Art Carden
@artcarden
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Econ @SamfordU & wearer of many hats. I Write Things: @AIER, @ForbesOpinion, @EconLog, https://t.co/JpmZZPDPyd. "Mere Economics" Coming April 2025.
Birmingham, AL
Joined October 2009
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RT @scottlincicome: Pretty good @wsj look at US washing machine tariffs (tl;dr: they supported 1800 mediocre US jobs at a consumer cost of…
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@maxdubler In fairness, maybe they would take buses more if they were “free.” Or we could finally use congestion pricing for road access.
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@Jabaluck So maybe I’m misunderstanding “only the private return from the drugs” in light of NIH $$$ leading to patentable innovations. Will download & read the paper.
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@jmhorp Do you have handy data on fraction of people who think SS is like a 401k or private annuity, just run through the govt?
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RT @jmhorp: Wow, we are doomed. No one understands how Social Security works, most especially those currently collecting it. This post is f…
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RT @BrianCAlbrecht: This is the key reasons tariffs are even worse that people usually recognize. They don't even protect "good manufactu…
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“Knowledge and Decisions” should be on every economist’s shelf.
@TAMMYSZN Yes, in terms of citation patterns and how his work is viewed, Sowell is widely seen as mainly a pop economist. However, @artcarden & @BrianCAlbrecht argue in this paper in the Independent Review (@IndependentInst) that Sowell's work is underappreciated.
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RT @ceidotorg: Please join CEI for a discussion with @artcarden on his new book, Mere Economics: Lessons For and From the Ordinary Business…
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