Thoughts on the Derbyshire racist rant

Posted by | 12:09 PM
Well, I kept trying to think of a coherent argument to make about John Derbyshire's racist rant , but everything I thought of was either...

John Derbyshire's racist rant, preserved in full

Posted by | 8:43 AM
It occurred to me that Taki's Magazine might take down John Derbyshire's racist rant after all the negative attention it has justly...

Thursday Roundup on Wednesday (4/5/2012)

Posted by | 1:44 PM
This week's Thursday Roundup (which comes on a Wednesday) will NOT include any links to the turgid and impenetrable Keen/Krugman/Rowe de...

A monetary policy Pascal's Wager

Posted by | 10:45 AM
In the 1600s, French philosopher-mathematician Blaise Pascal made the following argument for believing in God: "If I believe in God, a...

Why should China innovate when it can just steal?

Posted by | 4:48 PM
Another day, another "Can China innovate?" story  popping up in my Twitter feed. This is a beast of the same family as the "P...

Is economics BS? A response to a KNZN

Posted by | 11:11 AM
I'm a Not-So-Angry Bear... Wow, people other than the barristas at my local Starbucks know who I am! KNZN names me "The Bearish Smi...

Monetarists should be thinking about fiscal policy

Posted by | 10:49 PM
"Market monetarists" like Scott Sumner and David Beckworth frequently make the case that countercyclical fiscal policy is unimport...