October 11, 2009
Britain's Central Planning Death Panels
October 11, 2009
Free Market M.D.
October 11, 2009
Economies of Scale in Compliance
October 11, 2009
Balan's Challenge
October 10, 2009
The Pleasure of Telling Others What to Do
October 10, 2009
Gonick the Great - and How He Could Have Been Greater
October 9, 2009
More Scott Sumner
October 9, 2009
Not From The Onion
October 9, 2009
Thoughts on a Second Stimulus
It appears to me that the position of "government is government" is precisely the view of the conservative. It's not so much that the libertarians are right, as that the liberals are wrong. Stunningly, inexplicably wrong.
Good Lord, how did that happen?
[I removed the duplicates for you. You may have hit the Post button again while waiting, or it could be some kind of system glitch that happens when a lot of people try to post at once.--Econlib Ed.]
Caliban --
Can't forget the social aspects of the conservative platform: Republicans appear to believe that government should be our church (or our church should be our government).
If you disagree, consider how much political energy is spent 'defending' the social/religious institution of marriage through government. (I don't care what happens to marriage.)
Jonah is on the best seller list because he is a conservative with strong libertarian leanings, a big star in the making in the National Review crowd. I think it's unfortunate that he isn't a bright light in the libertarian Reason crowd, but he wouldn't be selling many books. The closest we've got is Kerry Howley, and frankly, she's thoughtful, funny, and pretty, but she's not Jonah.