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That is the subtitle of this titillating Tucker Carlson post-mortem by … wait for it! … none other than Mr Carlson’s former media rival and arch-nemesis Brian Stelter, who himself was unceremoniously fired from CNN in 2022. (Oh, the irony!) … Continue reading →

That is the title of this thought-provoking op-ed by Jonathan Pollard. Here is an extended excerpt: “It would be prudent for [the Israeli] government to announce its decision to clear and annex Gaza …, so as to remove any ambiguity … Continue reading →

Trick or treat! (hat tip: Gary Leff)

Via Ben Orlin’s fun blog Math with Bad Drawings: This list goes against everything I’ve been taught about good writing. Good writing, they say, is vivid and sensory. It involves punchy verbs, … A Brief Collection of Math Metaphors in … Continue reading →

What happens when Jerry Seinfeld meets Homer Simpson? You get a pre-Breaking Bad Bryan Cranston! (File under: Questions Rarely Asked.)

In response to Tyler Cowen’s excellent new work, I have explained in two of my previous posts why Ronald Coase deserves to be considered the greatest economist of all time or GOAT, but I have not yet discussed Cowen’s last … Continue reading →

Alternate title: Why Coase is the GOAT (part 3 of 3) Hyper-blogger Tyler Cowen has nominated six men as the greatest economists of all time (GOAT) in his excellent new work on the history of economics: Milton Friedman, John Maynard … Continue reading →

I will conclude my friendly reply to Tyler Cowen explaining why Ronald Coase is the GOAT of modern-day economics (and law!) in the next day or two; in the meantime, below is a 2003 lecture delivered by Coase himself:

In the introduction to his new online work, polymath Tyler Cowen identifies six or seven criteria for deciding who the greatest economist of all time is: To qualify as “GOAT the greatest economist of all time,” I expect the following … Continue reading →