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• Will I Will My Oil Bet? The Wolfers Factor

  http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2008/07/will_i_will_my.h...
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  (July 23, 2008 03:26 PM, by Bryan Caplan) Justin Wolfers says that current price of oil is a better predictor of future oil prices than oil futures markets:And...

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• Does Parental Divorce Cause Offspring Divorce?

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  (July 23, 2008 12:44 PM, by Bryan Caplan) Children of divorce are more likely to eventually get divorced themselves. But why? Earlier behavioral genetic work concluded that, contrary...

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• Imagining Alternative Futures

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  (July 23, 2008 07:56 AM, by Arnold Kling) Tyler Cowen offers six, not mutually exclusive. For example, 4. Energy becomes very cheap, destruction is easy, deterrence is difficult,...

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• Education: Is There a Massive Market Failure?

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  (July 23, 2008 07:29 AM, by Arnold Kling) Goldin and Katz get more press. "There has been much more growth of inequality among college graduates than among noncollege...

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• How Many Americans Could Pass the Citizenship Test?

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  (July 22, 2008 01:00 PM, by Bryan Caplan) Should you have to pass a test to be allowed to vote? People tend to freak out when I sympathetically...

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• Public Choice Outreach Seminar 2008

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  (July 22, 2008 03:15 PM, by Bryan Caplan) If you want to learn more about public choice, why not fill out an application for the 2008 Public Choice...

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• A "Why Not?" Moment

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  (July 22, 2008 02:57 PM, by Bryan Caplan) David Friedman's recent post on airplane boarding gave me a "Why Not?" idea: Wouldn't it be simpler if last row...

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• Business Books

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  (July 22, 2008 10:13 AM, by Arnold Kling) Joe Nocera picks the best business narratives. I assume this means a book that describes an individual, a company, an...

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• The Nanny State

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  (July 22, 2008 10:04 AM, by Arnold Kling) Marc Fisher writes, Montgomery County, the government that brought you bans on trans fats, smoking and any sales of liquor...

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• Why Read The Watchmen?

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  (July 22, 2008 02:46 PM, by Bryan Caplan) Probably thanks to the new movie trailer, the classic graphic novel The Watchmen is now #2 on Amazon. It's well-deserved....

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