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July 16, 2008The Must-Read Economics Book of 2008Arnold KlingBruno Frey writes, procedural utility has also been found to play a role in consumers' decisions. The first evidence of......MORE April 1, 2007Vermont and SecessionArnold KlingToday's Washington Post contains an op-ed by Ian Baldwin and Frank Bryan on Vermonters' desire to secede from the union.......MORE April 3, 2006Revealed Preference vs. HappinessArnold KlingWill Wilkinson writes, The neuroscience shows that satisfaction of the highest ranked preference does not imply the greatest hedonic satisfaction.......MORE March 14, 2006Parents Say the Darndest ThingsBryan CaplanSteve Levitt often quips that "People lie, numbers don't." I say that both people and numbers lie some of the......MORE September 26, 2005ImmigrationArnold KlingI write, On the issue of poverty and immigration, which Robert J. Samuelson raised, I would ask, "Where would you......MORE July 22, 2005An Envy Tax?Arnold KlingCatching up on a week's worth of blog reading, the best thing I missed appears to be this post by......MORE September 8, 2004Happiness Research Still Makes Me UnhappyArnold KlingTyler Cowen acknowledges, Unlike Arnold Kling, however, I do not reject the implications of happiness research altogether. The ever-excellent Michael......MORE August 16, 2004Mass Transit and HappinessArnold KlingPeter Gordon reports on declining use of mass transit. As a group, the 20 largest U.S. metro areas declined in......MORE July 27, 2004Money and HappinessArnold KlingRobert H. Frank writes, Considerable evidence suggests that if we use an increase in our incomes, as many of us......MORE January 26, 2004European Scientists and AmericaArnold KlingDo European elites hate America? Not if you judge on the basis of revealed preference. According to Time, No amount......MORE January 13, 2004Surveys and HappinessArnold KlingI have already given so-called "happiness research" a pretty hard bashing. But Tyler Cowen thinks that there is something to......MORE May 16, 2003Comment of the Week, 2003-05-16Arnold KlingOn the topic of revealed preference, David Thomson writes, Human beings are neither existentially [n]or psychologically able to endure lives......MORE May 14, 2003Surveys Vs. Revealed Preference, IIIArnold KlingI take a skeptical view of surveys in this essay. From the standpoint of revealed preference, the [survey evidence] that......MORE April 4, 2003Surveys Vs. Revealed Preference, IIArnold KlingIn a previous post, I mentioned Richard Layard's critique of economics, based on survey research. Now, I have written an......MORE March 18, 2003Surveys Vs. Revealed PreferenceArnold KlingRichard Layard uses survey research and some fancy philosophical footwork to argue against conventional wisdom in economics and in favor......MORE February 1, 2003Income Vs. HappinessArnold KlingA short article by Don Peck and Ross Douthat in The Atlantic Monthly summarizes some research on the relationship between......MORE There are 16 entries listed in this category (Revealed Preference). The most recent are listed above. If there are more than 20, here are the rest:
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