Consumption Rules

Priceless politics

I've always wondered how politicians get away with promoting programs and policies that contradict the most basic principles of economics. I thought maybe I...

BYU’s 2-mile radius rule: an opinion editorial

Economics and 2-mile rule Starting after this month, approved housing for BYU will be limited to a two-mile radius. The intentions of this policy were to...

Obama’s economic policy

Here is a 48-page economic policy summary From Barack Obama. It's fairly impressive. I think, as does The Economist, that he understands economics...

Do Americans understand economics?

In his book, The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies, Bryan Caplan poses an interesting theory: perhaps systematic bias exists...