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In The Papers: The Repeated Failure Of Keynesianism
John Taylor has a new paper out, entitled An Empirical Analysis of the Revival of Fiscal Activism in the 2000s. Abstract: Macroeconomic data indicate that the three American discretionary...
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In The Papers: Mere Quibbles
Note to self: never make George Selgin mad. Selgin, in Mere Quibbles, lays the smack down on Philipp Bagus and David Howden. Abstract: Despite its title, Philipp Bagus and David Howden’s critique of...
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In The Papers: Not Biting The Hand That Feeds You
Suppose that you run a newspaper and one of your primary advertisers is the government. You then get wind of a corruption scandal involving members of said government. Do you alienate your sponsor or...
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In The Papers: Keeping It In The Family
Alberto Alesina and Paola Giuliano have a paper out entitled Family Ties and Political Participation. Abstract: We establish an inverse relationship between family ties and political participation,...
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In The Papers: Trial By Battle
Pete Leeson continues to amaze me. First, he defends ordeals. Now, he defends trial by battle. Abstract: For over a century England’s judicial system decided land disputes by ordering disputants’...
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In The Papers: Human Action
Gene Callahan has a relatively old paper that I just recently found, entitled Oakeshott and Mises on Understanding Human Action. Abstract: Although Michael Oakeshott and Ludwig von Mises were arguably...
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In The Papers: Public Sector Unionism
Eileen Norcross has a working paper out entitled, Public Sector Unionism: A Review. In 2009, for the first time, the number of public sector union employees was larger than the number of private...
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In The Papers: Those Dishonest Economists
I have a lot of respect for George Selgin’s academic research, and his paper entitled Those Dishonest Goldsmiths is a good reason why. Abstract: Modern accounts of the origins of fractional-reserve...
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In The Papers: IQ and Economic Growth
Garret Jones, R.W. Hafer, and Bradley K. Hobbs are getting awfully close to thoughtcrime with their paper, IQ and the Economic Growth of U.S. States. Abstract: In the cross-country literature,...
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In The Papers: Inventive Activity
Naomi Lamoreaux, Kenneth Sokoloff, and Dhanoos Sutthiphisal have a working paper entitled, The Reorganization of Inventive Activity in the United States during the Early Twentieth Century. Abstract:...
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This is a review of R.C. Hall's Properties of Data Sets that Conform to Benford's Law. This is a math-heavy article which lays out proofs of certain properties you would expect from a dataset which...
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