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Confirmation Bias in Everything

November 8, 2011Erik Kain

In June of 2010, Daniel Klein and Zeljka Buturovic published a study which they said proved that liberals and progressives were less enlightened about economic issues than their libertarian and conservative counterparts. Klein followed up with an Op/Ed in the Wall Street Journal explaining their methodology and results. As I wrote at the time, conservatives happily […]

Capitalism and Welfare

October 27, 2011Erik Kain

I think I’m probably equal parts liberal and libertarian – a sort of progressive libertarian or market liberal or something of that nature. On the one hand, I tend to agree with libertarians on markets, incentives, bailouts, and any number of other economic issues. On the other hand, I tend to think that many libertarians […]