…impeachment process setting off mass violence in the streets—a civil war. Trump can be forgiven climate denialism, nuclear sabre-rattling and various other sins, but he can’t be allowed to encourage…

by Peter Dorman (originally published at Econospeak) Price Gouging Whenever there’s a natural disaster, a famine or some other such crisis, people zero in on price gouging. Are grain merchants…

…State, including unions, social justice organizations and most of the environmental activist community, opposed 732, denouncing it as a corporate subterfuge. A carbon tax is always going to face headwinds,…

…I can’t give it full noncredit along with the other two, but it’s there to the extent that no other political goal is put forward. Of course, truly listening to…

…I often agree with him, but only because I agreed with him before reading him. If I go into a piece of his with a different perspective, nothing he says…

…their home there. Regulations that restrict the development of new housing have rightly come under attack. Encouraging infilling and greater density benefits the environment and keeps housing costs down, but…

…2500 years, with greater sophistication over time, but it’s relevant that the equality-of-care basis for social justice goes back a long, long way. Perhaps more activists have drawn on it…

…accounting for inflation, healthcare expenditures increased $933.5 billion from 1996 to 2013.” Going on: “Healthcare expenditures in the US being high and rising rapidly is nothing new, but the study…

…warming denial. Plenty of related industries have been generous in supporting them, though they like to keep their money dark So, yeah– they’re Those Guys. So it will come as…

All Economists Are Bastards — Except Us Peter Frase has a very interesting post up about the role of popular culture in legitimizing the police. Frase recounted a forum he…