Arnold Kling: September 2003 Archives
Bleeding-Heart Libertarianism
"I am a bleeding heart libertarian. Because I'm a nice guy and want to address society's problems and I want disadvantaged people to become better advantaged. By instincts and experience I believe that government seldom delivers the benefits the "bleeding...
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The UN Party vs. The US Party?
"[The Bush Administration] has rejected a long list of multilaterally negotiated agreements: the comprehensive test ban, the Kyoto treaty, the Law of the Sea Treaty, the Biological Warfare Convention Protocol, the International Criminal Court, the Landmine conventi
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The Zen of Feedback
"Accuse the other party of your worst faults. Insist that you are an avatar of the Truth and that the other person is Falsehood incarnate" --Joel GAzis-SAx, Rules for Flame Wars I like receiving feedback on my TCS essays,...
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The World's Nicest Holding Pen
"Because maybe college isn't the be-all and end-all that parents make it out to be. You know, I mean, maybe once you get past the rhetoric of all these great books that nobody reads, college is basically just a holding...
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The President's Macroeconomic Report Card
"...the Bush fiscal policy is the worst policy in over 200 years."-- George Akerlof With school starting up again, my mind is on grading. I am going to argue that on macroeconomic policy, President Bush deserves a B+ or...
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Manufacturing a Crisis
"30 years from now, instead of growing a tree, cutting down the tree and building this wooden table, we would be able to just place some DNA in some living cells, and grow the table." --Rodney Brooks ...
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