Scott Horton is doing several interviews to promote his new book, Fool's Errand. You can buy Fool's Errand at Foolserrand.us. Here is a list of those interviews. I will keep updating this post as interviews get released. Free Man Beyond the Wall on...
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Economists and Astrologers: What’s the Difference?
When Christopher Nolan was promoting his previous film Interstellar, he made the casual observation that “Take a field like economics for example. [Unlike physics] you have real material things and it can’t predict anything. It’s always wrong.” There is a lot more...
Economists and Astrologers: What's the Difference?
When Christopher Nolan was promoting his previous film Interstellar, he made the casual observation that “Take a field like economics for example. [Unlike physics] you have real material things and it can’t predict anything. It’s always wrong.” There is a lot more...
Storm Clouds and False Silver Linings
As incurable optimists, human beings look for silver linings in the darkest of clouds. It’s an admirable trait, but some silver linings are illusions. Spotting them requires the economic way of thinking. In the wake of a natural or manmade disaster, such as Hurricane...
The Broken-Window Fallacy Is Still Alive and Well
As Hurricane Harvey, now tropical storm Harvey, makes its way across the southern US, estimates have already come in as to the cost of the storm. According to AccuWeather, Harvey is expected to cost upwards of $190 billion in damages, one percent of the national GDP....
Economic Stimulus? Try More Savings and Lower Debt
President-elect Donald Trump's proposed $1 trillion infrastructure spending program promises “accelerated economic growth.” But an analysis of data from the IMF's World Economic Outlook database revealed that more government spending is not the path to economic...
Will Trump’s Infrastructure Stimulus Spending Work?
Well, government spending never has increased economic growth. (Part one of two) President-elect Donald Trump proposed a new $1 trillion infrastructure spending and tax cut package which his campaign promised is “a golden opportunity for accelerated economic growth...
Keynes Would Have Loved Trump’s Economic Plan
Trump’s plan is what Keynes would have prescribed! Most economic commentators such as a Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman should be delighted with the US president-elect Donald Trump’s economic plan for it is going to be along the lines of Keynesian economics. One of...
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