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Borders was open until midnight in my town. At least in the late 1990s.
December 14, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Borders was open until midnight in my town. At least in the late 1990s.
Mancur Olson nods with understanding.
December 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Mancur Olson nods with understanding.
Second screen watchers make this a no-brainer for podcasts.
December 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Second screen watchers make this a no-brainer for podcasts.
They never cushion the blow, because there is never any money in it.
November 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM
They never cushion the blow, because there is never any money in it.
That was almost unreadable. If that is supposed to be damning, I might just waste might time on the original.
August 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
That was almost unreadable. If that is supposed to be damning, I might just waste might time on the original.
These personalities have always been with us.
July 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
These personalities have always been with us.
Krugman > Massie > Cheato.
June 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Krugman > Massie > Cheato.
Wait wasn't that what Mearsheimer argued in Back to the Future (1990)?
June 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Wait wasn't that what Mearsheimer argued in Back to the Future (1990)?
His word is his bond.
June 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
His word is his bond.
The instinctive aversion to any sort of compromise or cooperation by these people has to be their downfall at some point. The circle will get too small to keep power.
June 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The instinctive aversion to any sort of compromise or cooperation by these people has to be their downfall at some point. The circle will get too small to keep power.
I understand where the diagram came from. I really don't see how it is relevant to this situation.
June 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I understand where the diagram came from. I really don't see how it is relevant to this situation.
Pretty sure the Ukrainians hit the main fuselages.
June 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Pretty sure the Ukrainians hit the main fuselages.
Additionally, I am bummed that I graduated from Toronto long ago and cannot attend Prof Snyder's lectures. U of T is a great school and he will have a great time in Toronto.
May 15, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Additionally, I am bummed that I graduated from Toronto long ago and cannot attend Prof Snyder's lectures. U of T is a great school and he will have a great time in Toronto.
One of the most striking studies I came across in grad school was the Smokey Room experiment by Latané and Darley. It changed my behavior in very concrete ways. From fire alarms in high rises to Covid prep in Feb of 2020.
May 15, 2025 at 7:09 AM
One of the most striking studies I came across in grad school was the Smokey Room experiment by Latané and Darley. It changed my behavior in very concrete ways. From fire alarms in high rises to Covid prep in Feb of 2020.
I am confused. Did they stop using blue books sometime in the last decade?
May 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I am confused. Did they stop using blue books sometime in the last decade?
Can we have the 400 million and put it in the Treasury?
May 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Can we have the 400 million and put it in the Treasury?
Interestingly, the consumer surplus is high for users of USPS. That is a big fat egg for others to turn into producer surplus for private shipping companies. Sometimes I wish I didn't know this stuff.
May 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Interestingly, the consumer surplus is high for users of USPS. That is a big fat egg for others to turn into producer surplus for private shipping companies. Sometimes I wish I didn't know this stuff.
How about if they took a 400m dollar bribe in public?
May 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
How about if they took a 400m dollar bribe in public?
I am still waiting on any response from Sen Hawley regarding my Jan 7, 2021 letters. Still crickets.
May 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I am still waiting on any response from Sen Hawley regarding my Jan 7, 2021 letters. Still crickets.
In grad school my public finance prof pointed out that this is the trick of revanchist politics. Most public goods can be called out as wasteful because the externalities are not in actual dollars, and therefore free riders or shirkers have a natural argument ready at hand to undermine them.
May 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
In grad school my public finance prof pointed out that this is the trick of revanchist politics. Most public goods can be called out as wasteful because the externalities are not in actual dollars, and therefore free riders or shirkers have a natural argument ready at hand to undermine them.
Almost all roads operate at a 100 percent loss. But the positive externalities from a road system affords people a livelihood. It is just grumbling about services they don't use and benefit others. Pure self interest driving it.
May 11, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Almost all roads operate at a 100 percent loss. But the positive externalities from a road system affords people a livelihood. It is just grumbling about services they don't use and benefit others. Pure self interest driving it.