Eric Crampton • Apr 17, 2015 •
Ideology could be what winds up killing Campbell Live, but it could save it too.To recap: Twitter's been a-buzz with speculation that there some vast right wing conspiracy within TV3 that's out to get John Campbell. If it were true, I expect I'd be cal... Read More
Eric Crampton • Nov 14, 2013 •
I spend a week toward in my grad public choice class on correlates of political preferences.Suppose Don Wittman is right that politics basically gives the median voter what she wants. And suppose further that Bryan Caplan is right that the best way of ... Read More
Paul Walker • Jan 29, 2013 •
It is often said that economists always disagree, but is this true. If the results of a recent NBER working paper are anything to go by economists seem to be agreeing a lot. The paper is Views among Economists: Professional Consensus or Point-Counterpo... Read More
Eric Crampton • Oct 30, 2012 •
Public Choice has to get in touch with Randall Munroe right now. They need to get a licence to reproduce this as a centrefold in the next available issue. DW-Nominate tracks Congressional ideology [and here] back to the start. What a beautiful... Read More
Grant Jacobs • Jul 25, 2010 •
A dissection of an advertisement in which a local chiropractor tries to make vitalism sound credible It’s been a very long time since I have taken the local chiropractor to task over one of his advertisements. I’m not able to give a full dose of Respectful Insolence in Orac’s inimitable style, but the chiropractor’s … Read More