Comments on: Caplan-Hanson Debate Tuesday http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/04/caplanhanson-debate-tuesday.html Overcoming Bias is economist Robin Hanson’s blog, on honesty, signaling, disagreement, forecasting, and the far future. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:20:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Anthony Ling http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/04/caplanhanson-debate-tuesday.html#comment-453486 Anthony Ling Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:04:42 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2009/04/caplan-hanson-debate-tuesday.html#comment-453486 Where can I find the recorded debate? Where can I find the recorded debate?

]]> By: Kevin Dick http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/04/caplanhanson-debate-tuesday.html#comment-385106 Kevin Dick Sun, 12 Apr 2009 03:03:40 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2009/04/caplan-hanson-debate-tuesday.html#comment-385106 Robin, are you really a lefty? Also, keep your right up or Bryan will smash your nose in with his jab. But don't worry, he's pre-retracting his right so you should have no trouble landing a quick left cross. Yes, these are all metaphors for debating ploys. Robin, are you really a lefty? Also, keep your right up or Bryan will smash your nose in with his jab. But don’t worry, he’s pre-retracting his right so you should have no trouble landing a quick left cross. Yes, these are all metaphors for debating ploys.

]]> By: a soulless automaton http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/04/caplanhanson-debate-tuesday.html#comment-385105 a soulless automaton Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:19:30 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2009/04/caplan-hanson-debate-tuesday.html#comment-385105 After seeing that picture, I have two questions: what's the input sequence to make Robin perform a Hadouken? And will the debate involve Fatality moves? After seeing that picture, I have two questions: what’s the input sequence to make Robin perform a Hadouken? And will the debate involve Fatality moves?

]]> By: Stewart http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/04/caplanhanson-debate-tuesday.html#comment-385104 Stewart Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:50:12 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2009/04/caplan-hanson-debate-tuesday.html#comment-385104 Although my list was simplistic it's point was to highlight some standard areas where coercion through taxation or regulation is argued as a welfare improvement. One area that I neglected was Macro-economic stabilization policy where some sort of fiscal or monetary policy is used to smooth the business cycle. Although it could be argued that is a public good. If the fight is to be between liberty and efficiency, it would appear that Professor Hanson would have to be arguing some form of market failure theory, otherwise one wouldn't have to trade off one against the other. Although my list was simplistic it’s point was to highlight some standard areas where coercion through taxation or regulation is argued as a welfare improvement. One area that I neglected was Macro-economic stabilization policy where some sort of fiscal or monetary policy is used to smooth the business cycle. Although it could be argued that is a public good.

If the fight is to be between liberty and efficiency, it would appear that Professor Hanson would have to be arguing some form of market failure theory, otherwise one wouldn’t have to trade off one against the other.

]]> By: vroman http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/04/caplanhanson-debate-tuesday.html#comment-385103 vroman Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:59:29 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2009/04/caplan-hanson-debate-tuesday.html#comment-385103 liberty = efficiency liberty = efficiency

]]> By: nazgulnarsil http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/04/caplanhanson-debate-tuesday.html#comment-385102 nazgulnarsil Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:38:59 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2009/04/caplan-hanson-debate-tuesday.html#comment-385102 and thank you for the link Grant. and thank you for the link Grant.

]]> By: nazgulnarsil http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/04/caplanhanson-debate-tuesday.html#comment-385101 nazgulnarsil Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:37:58 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2009/04/caplan-hanson-debate-tuesday.html#comment-385101 if the conclusions also took years to encapsulate there wouldn't be much point. if the conclusions also took years to encapsulate there wouldn’t be much point.

]]> By: Robin Hanson http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/04/caplanhanson-debate-tuesday.html#comment-385100 Robin Hanson Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:18:37 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2009/04/caplan-hanson-debate-tuesday.html#comment-385100 adina, economic efficiency focuses on preference satisfaction, but is not exactly "Singerian." Stewart and nazgul, there really is a lot more to economics than your summaries contain. We do spend years studying this stuff. adina, economic efficiency focuses on preference satisfaction, but is not exactly “Singerian.”

Stewart and nazgul, there really is a lot more to economics than your summaries contain. We do spend years studying this stuff.

]]> By: Grant http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/04/caplanhanson-debate-tuesday.html#comment-385099 Grant Sat, 11 Apr 2009 10:41:40 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2009/04/caplan-hanson-debate-tuesday.html#comment-385099 nazgul, Coase believed that markets take transaction costs into account when providing public goods. <a href="http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~wwwciom/Dahlman.pdf" rel="nofollow">Some people</a> believe this is a feature, not a bug (yes I know this is kind of off-topic, but I found the aforementioned paper fascinating, and wonder why more economists don't seem to embrace its position). nazgul,

Coase believed that markets take transaction costs into account when providing public goods. Some people believe this is a feature, not a bug (yes I know this is kind of off-topic, but I found the aforementioned paper fascinating, and wonder why more economists don’t seem to embrace its position).

]]> By: Robert http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/04/caplanhanson-debate-tuesday.html#comment-385098 Robert Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:58:25 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2009/04/caplan-hanson-debate-tuesday.html#comment-385098 Who took that photo? It's hilarious. - R Who took that photo? It’s hilarious.

- R

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