EconoclastGreen Funding and Billionaire ObsessionSeems whenever we envision a largish social expenditure, first port of call for many is billionaires.Jan 3, 20201Jan 3, 20201
EconoclastElizabeth Warren, Pablo Escobar, and FrackingIn 1993 as part of the war on drugs, the United States helped Colombia take down Pablo Escobar, head of the powerful Medellin cocaine…Nov 2, 20191Nov 2, 20191
EconoclastGlobal Warning Doesn’t Hinder Social Justice, it Promotes itI know we don’t live in a perfectly just world, but perhaps its a tad better than the era of slavery? Or Nazism. Maybe even Vietnam. And…Sep 30, 2019Sep 30, 2019
EconoclastDon’t let the Poor Screw Up Good PolicyNot everything we consume is an unequivocal good. Driving, for example, gets us from point A to point B, but also produces pollution and…Sep 27, 2019Sep 27, 2019
Econoclast10 Things “Tenant Protections” Won’t Protect you FromNew York recently passed a law to make tenant protections stricter. While this may help keep people in their apartments, the downside…Aug 10, 2019Aug 10, 2019
EconoclastChernobyl, Greed and CostTo an economist, the most poignant moment of Chernobyl is when the judge asks Legasov why Soviet reactors don’t have the basic safeguards…Jun 29, 2019Jun 29, 2019
EconoclastI’ve much rather have a border wall than the Green New DealLet me be clear: I think the border wall is a terrible idea. It is a huge waste of money and has become symbolic of values which…Mar 7, 20191Mar 7, 20191
EconoclastWasteful Spending and More Wasteful ThinkingAn interesting anecdote in How Not to be Wrong, an insightful book on math and inference, cites a 2013 Wall Street Journal Article about…Jan 26, 2019Jan 26, 2019
EconoclastLazy Immigrant Freeloaders at the World CupDespite evidence to the contrary (just one example), many people in developed economies still believe that immigrants are a bunch of…Jul 16, 2018Jul 16, 2018
EconoclastThe New Religion of Economic JusticeYou can finally get an abortion in Ireland. Together with the sudden acceptance of gay marriage and marijuana in the Western World, we are…May 27, 2018May 27, 2018
