Categories: "Culture"
ideas and growth on econtalk
December 14th, 2009on the place of ideas contributing to growth - evidently a point not commonly recognized among economists
Prosperity, Poverty, and Economics 2.0 (12/14/2009) - Arnold Kling of EconLog and the author (with Nick Schulz) of From Poverty to Prosperity: In… more »
culture on econtalk
August 31st, 2009on cultural mores and global differences
Cultural Norms (8/31/2009) - Michael Munger of Duke University talks about cultural norms--the subtle signals we send to each other in our daily interactions. Mike, having returned from a four-month stint as a… more »
liberalism on econtalk
May 11th, 2009The discussion starts with characterizing three aspects of liberalism: substantive (a set of principles), procedural (societal organization), and temperamental (individual willingness to experiment).
Liberalism (5/11/2009) - Alan Wolfe, Professor of P… more »
Rant on the Village Voice "What Cooked the World's Economy?"
March 9th, 2009It's mis-stating the situation to blame free markets on the recent financial crisis when a free market would not protect fraudsters and financial idiots from their own risky behavior. more »
open sources on econtalk
January 19th, 2009on the advent of the internet, net neutrality, the market for software engineers, and the aesthetic sense of the really good ones
Hacking, Open Source, and the Cathedral and the Bazaar (1/19/2009) - Eric Raymond, author of The Cathedral and the Bazaar… more »
kitzmiller versus dover, 2005
March 24th, 2007A couple weeks ago I heard on Science Friday and also the Skeptics Guide to the Universe, commentaries that referred to the recent court case pertaining to teaching of evolution in the public schools. It sounded interesting, so I looked it up on line a… more »
Bodies - I am an animal
October 8th, 2006And if you had not already come to this conclusion, it is also a little creepy. They once were people, with unique hopes and dreads, thoughts and dreams, style and affectations, skills and habits, ... more »
Bradford Dies, Liberty Survives
January 8th, 2006I discover in my post-holiday reading that R W Bradford has died of illness.
I recall my first connection to the man - it was though the money and currency newsletter and precious metals exchange he operated in Michigan back in the 1980's. What drew… more »
None dare...
October 29th, 2004None dare ... call it conspiracy (because maybe this really is a hoax).
"It" being whether the real story of the 9/11 Pentagon crash has been revealed. Actually there are lots of people who would call it conspiracy, but not me yet... Usually my resp… more »
The power of hoodoo
September 26th, 2004It is "Monkey Business", or maybe "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer", that has Cary Grant perform the following exchange with some stuffed shirt grup:
"You remind me of the man" "What man?" "The man with the power" "What power?" "The power of hoodoo" "… more »
