March 2, 2018MediumWhat Protects Us From Exploitation?A great piece of advice for living is to leave money on the table: don’t…
February 12, 2018MediumMy Twelve Rules for LifeThis list is inspired by Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life and my recent EconTalk interview with him. Some…
December 4, 2017MediumPrivate Governance, Public Governance and Sexual HarassmentI generally favor private, voluntary solutions to social problems over government mandated solutions. Some private…
September 19, 2017MediumA Farmer SpeaksA few months ago I had Tamar Haspel as a guest on EconTalk. I really…
September 12, 2017MediumThe World Turned Upside Down (and what to do about it)The current state of the country and the current state of political and intellectual conversation…
September 3, 2017MediumWrite a song with my dadMy dad is 87 years old. His dad was a peddler who dropped out of…
July 27, 2017MediumAn Introduction to It’s a Wonderful LoafUnderstanding Emergent Order in Our Daily Lives We have desires we achieve through taking action.…
June 25, 2017MediumNancy MacLean Owes Tyler Cowen an ApologyNOTE: I have updated this essay to include a response from Nancy MacLean and my…
June 25, 2017MediumThe Three Blind Spots of PoliticsOne of the shortest, simplest yet deepest books I have read on politics is The…
March 2, 2017MediumWhat Do Economists Actually Know?Turns out, not as much as you — and they — would like to think…