Milton Friedman on Freedom is a delightful new book of Friedman’s best works on freedom compiled and edited by Robert Leeson and Charles Palm. It is a delight to have these writings in one lean volume.
What is the future of the European economy? What are the challenges facing Europe? What are the implications of Brexit for the United Kingdom and the rest of the Europe? EconTalk host Russ Roberts discusses these questions and more in front of a live audience at the Hoover Institution's conference on Restoring Prosperity: Contemporary And Historical Perspectives held on February 9.
In an October 26, 2016, letter to the Wall Street Journal, Professor David M. Post, chair of Yale’s University-Wide Committee on Sexual Misconduct, defended the Ivy League institution’s “procedures for addressing sexual misconduct.” But his formulation betrayed him.
In the hubbub over Trump’s attack on the media, we sometimes forget that Barack Obama et al. customarily went after talk-radio and cable-news conservatives — whose job, after all, was opinion journalism — as biased, whereas Trump went more after news-gathering organizations who deliver the news under the pretense of straight reporting.
The president has declared war on the press. He cannot forgive the media for saying that the crowd at his inaugural was small. He is even picking fights with a TV comedy show. His press secretary is a laughing stock. Worse, the president is trying to pick and choose between news outlets, excluding some from briefings.
Years ago, the political strategist Dick Morris liked to suggest that America’s chief executive suffered from a split personality – a “Saturday night Bill Clinton” who lacked good moral judgment; a more pious “Sunday morning President Clinton” who was a devoted public servant.
Stanford University economist Raj Chetty claims that the American dream is fading. He may well be right, but his data on which he bases that judgment don't make his case. Alan Reynolds points this out well in a recent Cato blog post titled "Misconceptions in Raj Chetty's 'Fading American Dream.'"
My wife and I saw a very good movie on HBO last night: East Side Sushi. On a scale of 1 to 10, I would give it at least an 8. As well as being first-rate drama, with a little humor, it's a beautiful illustration of how free labor markets work.
The Hoover Institution hosts "Allies Against Atrocities: The Imperative for Transatlantic Cooperation to Prevent and Stop Mass Killings" on Monday, March 6, 2017 from 12:30pm - 2:00pm EST.
In the first weeks of the Obama Administration, Michael McFaul, the President’s top aide on Russia policy at the National Security Council, found himself in a contentious negotiation with Sergey Kislyak, the Russian Ambassador to the United States.
Next month, an American visitor to Auckland will give a speech attacking Islam. The visitor believes the religion is one that leads to poverty and violence and the mistreatment of women, and that Donald Trump is right to insist on describing the atrocities of Islamic State militants and similar extremists as "radical Islamic terrorism" - a phrase carefully avoided by Presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush for fear of alienating the billion or so Muslims who aren't terrorists.
This morning while perambulating the canines, I listened to the recent Econtalk podcast in which Russ Roberts interviews Paul Bloom. It was a great discussion, as you might expect.
