Adam Smith's market never stood alone

Steven HorwitzSome of you may have seen a variety of blog posts in the last week or two discussing the results of a Pew survey in which people were asked whether they viewed a variety of political terms positively or negatively.  Tim Cavanaugh at Reason has most of the data and a libertarian perspective on it.  The results are not too bad for libertarian-minded folks.

|Peter Boettke| I had the great privilege of introducing Elinor Ostrom tonight.  She is a very special person and we were all very fortunate to have her join us tonight.  Here are my introductory remarks:

Via Steve Benen, a fascinating point from Jay Bookman—Republican politicians are much more conservative than the self-identified Republican electorate:

By Situm:A few months ago an interesting debate took place between Larry Smith, a retired biotech analyst who writes for Seeking Alpha as well as his own website, SmithonStocks.com and Adam Feuerstein who writes for the Street.Com regarding Northwest Biotherapeutics (NWBO). Mr. Feuerstein basically called out the data from NWBO's phase i/ii trials and Mr. Smith rebutted the critique.

The enormous tragedy for young people today is that so many are sealed off by law from any involvement in the commercial marketplace… until it is too late. This means that they know not the heartbeat of civilization itself. This terrible condition persists until their young adulthood. It is their luxury — for the first time in world history! — to sit at desks for a full decade after they are old enough to be working. Instead of skills and experience, they mostly learn little how to be bored for extended periods.

Argumentative Indians it is. The Amartya Sen-Bhagwati face-off deepened with Gujarat, Modi right at the centre of it. While Sen offered to return his Bharat Ratna, Bhagwati reiterated his support for Gujarat growth model.

from Lars Syll Interviewed by Olaf Storbeck and Dorit Hess, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen makes some interesting remarks on the state of modern economics: Question: Professor Sen, do you have the impression that economists and economic policy makers are learning the right lessons from the most severe economic and financial crisis since the Great Depression? [...]