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Professor Ronald Coase has died aged 102

27 points by 001sky 13y ago

bluekeybox 13y ago
Here is a good exposition of one of Coase's main breakthroughs: http://www.thebigquestions.com/2013/09/03/rip-ronald-coase/ http://www.thebigquestions.com/2013/09/03/rip-ronald-coase/
peterjancelis 13y ago
We've already discussed this.
jotm 13y ago
102 years - not bad at all!
- pjscott 13y ago
  On the contrary, it's tragic that he didn't even get to celebrate his first millennium. He died so young!
tzs 13y ago
Prior stories on this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6326388 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6326388 (to NYTimes story) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6324526 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6324526 (to WSJ story) (several HN comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6319208 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6319208 (Bloomberg story) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6318234 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6318234 (University of Chicago)
- 001sky 13y ago
  No worries, but all of those stories are lacking in substance if not perspective. As a result, only one had any comments. And those were mostly pointing out how the WSJ (sadly) editorialized its headline with linkbait.
casca 13y ago
Here he is talking on EconTalk in 2012 about his work. An excellent introduction for those who prefer to listen rather than read: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/_featuring/ronald_coase/ http://www.econtalk.org/archives/_featuring/ronald_coase/
- icebraining 13y ago
  Sorry, downvoted by mistake:|
acjohnson55 13y ago
When asked what he considered his politics to be, Coase stated, "I really don't know. I don't reject any policy without considering what its results are. If someone says there's going to be regulation, I don't say that regulation will be bad. Let's see. What we discover is that most regulation does produce, or has produced in recent times, a worse result. But I wouldn't like to say that all regulation would have this effect because one can think of circumstances in which it doesn't." I think this a fabulously humble point of view. I wish more people thought this way.

27 points by 001sky 13y ago

Here is a good exposition of one of Coase's main breakthroughs: http://www.thebigquestions.com/2013/09/03/rip-ronald-coase/ http://www.thebigquestions.com/2013/09/03/rip-ronald-coase/

peterjancelis 13y ago

We've already discussed this.

jotm 13y ago

102 years - not bad at all!

pjscott 13y ago
On the contrary, it's tragic that he didn't even get to celebrate his first millennium. He died so young!

tzs 13y ago

Prior stories on this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6326388 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6326388 (to NYTimes story) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6324526 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6324526 (to WSJ story) (several HN comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6319208 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6319208 (Bloomberg story) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6318234 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6318234 (University of Chicago)

001sky 13y ago
No worries, but all of those stories are lacking in substance if not perspective. As a result, only one had any comments. And those were mostly pointing out how the WSJ (sadly) editorialized its headline with linkbait.

casca 13y ago

Here he is talking on EconTalk in 2012 about his work. An excellent introduction for those who prefer to listen rather than read: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/_featuring/ronald_coase/ http://www.econtalk.org/archives/_featuring/ronald_coase/

icebraining 13y ago
Sorry, downvoted by mistake:|

acjohnson55 13y ago

When asked what he considered his politics to be, Coase stated, "I really don't know. I don't reject any policy without considering what its results are. If someone says there's going to be regulation, I don't say that regulation will be bad. Let's see. What we discover is that most regulation does produce, or has produced in recent times, a worse result. But I wouldn't like to say that all regulation would have this effect because one can think of circumstances in which it doesn't." I think this a fabulously humble point of view. I wish more people thought this way.