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For purposes of understanding this article, does anyone know anything about the author, Bryan Caplan? The website is the Library of Economics and Liberty and i
by hackuser 12y ago
For purposes of understanding this article, does anyone know anything about the author, Bryan Caplan?
The website is the Library of Economics and Liberty and is funded by The Liberty Fund,[1]. In my brief review they appear to advocate for modern libertarian ideology. Does anyone know more about them?
At least, this seems to be political advocacy and not scholarly analysis. (I'm not criticizing it; just trying to understand what I'm reading.)
[1] http://www.libertyfund.org/ http://www.libertyfund.org/
- wmf 12y agoIf you want the scholarly version, skip the blog post and click through to the original paper (which was discussed on HN previously but I can't find the thread). Page 26 of the paper does cite a study showing that libertarians have higher SAT scores, but that's probably not the only reason Caplan blogged it.
- clarkm 12y agoHe's a Professor of Economics at GMU, and is probably one of the top 10 most popular econ bloggers on the web.
- none_for_me_thx 12y agoThe Liberty Fund doesn't engage in political advocacy. They primarily (re)publish literature important to classical liberalism and the moral case for liberty (and history and law, etc). They also put on occasional conferences, and they maintain online libraries.
- TheOtherHobbes 12y agoHow is that not political advocacy? If a Socialist site 'republished literature important to classical Socialism and the moral case for social equality' would you not consider it a political entity?