1. That was then, this is now (sex edition). 2. Why Daniel Kahneman is so influential in baseball these days (NYT). 3. The Regball culture that is Russia. 4. Biden’s White House uses Zoom for meetings (jaw hits floor, please do note I love Zoom […]
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Keyhole Solutions: The Song

When you do a Jack Stafford podcast, he writes and records an original song inspired by the interview. Are you ready for “Keyhole Solutions: The Song”? No joke! P.S. The actual podcast is here. Original Article
- #ReadWithMe
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- ACLU
- Adam Smith
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- Advanced Research & Invention Agency
- Afghanistan
- Alan Blinder
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- Alchian Thesis
- Alex Tabarrok
- allocation
- Amazon
- anarchy
- ancient Greece and Rome
- Andrew Cuomo
- Andrew Ross Sorkin
- Ann Althouse
- apartheid
- AS/AD
- AstraZeneca
- Audrey Redford
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- autoregulation
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- Becky Quick
- Behavioral Economics
- Ben Riley-Smith
- benefits principle
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- David A. Price
- David Hume
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- HR
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- Industrial Organization
- Inflation
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- innovation
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- racism
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- Ro Khanna
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- shortages
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- Soviet
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- stock rally
- subjective theory of value
- sunk cost
- sunk costs
- supply and demand
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- vertical equity
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- Volcker disinflation
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- Wall Street Journal
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- Walter Williams
- Waze
- wealth
- Wealth distribution
- welfare state
- will of the people
- William Graham Sumner
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- William R. Allen
- Wolfgang Streeck
- workplace skills
- World Economic Forum
- Yale Brozen
- zoning
Is Amazon a Corporate Mother Teresa?
Amazon is in many ways a fascinating company and deserves to be defended against most of its mainstream critics. However, it would be simplistic to explain its campaign for a $15 federally-imposed minimum wage by identifying it with a corporate Mother Teresa. Its more obvious […]
- #ReadWithMe
- $15 minimum wage
- 1984
- ability to pay principle
- ACLU
- Adam Smith
- AdamSmithWorks
- Advanced Research & Invention Agency
- Afghanistan
- Alan Blinder
- Alan S. Blinder
- Alchian Thesis
- Alex Tabarrok
- allocation
- Amazon
- anarchy
- ancient Greece and Rome
- Andrew Cuomo
- Andrew Ross Sorkin
- Ann Althouse
- apartheid
- AS/AD
- AstraZeneca
- Audrey Redford
- Auld Lang Syne
- Austrian Economics
- autoregulation
- Bastiat
- Bayesian
- Baylen Linnekin
- Becky Quick
- Behavioral Economics
- Ben Riley-Smith
- benefits principle
- Bernie
- Bernie Sanders
- Bias
- bioterrorism
- Black History Month
- bloodless moralism
- Boeing 737Max
- bond vigilantes
- Book Club
- Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings
- Boris Johnson
- bourgeois virtues
- Britain
- Britian
- Bryan Caplan
- Business Economics
- business management
- Caitlin Doughty
- California
- California housing
- Calvin Coolidge
- campaign finance
- capital markets
- car insurance
- Carmel Pine Cone
- Carol Stack
- Cass Sunstein
- catch-up inflation
- causality
- censorship
- center left
- Central Park skating rink
- Central Planning
- Charley Barkley
- Charley Hooper
- child allowance
- child benefits
- China
- chip
- Christopher Snyder
- City Journal
- classical liberalism
- CNBC Squawk Box
- collective action
- collectivism
- color barrier
- Commerce
- communism
- competition
- confidence
- Congressional Budget Office
- Conor Dougherty
- conservative talk radio
- conservatives
- constitutional political economy
- consumer sovereignty
- consumption
- consumption tax
- containerization
- Corona Recovery Fund
- corporate social responsibility
- cost-benefit analysis
- covid
- covid vaccine
- COVID-19
- COVID19
- criminal
- Crony Capitalism
- Cross-country Comparisons
- CVS
- Czech Republic
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan
- David A. Price
- David Hume
- Dead Kennedys
- death
- Deirdre McCloskey
- democracy
- dictator
- distatorship
- distribution
- Dominic Cummings
- Don Lavoie
- Donald J. Trump
- Donald Trump
- Doug Irwin
- Dov Fox
- Dr. Edward Moreno
- Economic Education
- economic freedom
- economic growth
- Economic History
- Economic Methods
- Economic Philosophy
- economic policy
- Economics
- Economics and Culture
- Economics of Crime
- Economics of Education
- Economics of Health Care
- EconTalk
- education
- efficiency
- elasticity
- election
- Elinor Ostrom
- Elon Musk
- employment
- Energy, Environment, Resources
- entrepreneurial state
- entrepreneurship
- Environmentalism
- epidemiology
- equity
- Eric Hoffer
- European Union
- eurozone
- excess deaths
- externality
- ezra klein
- Family Economics
- FDA
- FDA Regulation
- FDR
- feeding the poor
- Finance
- Finance: stocks, options, etc.
