Categories: "Politics"
Smith: Theory of Moral Sentiments, on econtalk
February 20th, 2012This side project was a six part book club discussion of "The Theory of Moral Sentiments" (1759), which besides the Wealth of Nations (1776) is perhaps the most well known writings of 18th century economist Adam Smith (1723-1790)
Theory of Moral Senti… more »
on the perpetuation of ignorance
January 29th, 2012One of my regular podcasts is The Skeptics Guide to the Universe, which features a "science or fiction" segment where the host tries to stump the panel to distinguish obscure science news items from roughly plausible science fictions, following up with… more »
more simple talk that really scares me
February 21st, 2010... human wants in the face of "finite stuff" more »
simple talk that really scares me
February 18th, 2010a Professor Bartlett discusses world population and energy usage, worried about continuations along the present path. 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 »
Iran first strike drum beats
July 8th, 2008The debate in Washington about what they want to do with Iran, including a military strike against Iran 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 »
New Orleans flooding - who's responsible
August 9th, 2005Here's a related article from 2001 Scientific American that has been floating around the office recently.
Today I finally took the time to read it, and find the content quite similar to the 2004 article referenced below (flood is inevitable, wetlands r… more »
Life and Debt (2001)
February 23rd, 2002Life and Debt (2001), Stephanie Black, Director - there are other factors effecting the island economy, and what the film failed to address was even the existence more »
