What is clientelism and why we should care about it
In my first post, I would like to share with you part of my work as a scholar of politics. I study clientelism, which is, in my view, a fundamental but understudied and highly underrated phenomenon in...
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Be Our Guest is an open invitation to NOL‘s readers to participate with us. Pretty much anything is on the table. The latest article comes from the Freeconomist, who is following up on his earlier...
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Interpreting the Ottoman Empire Michael Talbot, History Today Throw your testicles (medieval Europe) Tom Shippey, LRB Gold standards, fiat money, and resource costs Larry White, Alt-M On sovereignty...
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The Old Normal Andrew Bacevich, Harper’s“Iran Doesn’t Want War but has a big appetite for risk” War on the RocksNice try, economists Arnold Kling, askblogAgainst “aggregate demand” Chris Dillow,...
View ArticlePathologies in higher education: a book, a review, and a comment
Cracks in the Ivory Tower, by Jason Brennan and Phillip Magness, brings a much needed discussion of the pathologies of US higher education to the table. Brennan and Magness are two well-known classical...
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The two Americas (of 1965) Simon Schama, Financial TimesThe two Americas (of 1968) Jon Meacham, NY TimesPurple America (pdf) Rodden, Ansolabehere, & Snyder, JEPWhat is the cost of pride? Rick...
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Capitalist naturalism? Julie Ward, LARBAre Iraq & Afghanistan sunk costs? Matt Welch, ReasonIs the Durand Line “treacherous”?Cesaretti & Qazizai NewlinesWhy can’t we see grabby aliens? Robin...
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Power outages in Texas
From an email I sent my principles of economics students: Since we can’t have classes this week and the midterm is postponed a week, I felt chatty and wanted to share at least a few thoughts about why...
View ArticleLiberal Democracies and Authoritarian Regimes: The Case for Law Enforcement....
Different degrees of law enforcement Law enforcement systems range from ideal types of pure blind and automatic rule enforcement to pure discretion. The ideal of automatic law enforcement denies the...
View ArticleLiberal Democracies and Authoritarian Regimes: The Case for Law Enforcement....
It could happen that a government feels very comfortable collecting a certain amount of money in traffic fines for crossing a red light. For example, the fine amounts to $1,000 – and the probability...
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