Pinnedmankiw’s greatest u.b.i. argumenteven economic students fall for bad anti-ubi arguments and fail to see economic equivalency, choosing one identical plan over another based…Apr 19Apr 19
Pinneddon’t tax the rich, pay the poor: rethinking economic equalitypeople often call for taxing the rich to address inequality. curiously, they almost never seem to realize the problem can be solved from…Apr 27A response icon1Apr 27A response icon1
Pinnedlvt productivitythere’s a claim that LVT is beneficial because it causes land to be more efficiently allocated. But this is irrational because the current…May 12, 2023May 12, 2023
the “built-in inflation” myth: why expectations aren’t market failuresin economics textbooks, you’ll often find inflation categorized into three types: demand-pull, cost-push, and “built-in” (or adaptive)…2d ago2d ago
why “medicare for all” is not a good goalthe slogan “medicare for all” evokes a simple moral appeal: everyone deserves health care, and the government should guarantee it. but as a…4d ago4d ago
against public librariesConsider the following thought experiment: You serve in the legislature of a nation that provides each citizen $100 monthly in unrestricted…Oct 25Oct 25
tired of fire?let’s talk about fire for a moment. financial independence, retire early. it’s a fantastic movement, a beacon for many dreaming of ditching…Sep 26Sep 26
maximum approvali’ve recently written specifically on two common fallacies in the anti-utilitarian vein: majority rule and maximin. but recently i saw the…Sep 21Sep 21
simpler rake task testingthoughtbot wrote this interesting post on testing rake tasks. inspired by this, i dug into the rake source code and came up with this…Aug 15Aug 15
