econ Bloggers?
Blogging is fun. Why do so few women in the economics profession do it? Vikram mansplains.
More on the War on Coal
Back in June, the Supreme Court quietly took another step in their ongoing “war on coal”.
The Unconditional Basic Income and the Hayekian Price System
Sam Bowman of the UK’s Adam Smith Institute writes what he calls “a neoliberal case for a basic income.” Despite his loathing for the term neoliberal, Jason Kuznicki embraces this case and builds upon it, with reference to Levy and Hayek.
Social Safety Nets and Tribalism
It remains for Canadians to decide what Canadians can afford, but it does somewhat beggar belief that the Canadian system of single-payer healthcare will sink or swim on this particular margin.
How Much for Oral Sex?
How does the unregulated “free market” determine the wages paid to prostitutes?
Aubrey McClendon, The Gambler
A CEO crashing his car is an accident. A CEO crashing his car and dying a day after being indicted for criminal charges is not.
Thomas B Edsall: Why Trump Now? – The New York Times
The tragedy of the 2016 campaign is that Trump has mobilized a constituency with legitimate grievances on a fool’s errand.
Twitter is a Business, Not the Government
Valuing one set of customers’ wishes over another’s is not the harbinger of Freedom and Liberty’s End Times.
Are kids more economically literate than adults: Snow Day edition
Do kids have better senses of self-worth than adults?
Insuring workers against lower wages is one of the Left’s better ideas | The Economist
Is a factory worker replaced by a robot any less deserving than one who is displaced by foreign goods?
Market Failure 8: Non-Efficiency policy goals (The right tool for the right job)
We conclude the market failure series by talking about what to do when you have goals besides allocative efficiency.
NEET Games with Statistics…
Nob gets a bit nitpicky over numbers: Or why context matters when discussing statistics.
From New Jersey to Illinois…
A recent court case in Illinois may mean that not-for-profit hospitals will lose their tax exemptions.