- first doses first
- Fiscal Policy
- Fiscal stimulus
- Five Books
- flu
- food stamps
- Foreign Policy
- Freakonomics
- free enterprise
- Free Markets
- free speech
- free trade
- GameStop
- Gavin Newsom
- George Orwell
- Giffen goods
- Glen Whitman
- gold hoarding
- gold reserve ratio
- gold standard
- government
- Great Depression
- gridlock
- Harry Bridges
- Hayek
- hedge funds
- Henry George
- History of Economic Thought
- hockey stick model
- Holman Jenkins
- household production
- housing
- HR
- human resources
- Hume
- Immigration
- Incentives
- Income Distribution
- individualism
- Industrial Organization
- Inflation
- Information Goods, Intellectual Property
- innovation
- Institutional Economics
- interest rates
- International Macroeconomics
- International Trade
- Iraq
- Irish Potato Famine
- irresponsible
- IRS
- Irving Fisher
- Israel
- Jack the Ripper
- Jackie Robinson
- Jakarta
- James Buchanan
- James C. Scott
- James Scott
- Janen Ganesh
- Jasay
- Jeff Hummel. libertarianism
- Jeremy Horpedahl
- Jim Mattis
- Joe Biden
- Joe Kernan
- Joe Stiglitz
- John C. Goodman
- John Flannery
- John Locke
- Jonathan Seder
- Kenny Smith
- KevinDC
- Klaus Schwab
- knowledge problem
- Labor Market
- Labor Mobility, Immigration, Outsourcing
- labor theory of value
- law and economics
- law of demand
- liberalism
- Liberty
- liquidity trap
- local knowledge
- lockdown
- lockdowns
- Louis XIV
- Lysander Spooner
- Macroeconomics
- Major League Baseball
- Marc Levinson
- margin
- marginal revolution
- marginal tax rates
- Mariana Mazzucato
- Marie Antoinette
- Marines
- Mario Rizzo
- Mark Ghaly
- market signals
- markets
- marriage
- Mask mandate
- masks
- Media Watch
- Michael Kremer
- microchip
- Microeconomics
- Miles Kimball
- Milton Friedman
- minimum wage
- minimum wage laws
- minorities
- misconception
- misinformation
- mission capitalism
- Mitch McConnell
- Mitt Romney
- mittens
- MMT
- monetarist
- monetary offset
- Monetary Policy
- Money
- Money and Inflation
- Moral Reasoning
- mRNA
- N. Gregory Mankiw
- natural rights
- Negro League Baseball
- neoliberalism
- Newt Gingrich
- NFL
- Nick Eberstadt
- NIRA
- Noam Bardin
- Noubar Afeyan
- NPR
- nuclear power
- Obituaries
- oligarchy
- open borders
- Operation Warp Speed
- opportunity cost
- oppressive regulation
- outrage
- pandemic
- paternalism
- Patrick Stewart
- Paul Krugman
- PC
- Pelosi
- Peter Meijer
- Phil Gramm
- Phil Magness
- Phillips Curve
- political economy
- political violence
- politicization
- Politico
- politics
- Politics and Economics
- pollice
- populousness
- post-modernism
- poverty
- President Biden
- President Trump
- Price Controls
- price system
- Price Theory
- private enterprise
- private versus government
- Property Rights
- Public Choice Theory
- Public Health
- purpose
- QE
- qualified immunity
- queue
- r/wallstreetbets
- racial wealth gap
- racism
- Ralph K. Winter
- Ratio Institute
- Ray Barnes
- reciprocity
- redistribution
- Regulation
- Regulation and Subsidies
- regulation Q
- reparations
- Revealed Preference
- revisionist history
- Richard Yetter Chappell
- Ro Khanna
- Robert Nozick
- Ronald Reagan
- rule of law
- Rush Limbaugh
- Sadie Alexander
- salons
- SALT deduction
- Samuel Little
- Sanders
- School of Salamanca
- Science
- science funding
- semiconductors
- Shakespeare
- short selling
- short squeeze
- shortage
- shortages
- Skoda
- slavery
