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July 16, 2008

The Must-Read Economics Book of 2008



Bruno Frey writes, procedural utility has also been found to play a role in consumers' decisions. The first evidence of......MORE

April 1, 2007

Vermont and Secession



Today's Washington Post contains an op-ed by Ian Baldwin and Frank Bryan on Vermonters' desire to secede from the union.......MORE

April 3, 2006

Revealed Preference vs. Happiness



Will Wilkinson writes, The neuroscience shows that satisfaction of the highest ranked preference does not imply the greatest hedonic satisfaction.......MORE

March 14, 2006

Parents Say the Darndest Things



Steve Levitt often quips that "People lie, numbers don't." I say that both people and numbers lie some of the......MORE

September 26, 2005

Immigration



I write, On the issue of poverty and immigration, which Robert J. Samuelson raised, I would ask, "Where would you......MORE

July 22, 2005

An Envy Tax?



Catching up on a week's worth of blog reading, the best thing I missed appears to be this post by......MORE

September 8, 2004

Happiness Research Still Makes Me Unhappy



Tyler Cowen acknowledges, Unlike Arnold Kling, however, I do not reject the implications of happiness research altogether. The ever-excellent Michael......MORE

August 16, 2004

Mass Transit and Happiness



Peter Gordon reports on declining use of mass transit. As a group, the 20 largest U.S. metro areas declined in......MORE

July 27, 2004

Money and Happiness



Robert H. Frank writes, Considerable evidence suggests that if we use an increase in our incomes, as many of us......MORE

January 26, 2004

European Scientists and America



Do European elites hate America? Not if you judge on the basis of revealed preference. According to Time, No amount......MORE

January 13, 2004

Surveys and Happiness



I have already given so-called "happiness research" a pretty hard bashing. But Tyler Cowen thinks that there is something to......MORE

May 16, 2003

Comment of the Week, 2003-05-16



On the topic of revealed preference, David Thomson writes, Human beings are neither existentially [n]or psychologically able to endure lives......MORE

May 14, 2003

Surveys Vs. Revealed Preference, III



I take a skeptical view of surveys in this essay. From the standpoint of revealed preference, the [survey evidence] that......MORE

April 4, 2003

Surveys Vs. Revealed Preference, II



In a previous post, I mentioned Richard Layard's critique of economics, based on survey research. Now, I have written an......MORE

March 18, 2003

Surveys Vs. Revealed Preference



Richard Layard uses survey research and some fancy philosophical footwork to argue against conventional wisdom in economics and in favor......MORE

February 1, 2003

Income Vs. Happiness



A short article by Don Peck and Ross Douthat in The Atlantic Monthly summarizes some research on the relationship between......MORE


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