Bryan Caplan –
@bryan_caplan
GMU econ professor, EconLog blogger, father of 4, author of *Myth of the Rational Voter*, *Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids*, and *The Case Against Education*.
Oakton, Virginia
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Bryan Caplan @bryan_caplan
This old piece on shouting matches seems more right than ever: http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2013/01/pax_libertaria.html #repent
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(((Jim May))) @jimm_eh
@JustinMElms @bryan_caplan Odd that “unconstrained government” isn’t on that list, given the data. https://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/NOTE1.HTM
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Nathaniel Bechhofer @bechhof
@bryan_caplan these (relative) results seem somewhat puzzling…why doesn't everyone like pre existing conditions regulation https://twitter.com/xpostfactoid/status/817008723969404928
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@MarcAardvark Lots of strong critiques of Nozick's rationale, and no living defenders AFAIK. Start here: https://mises.org/system/tdf/1_1_6_0.pdf?file=1&type=document
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Christopher Hudson @chrishudsonjr
The World's 3 Biggest Problems:
1) death
2) absolute poverty
3) political authority https://twitter.com/bryan_caplan/status/815464549218275328
Bryan Caplan @bryan_caplan
"When a champion refuses to race, it's suspicious; when a challenger refuses to race, however, it's ludicrous." http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2015/01/conspiracy_theo.html
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tim nutt @twnutt
@bryan_caplan @Noahpinion @RCAFDM got zero response to this yesterday, any thoughts?
https://twitter.com/twnutt/status/816112872438820864
Bryan Caplan @bryan_caplan
.@Noahpinion @RCAFDM In fact, child tax credits intertemporally more than pay for themselves: https://www.cato-unbound.org/2011/05/02/bryan-caplan/population-fertility-liberty
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.@Noahpinion @RCAFDM Quasi-experimental evidence finds strong effects of modest cash bonuses. http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2009/11/getting_your_st.html
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Noah Smith @Noahpinion
Child care and parental leave are probably the most effective known policies for boosting fertility. https://twitter.com/RCAFDM/status/816391571201523712
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"Widespread futile quarreling is a strong sign that emotional approaches have failed." http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2014/02/the_futility_of.html
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Nathaniel Bechhofer @bechhof
@bryan_caplan is density a robust predictor of opposition to strongmen? https://twitter.com/leedrutman/status/816025654890205184
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.@mattwridley All true, except the original socialist revolutionaries didn't even "mean well": http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2009/11/the_writing_on.html
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Matt Ridley @mattwridley
A century of blood-letting, a million deaths a year, by the failed experiment of Marxism-Leninism is enough: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ignore-the-siren-voices-who-defend-marxism-wtdrb60lh?shareToken=d5f6b894adc786571069fe6ded208d13
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.@aaronsampson217 But strangely, low trust in government doesn't on average make people more libertarian. http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2010/02/why_arent_the_i.html
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Paul Kedrosky @pkedrosky
Andrew Gelman (@StatModeling) rips into that “North Carolina is no longer a democracy” claim http://andrewgelman.com/2017/01/02/about-that-bogus-claim-that-north-carolina-is-no-longer-a-democracy/
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.@i_contemplate_ @GrossmanJoshua @CassSunstein Anti-market bias! http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2010/06/the_seen_the_un.html
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