- social desirability bias
- social distancing
- social order
- socialism
- southeast Asia
- Soviet
- spontaneous order
- Spooner
- Sports Economics
- state
- stock rally
- subjective theory of value
- sunk cost
- sunk costs
- supply and demand
- Susan Athey
- swapping
- Swizterland
- systemic racism
- Tax Reform
- Taxation
- taxation of interest
- taxes
- Technology
- Terrorism
- The Flats
- The Weeknd
- theater history
- theft
- Thomas Szasz
- Tom Stoppard
- totalitarianism
- Trabant
- Trade
- Trade Barriers
- trade war
- Tyler Cowen
- Uncategorized
- UNEMPLOYMENT
- Unemployment Benefits
- Unintended Consequences
- unity
- Universal Economics
- University College London
- unseen effects
- USPS
- utilitarianism
- vaccine
- vaccines
- Valerie Ramey
- value of a statistical life
- VAT
- vertical equity
- violence
- Violence and War
- Volcker disinflation
- wage subsidy
- Wall Street Journal
- Walmart
- Walter Williams
- Waze
- wealth
- Wealth distribution
- welfare state
- will of the people
- William Graham Sumner
- William J. Baumol
- William R. Allen
- Wolfgang Streeck
- workplace skills
- World Economic Forum
- Yale Brozen
- zoning
Why Peter Lynch Was Unique
After my interview with Peter Lynch last week, I jotted down some of my favorite highlights from our conversation. I argued that Fidelity Vice Chairman Peter Lynch has the greatest long-term track record in terms of pure stock-picking with Tom Keene and Lisa Abramowicz. One […]
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- video
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Tendentious Editorializing
Here’s a letter to the Washington Post: Editor: Your criticism of Texas governor Greg Abbott’s decision to end statewide lockdowns is tendentious (“Greg Abbott is endangering the health of Texas and beyond,” March 3). You ignore the evidence that lockdowns are ineffective at stopping coronavirus […]
- Adam Smith
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- Civil Asset Forfeiture
- Cleaned by Capitalism
- competition
- Complexity & Emergence
- Country Problems
- Creative destruction
- Crony Capitalism
- Curious Task
- Current Affairs
- Data
- Debt and Deficits
- Doux Commerce
- Economics
- education
- Energy
- Entertainment
- Environment
- FDA
- Financial Markets
- Government Intervention
- Great Depression
- Growth
- Hayek
- health
- history
- Hubris and humility
- Immigration
- Inequality
- Inflation
- innovation
- Intervention
- law
- Legal Issues
- Man of System
- Markets in Everything
- Media
- Monetary Policy
- Movies
- Music
- Myths and Fallacies
- Nanny State
- Not from the Onion
- Other People's Money
- Parenting
- Philosophy of Freedom
- podcast
- politics
- Prices
- Property Rights
- Reality Is Not Optional
- Regulation
- Religion
- Risk and Safety
- Science
- Scientism
- Seen and Unseen
- Standard of Living
- Stimulus
- Subsidies
- taxes
- Technology
- Terrorism
- The Economy
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- Trade
- Travel
- Truth-seeking & ideology
- video
- Virginia Political Economy
- War
- Work
More from Sure
The excellent Sure in the comments. I would draw attention to “I believe in evidence based medicine, not eminence based medicine” from last time and “methodolotry” from today. And to think this website is free. One of the most frustrating things about this pandemic is […]
Why Didn’t Congress Fund Operation Warp Speed!
