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Division of Labour
May 9, 2008, 4:14 pm, 289688
Greg Mankiw has an intriguing post about whether Harvard could or should leave Massachusetts in response to a proposed MA plan to tax large university and college endowments. Mankiw wonders specifically whether the University should create "Harvard South" in another...
May 9, 2008, 12:04 pm, 289572
May 9, 2008, 12:11 pm, 289571
I gave a speech last night to the Phi Beta Kappa Association of the Mid-South on "Lessons from the Great Depression" and promised my hosts that I would post links to my sources and other resources on DOL. I summarized...
May 9, 2008, 10:10 am, 289515
Matt Ryan explains. NB--One of the commenters on Matt's post points out that the time people were willing to stand in line for a cheap pizza indicates they value their time at $3-4 per hour. Something to keep in mind...
May 9, 2008, 9:49 am, 289451
In the same vein as Art's recent post on cross-price elasticity of demand: Howard Gendron stopped driving his 28-foot cabin cruiser on Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay two years ago because gas prices were up and his waterborne gas hog sent...
May 8, 2008, 2:43 pm, 289055
On this, F.A. Hayek's 109th birthday, Steve Horwitz offers his favorite Hayek quote: The curious taxsk of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.--The Fatal Conceit, p. 76 Steve...
May 8, 2008, 3:19 pm, 289054
Chicago's city fathers (stepfathers?) have stepped up to save South Side denizens from the obloquy that might attach to buying precription drugs for $4, according to this report. Wal-Mart got the word from city officials last month that Mayor Richard...
May 8, 2008, 5:40 pm, 289053
I learned from the comments in Steve Horwitz's post on Hayek that today is also the birthday of University of Missouri economist Peter G. Klein. From the Mises Institute's excellent repository of online media, here's Peter speaking on a bunch...
May 7, 2008, 3:15 pm, 288271
1. I've really come to enjoy Jill Sobule's performances on TED (probably my favorite website). Last night, I downloaded her "Live at Joe's Pub" show, attractively priced to move at $0.00. The sound quality is great, and it's been a...
May 7, 2008, 9:27 am, 288226
Justin Ross channels David Ricardo re: Chrysler's idea to cap gas prices at $2.99 for three years for anyone buying one of its cars. Lets say you believe the weighted average of gas prices over the next 36,000 miles of...