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GMU Econ alum Abby Hall Blanco draws lessons from Trump’s taxes [4].
In the Wall Street Journal, Randy Kroszner reviews Sebastian Mallaby’s new biography of Alan Greenspan [5]. (gated)
From this past May: David Harsanyi isn’t impressed with Bill Nye (“the science guy”) [6].
As predictable as roiling seas and heavy rains in a hurricane are assurances from economically ignorant pundits that hurricanes and other destructive disasters are actually good for the economy. (Indeed, even some economists fall for this nonsense [7].) It’s maddening. But Dan Sanchez pitches in to help us to maintain our sanity [8].
Alan Reynolds points to evidence that the availability of government welfare payments does indeed discourage work effort [9]. (Who’d a-thunk it?!)
Here’s the unedited footage of my and Scott Barton’s Learn Liberty livestream from yesterday afternoon [10]. (I apologize for the audio problems that plague the first few minutes.)