STAT is reporting a ‘scandal’: The Trump administration quietly took around $10 billion from a fund meant to help hospitals and health care providers affected by Covid-19 and used the money to bankroll Operation Warp Speed contracts, four former Trump administration officials told STAT. The […]
MikeRowe Economics
In this video, John Stossel talks with Mike Rowe about so-called “essential workers.” Comments Original Article
- Adam Smith
- antitrust
- Archived writings
- Books
- Budget Issues
- Business as usual
- Civil Asset Forfeiture
- Cleaned by Capitalism
- competition
- Complexity & Emergence
- Country Problems
- Creative destruction
- Crony Capitalism
- Curious Task
- Current Affairs
- Data
- Debt and Deficits
- Doux Commerce
- Economics
- education
- Energy
- Entertainment
- Environment
- FDA
- Financial Markets
- Government Intervention
- Great Depression
- Growth
- Hayek
- health
- history
- Hubris and humility
- Immigration
- Inequality
- Inflation
- innovation
- Intervention
- law
- Legal Issues
- Man of System
- Markets in Everything
- Media
- Monetary Policy
- Movies
- Music
- Myths and Fallacies
- Nanny State
- Not from the Onion
- Other People's Money
- Parenting
- Philosophy of Freedom
- podcast
- politics
- Prices
- Property Rights
- Reality Is Not Optional
- Regulation
- Religion
- Risk and Safety
- Science
- Scientism
- Seen and Unseen
- Standard of Living
- Stimulus
- Subsidies
- taxes
- Technology
- Terrorism
- The Economy
- The Future
- The Profit Motive
- Trade
- Travel
- Truth-seeking & ideology
- video
- Virginia Political Economy
- War
- Work
Some Non-Covid Links
Jason Riley asks: Why did Amazon cancel Justice Clarence Thomas? A slice: The documentary began airing on PBS in May 2020 and streaming on Amazon in October. But it was taken down by Amazon on Feb. 8, according to the director, Michael Pack, and he […]
- Adam Smith
- antitrust
- Archived writings
- Books
- Budget Issues
- Business as usual
- Civil Asset Forfeiture
- Cleaned by Capitalism
- competition
- Complexity & Emergence
- Country Problems
- Creative destruction
- Crony Capitalism
- Curious Task
- Current Affairs
- Data
- Debt and Deficits
- Doux Commerce
- Economics
- education
- Energy
- Entertainment
- Environment
- FDA
- Financial Markets
- Government Intervention
- Great Depression
- Growth
- Hayek
- health
- history
- Hubris and humility
- Immigration
- Inequality
- Inflation
- innovation
- Intervention
- law
- Legal Issues
- Man of System
- Markets in Everything
- Media
- Monetary Policy
- Movies
- Music
- Myths and Fallacies
- Nanny State
- Not from the Onion
- Other People's Money
- Parenting
- Philosophy of Freedom
- podcast
- politics
- Prices
- Property Rights
- Reality Is Not Optional
- Regulation
- Religion
- Risk and Safety
- Science
- Scientism
- Seen and Unseen
- Standard of Living
- Stimulus
- Subsidies
- taxes
- Technology
- Terrorism
- The Economy
- The Future
- The Profit Motive
- Trade
- Travel
- Truth-seeking & ideology
- video
- Virginia Political Economy
- War
- Work
10 Wednesday AM Reads
My mid-week morning train WFH reads: • One Year Later: 5 Ways the Pandemic Has Changed Investing A suffering economy, a generous Washington, the homebound blues—all have played a role in scrambling the field over the past 12 months. (CIO)• Forget GameStop. If You Want […]
- Bailouts
- Behavioral Finance/Psychology
- Bloomberg View
- Books
- Bubbles
- Cognitive Foibles
- Company Specific
- Cycles
- Data Analysis
- Economics
- ETFs
- Humor
- Inflation
- Investing
- Legal
- links
- M&A
- Macro/Econ
- Market History
- Media
- MiB
- mutual funds
- podcast
- politics
- Really, really bad calls
- RWM
- Science
- Sentiment
- Technology
- Think Tank
- UnScience
- Valuation
- video
- Wages & Income
- Web/Tech
- Weekend
- Writing