Michael Munger
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‘Caddyshack’ Shows Why Many Intellectuals Hate Capitalism
Many intellectuals dislike capitalism. Thirty-five percent of respondents with high school, or some college, said they had “favorable” views of…
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Playing Chicken with a Stack of Steering Wheels
"People often complain about the 'irrationality' of politics, but there is nothing irrational about the process that has given rise…
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Why Intellectuals Hate Al Czervik
"Power, by which I mean political power, is always zero-sum: if the intellectual elite has it, you and I don’t…
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All Housing is Still Affordable Housing: “Seen and Unseen” Edition
"The unseen cause of gentrification is the knee-jerk NIMBYism of affluent leftist neighborhood associations. And that causes the elimination of…
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Job Gentrification: Three Questions as a Way of Teaching About Minimum Wages
"If you force much higher wages — and a 'living wage' of $15/hour for an entry-level job in fast food…
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What Are We For? A Challenge for Classical Liberals in the Academy
"The solution, the way to navigate the rapids downstream of where we are now, is clear, but not easy. It…
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Manners, the Coase Theorem, and a Park Bench in London
"There are some situations, though, where no one knows who has the initial property right assignment. Under those circumstances, the…
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Dismal is Better
"Today the social isolation of the economically minded has different proximate causes, but the underlying reason economic reasoning stands alone…
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Minimum Wage Hurts Whom It Claims to Help
"Being able to work, and feel productive, is an important part of the social aspect of our economy. Service jobs…
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Delivering on the Promise of Platforms
"The mistake of outsiders was to see Amazon as a bookseller; since books were a dying business (not true, actually),…
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