Greg Mankiw had a piece recently in the New York Times regarding the hot, hot topic of capital accumulation over time--the subject of Thomas Piketty's new book, Capital in the Twenty-First Centu...
http://seaneboy44.blogspot.com/2014/06/assuming-ones-conclusions.html
One of the greatest responsibilities speakers and writers have is to keep it short. Words and the attention of the audience are sacred things. This doesn't mean a lecture, speech, book, article...
http://seaneboy44.blogspot.com/2014/02/verbiage-dervish.html
circa 1787, near 3d Street. Hamilton: what's up, JimBob? How's it coming? Madison: Hey, Al. Just dotted the i's and crossed the t's on habeas corpus clause just to make certain that no on...
http://seaneboy44.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-conversation-somewhere-in-philadelphia.html
Peter Beinert wrote a hit-peice on Marco Rubio for something called the Daily Beast. He starts off swimmingly by calling the reading of two books, one an autobiography by Rubio, the other a b...
http://seaneboy44.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-best-analogy.html
John Yoo, Chief architect for the George W. Bush administration's more novel views on the constitution and presidentialauthority not found written down anywhere, is sharing his thoughts on t...
I like language. I'm not an expert, rather a hobbyist. I like to play with words in order to convey meaning, tone, emotion and I enjoy writers who do well what I attempt futilely. I like th...
http://seaneboy44.blogspot.com/2013/07/dont-call-it-that.html
President Obama is "pivoting" again, trying to bring attention to the economy. Which might night be such a hot idea because, in this arena, he's an idiot. And I don't say that because he's a ...
http://seaneboy44.blogspot.com/2013/07/head-slap-special.html
I'm agnostic on the current immigration debate. I am for almost completely unfettered open borders, specifically so far as a source for employees is concerned. If someone can pass some form o...
http://seaneboy44.blogspot.com/2013/06/of-course-hes-smiling-hes-probably-drunk.html
It hasn't happened for a while, but I have occasionally been asked for my thoughts on the "Tea Party" movement. At first, I thought there might be something to it. Without knowing what those ...
http://seaneboy44.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-first-tea-party-was-hosted-by-madman.html
The gay marriage debate is front and center. I posted my two cents on the matter here over four years ago and, revisiting it today I'd say certain excessive flourishes aside, I stand by what ...
http://seaneboy44.blogspot.com/2013/03/celebrating-diversity.html
I love this crazy lady Elizabeth Warren says that minimum wage should be $22/hour . Well, she doesn't say it, she says someone else says it would be if wages kept pace with p...
http://seaneboy44.blogspot.com/2013/03/foolish-thinking.html
"As the nation teeters at the edge of fiscal chaos, observers are reaching the conclusion that the American system of government is broken. But almost no one blames the culprit: our insistence on...
http://seaneboy44.blogspot.com/2013/01/our-archaic-idiosyncratic-evil.html
It's not that Paul Krugman has taken time off, it's just that I tried, I really did, to get off that ship. But here he goes again. Please read this . And don't get thrown. It is not "wonk...
http://seaneboy44.blogspot.com/2012/12/why-economists-shouldnt-be-listened-to.html
In response to this piece , a short memo to the president, who happens to be a politician: 1) Whatever a politician does as far as his job is concerned is politics. Not just when you disagre...
http://seaneboy44.blogspot.com/2012/12/politics-is-what-politicians-do.html
After four years of mulling things over, Paul Krugman comes to the conclusion that he is, in fact, the smartest man in the world . But woe is him, the world just won't listen.
http://seaneboy44.blogspot.com/2012/10/on-first-thought.html
Anyone miss me? I want to start by saying I don't care for Mitt Romney, nor do I particular care for Paul Ryan. And if time allows I will expand on that further at some other time. They...
So the president says something stunningly stupid on Friday (08 June 2012, below). It happens. In our modern culture people are unfortunately expected to talk a lot. The thinking seems to b...
What does an Acheulean handaxe have to do with the mouse sitting there on your desk? I heard this story on NPR today. A new show my local NPR station called the TED Radio Hour. It is an in...
http://seaneboy44.blogspot.com/2012/06/when-ideas-have-sex.html
On a recent episode of his podcast , Penn Jillette made the following point. > What troubles me about this... I think it's beyond hypocrisy. I > think it's something to do with�...
So Ron Paul and Paul Krugman have a "debate" on Bloomberg today. And I really shouldn't use the quotes because this actually came close to a debate. No, no, no...neither man paid a bit of att...
Jason Mraz, a singer/songwriter according to his byline, wrote a piece for the Huffington Post about Global Warming. Thus demonstrating why celebrities should probably stay away from commentin...
http://seaneboy44.blogspot.com/2012/04/celebrities-science-politics.html
h/t: Jonah Goldberg
The price of oil is rising while supply hasn't changed and domestic demand is flat (if not down a bit) and world demand is stable. Why? The answer is speculation and futures trading. Traders see ...
http://seaneboy44.blogspot.com/2012/03/iran-oil-acts-of-war.html
"The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design."--F.A. Hayek
http://seaneboy44.blogspot.com/2012/02/more-stand-up-economist.html
Jonah Goldberg has a very good article critiquing President Obama's 2012 State of the Union address . In the address, the president said of the military, “At a time when too many of our inst...
http://seaneboy44.blogspot.com/2012/01/martial-ing-populace.html