From the monthly archives:

November 2007

Americans Happy, but Think Country’s on Wrong Course

November 24, 2007

This new AP-Yahoo! News poll shows that while 66 percent of Americans say they are happy, 77 percent think the country is heading in the wrong direction. This is, in a nutshell, why Sachs-Stevenson lost the Economist happiness debate. Right now, many Americans are unhappy with their position in the political and economic cycles. But [...]

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Debate Pics

November 14, 2007

Here are a few pics from this weekend’s Economist debate.

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Technical Difficulties

November 14, 2007

Are over!

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Throwdown in Midtown

November 11, 2007

We won! From my vantage on the stage, I’d say the crowd swung from 30/70 against Tyler and me at the beginning to about 55/45 in our favor at the end. Sachs basically spent the entire time complaining that the United States does not have the politics of the readership The Nation, which I think [...]

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Debate Prep Bleg

November 7, 2007

I’m busy prepping for Saturday’s happiness debate in New York. I haven’t been fastidiously following the happiness literature since I published my Cato paper. So if there is some interesting new work I ought to be aware of, please let me know. Also, if you are aware of anything Sachs has done touching on happiness [...]

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Ron Paul

November 6, 2007

I gave $50 to the Ron Paul campaign yesterday, and I’m delighted he made such a huge haul. I’ve been critical of what I see as Paul’s nationalism,  since I think this is incompatible with a concern for liberty. But, on balance, I cannot help but think that Paul’s presence in the race as a [...]

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Trudie vs Prudie Advice-Off!

November 5, 2007

If you’ll be in DC on November 15th, come to Cato to catch Tyler Cowen talk about Discover Your Inner Economist with comments from Emily Yoffe, author of Slate’s “Dear Prudence” column. Here’s the setup:
In Discover Your Inner Economist, the economist and blogger Tyler Cowen provides quirky and insightful advice for life based on his [...]

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James Flynn on IQ

November 5, 2007

I found James “Flynn Effect” Flynn’s essay in this month’s Cato Unbound really fascinating. I especially liked this part:
The first implication of the new perspective is the benefit of persisting in cognitive exercise throughout life. There is the dramatic case of Richard Wetherill. He played chess in retirement and could think eight moves ahead. In [...]

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