Tauquir Shayaan
My Weekly Reading for September 1, 2024
Caltrain's Environmental Impact Under Scrutiny by Sarah Richards, The Guardian, September 5, 2024. Excerpt: Recent revelations have shed…
Are low wages a competitive advantage in trade?
Do Low Wages Give Countries an Unfair Advantage in International Trade? Many Americans believe that low-wage countries have…
Final Notes on The Nazi Officer’s Wife
The Unpredictability of Personal Morality In the memoir The Nazi Officer’s Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the…
Economists and Price Spikes – Econlib
The Importance of Price Signals During Emergencies Economists often have a different perspective on events compared to the…
Protectionism’s Bad Economic History – Econlib
Protectionism has been a hot topic recently, with support coming from both the left and the right. This…
Mandates vs. deregulation – Econlib
In a recent article on Bloomberg, Tyler Cowen delved into the challenges of deregulation, highlighting the complexities involved…
The Supply Web – Econlib
Exploring J. Doyne Farmer’s latest publication, Making Sense of Chaos, has been a captivating journey as I prepare…
Teaching About Entrepreneurship – Econlib
Entrepreneurship is a crucial factor of production that is often overlooked in economics education. While land, labor, and…
Are Price-Gouging Laws Communist? – Econlib
The debate over price-gouging laws in the United States has sparked controversy, with some critics labeling them as…
Moral Parity and Emergent Morality
This is my second of two posts on Matt Zwolinski’s criticism of the moral parity thesis This is…
Why housing is important – Econlib
Noah Smith recently wrote a compelling blog post advocating for policy reforms to boost housing construction in the…
Maneuvering in the Messy Mixed Economy
The Complexity of Justice in Mixed Economies In a thought-provoking argument, Friedrich Hayek posited that only actions can…
Ignoring Probability Theory Is Dangerous
In 1999, Sally Clark, a young British lawyer, was wrongly convicted of killing her two newborn babies, leading…
Further Thoughts on The Nazi Officer’s Wife
Day-to-Day Struggles of Jews in Nazi Germany and Austria I have previously touched on this topic in two…
Moral Parity and the Welfare State
The debate surrounding the moral parity thesis and its implications for welfare and taxation is a complex one,…