ARNOLD KLING
August 14, 2011
The Top Political Contributors
August 11, 2011
Gender and the New Commanding Heights
August 11, 2011
Jamie Galbraith Makes an Assumption
August 11, 2011
Macroeconometrics: The Science of Hubris
August 10, 2011
Real and Nominal Bond Yields
BRYAN CAPLAN
August 14, 2011
The Effect of Thumb Sucking on Income
August 12, 2011
The Voice of Cold, Hard Truth to All Would-Be Educators
August 12, 2011
Ability, Morality, and Prosperity: A Paper and a Report
August 11, 2011
The Theory of Time and Frittering
August 10, 2011
Male Variance and the Remnants of the Gender Gap
DAVID HENDERSON
August 9, 2011
Hayek in "Unbroken", Part Two
August 8, 2011
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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How about Thomas Sowell's Knowledge and Decisions?
The Best of Robin Hanson is a book that *should* exist. Seriously, how can we make this happen? I would buy it.
What sort of professor doesn't include his own book in the text list? What's your game?
I've been meaning to read The Mind and The Market for a couple of years..since it is about economic thought perhaps I should set down the far weightier The Growth of Economic Thought by Henry Spiegel for now. The Economic Naturalist was okay if a bit light. Two more good reads not on your list: The Mystery of Capital by Hernando de Soto and Gridlock Economy by Michael Heller. One suggestion, read the Mystery of Capital first or Gridlock Economy can mess with the good vibe of the first.
Mitch, one of the current post titles references one of Arnold's books.
For a freshman seminar, I'd definitely use Bastiat and Henry Hazlitt.
I like the idea for a best of Robin Hanson. He can even steal your subtitle (Anymore and your head would explode)
Gregory Clark's "A Farewell to Alms" is a pretty good economic history of the world.
The amazon review for information rules was not particularly flattering.
"What I really want is The Best of Robin Hanson, a collection of six essays (any more and the students' heads would explode), but that book doesn't exist."
"The Best of Robin Hanson is a book that *should* exist. Seriously, how can we make this happen? I would buy it."
Hey economists named Robin Hanson, this sounds like a 20$ bill on the sidewalk! Get on it! :)
"A Random Walk Down Wall Street" should be required reading for anyone thinking themselves an educated person.
Excellent selection.
On Dixit-Nalebuff, Info Rules: I like Co-opetition, Brandenburger and Nalebuff. The first seems like a practice run.