In DC Job Market, it is Who You Know, Not What You Can Produce
When making hiring decisions, how does one determine the productivity of a prospective worker? Assessing productivity is difficult even after you hire someone but it is even trickier when all you have...
View ArticlePolitics makes us dumb
A new paper by Dan Kahan, Ellen Peters, Erica Cantrell Dawson and Paul Slovic offers an ingenious test of an interesting hypothesis. The authors set out to test two questions: a) Are people’s abilities...
View ArticleWith Government Shekels Come Government Shackles
Though privileged firms may not focus on it when they obtain their favors, privilege almost always come with strings attached. And these strings can sometimes be quite debilitating. Call it one of the...
View ArticleIs American Federalism conducive to liberty?
In new Mercatus research, Dr. Richard E. Wagner, Harris professor of Economics at George Mason University tackles a fascinating question: Is the American form of federalism supportive of liberty? His...
View ArticleEx-Im’s Deadweight Loss
To hear defenders of Ex-Im talk, you’d think that export subsidies are ALL upside and no downside. Economic theory suggests otherwise. Clearly, some benefit from export subsidies. The most-obvious...
View ArticleThree ways states can improve their health care markets
I have a new essay, coauthored with two of my former students, Anna Mills and Dana Williams. We just published a piece in Real Clear Policy summarizing it. Here is a selection of the OpEd: Liberals,...
View ArticleRent seeking, illustrated by dinosaur hunters
I just made my first LearnLiberty video. To be more precise, the stellar talent at The Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University made the video and they let me tag along for the fun. It...
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