The “fact” of rain
Social Agreement v. objective facts/information Professor Reed writes on his blog. “Facts are independently testable and verifiable, with truth independent
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Amar Bhidé
Author of Uncertainty and Enterprise: Venturing Beyond the Known
The dangers of dismantling local zoning rules
Well said Joel Kotkin! Zoning rules have become a target in many libertarian circles. Joel Kotkin who I believe is
Read MoreMy mother and her friends started the Association 50 years ago
Being very proud son of extraordinary parents, I have endowed a scholarship in their name. Modest sums go a long
Read MoreThe Selective Sovietization of American Capitalism
Project Syndicate Op-ed This oped, just published in Project Syndicate memorializes Janos Kornai. I never met Janos but we published
Read MoreEntrepreneurial Specialization: How Subjective (“Knightian”) Uncertainty Matters
Hayek Seminar Talk at LSE 2 Dec ’21 Tim Besley, John Kay, and Mervyn King organize a Hayek Seminar at
Read MoreAlice in Genderland II
Sent off this email to colleagues. God knows with what consequence. But I am close to retirement age, and if
Read MoreAlice in Genderland
Last week, a colleague of subcontinental persuasion who had been on leave last term sent around an email expressing surprise
Read MoreHow the orthodoxy in academic and policy macroeconomics has changed.
Per Larry Summers (quoted in Robert Armstrong’s FT piece) “The first edition of Paul Samuelson’s textbook [Economics from 1948]
Read MoreKabul on the Charles
The day Kabul fell I found myself at a Peet’s in Harvard Square. I had an inkling the barista might
Read MoreGood things come from those who hustle
Today’s Wall Street Journal has an interview with a U Penn historian, whose image of the Founding Fathers is similar
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