Do I Deserve What I Have? Part III
In part I of this series, I argued that I do not deserve my standard…
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Price Gouging Could Actually Fix Our Face Mask Shortage
If we don’t let prices for essential goods rise, we can’t incentivize making more of…
Eulogy for my Father
This is an expanded version of what I said at my father’s funeral. He passed…
The Economist as Scapegoat
A lot of things are wrong with America these days. A rising suicide rate. Opioid…
Health Care Without (much) Government
I’m going to imagine what health care would look like if government played a much…
Health Care Lessons from Dr. Keith Smith
This week’s EconTalk with Keith Smith of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma has provoked a…
Transience and Transcendence
Alan Lightman wonders if anything transient can have meaning. No matter how long we live,…
Am I a Market Fundamentalist?
I’ve noticed a growing tendency for economists and others to critique “market fundamentalism/neoliberalism/free market dogma.”…
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Does Ridesharing Increase Traffic Deaths?
In recent years, economics has become much more empirical and less theoretical. It is not…