> there are lots of good insights to be had by studying economists with a libertarian bent I actually get a lot of insight when economists go against their pol

> there are lots of good insights to be had by studying economists with a libertarian bent I actually get a lot of insight when economists go against their political 'tribe'. Paul Krugman on cheap labor, for instance: http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_dismal_science/1997/03/in_praise_of_cheap_labor.html http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_dismal_science/19... Or Greg Mankiw writing in favor of a carbon tax. That's not to say they're wrong when, say, the libertarian economist argues against some regulation, or someone like Krugman argues for it, just that it's more 'the usual'.