ARNOLD KLING
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Jamie Galbraith Makes an Assumption
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Real and Nominal Bond Yields
BRYAN CAPLAN
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The Effect of Thumb Sucking on Income
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The Theory of Time and Frittering
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Male Variance and the Remnants of the Gender Gap
DAVID HENDERSON
August 9, 2011
Hayek in "Unbroken", Part Two
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Hayek in "Unbroken"
August 5, 2011
James Bovard on the Peace Corps
August 4, 2011
Summers Way Off on FDR and 1941
August 3, 2011
The "Amazon" Tax
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Hi,
I am a MSc student in Economics ... I have 4 exams in next month...I am so worry about my exams..can I ask you questions in future that I may face with?
Regards,
Yeganeh
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Remember when you toss out all incumbents, you leave the new guys at the mercy of experienced lobbyists. That's the problem with term limits, too. Also, if you have new guys in office each term, the bureaucrats in government agencies will run crazy and have little oversight. It takes years for a congressman to learn the ropes and become effective. Besides, I'm sure you have found a friend in the Libertarian party, so support them, even though they lose most elections.
It sounds to me as if you're just frustrated with the democratic process of having to convince others of the truths of your pet projects.
Arnold Kling writes:
"* a trade policy of unilateral disarmament"
In the short term that would be great. But then how could we convince other countries to lower thier trade barriers as well? The carrot of lowering out trade barriers in return would be gone. This carrot is greatly needed. Appealing to logic just won't cut it. This is the same problem Britain encountered in the late 19th century.
"* a trade policy of unilateral disarmament"
"In the short term that would be great. But then how could we convince other countries to lower thier trade barriers as well?"
We can only convince other countries by example..
I am guessing it has to work better than the alternative (retalitory trade barriers)
The important point is that we are better off even if other countries keep their trade barriers in place.
I don't see why we have to contiue to "shoot ourselves in the foot" in the hope that France will stop shooting thiers...