Is space exploration over?

Posted by | 11:31 PM
The Economist has an article about how the age of space exploration is over . They are a little late on this announcement, as the peak dist...

Is education a public good?

Posted by | 8:32 AM
  In response to my "Tamerlane" post , commenter Josh writes: How are schools public goods? Good question. I will give you the ans...

When has stimulus ever been politically feasible?

Posted by | 12:57 AM
Brad DeLong says that he and everyone he knows were taken aback by our government's inability to prevent the financial crisis from turn...

Libertarianism and the Tamerlane Principle

Posted by | 9:38 AM
Still in Japan and working hard, so expect posting to be infrequent... Anyway, I encourage everyone to read this excellent article by Steph...

In Japan.

Posted by | 4:36 PM
I am in Japan until the end of  summer 2011, doing research at Osaka University and Aoyama Gakuin University . Posting will be sporadic thi...