Big News in the Blogosphere

by Don Boudreaux on October 29, 2009

in Economics, Education, Weblogs

The ‘Armchair Economist” Steve Landsburg is blogging!  What wonderful news!

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Anonymous October 29, 2009 at 2:30 pm

Don’t forget his brilliant sequel, “More Sex is Safer Sex”. No, that’s not the book your couple therapist prescribed you, that’s the actual title of an econ book!

SteveO October 29, 2009 at 9:00 pm

I like that Landsburg writes well, gets people thinking, and explores creative terrain (similar to Leavitt). I have a criticism though… he plays a little fast and loose with some economic concepts, as if he’s discovered a nifty six-shooter and he can’t wait to blast everything with it.

Reminds me of environmentalist types who discover the concept of externalities, or newly minted Objectivists. What ought to be more mature and reasoned arguments often sound like an excitable freshman bashing away with his hammer of utilitarian economics.

Anonymous October 30, 2009 at 12:02 am

“Reminds me of environmentalist types who discover the concept of externalities”

I know, right, those Coasean enviornmentalists don’t shut up about property rights.

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