Consider the Evidence » Miscellaneous

The good society

Lane Kenworthy — Tue, 08 May 2012 02:42:14 +0000

Lecture slides for my “The Good Society” course this spring are posted here. The topics:

What should we seek?
Rising incomes and living standards
Economic security
Opportunity
Equality
Health
Happiness
Education
Economic and social policy
Family
Economic growth and employment
What do Americans want?
Can we generate more tax revenue?
Is progress possible?

Social issues in America

Lane Kenworthy — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 02:56:00 +0000

Lecture slides for my “Social Issues in America” course this fall are posted here. The topics:

Should we legalize marijuana?
Are humans causing dangerous climate change?
Should same-sex marriage be legal?
Is rising income inequality a serious problem?
Are Americans overtaxed?
Should we promote gender equality?
Why are some of us red and others blue?
Is party polarization bad?
What drives government policy?
Is big business ruining America?
What should we eat?
Are American universities failing?
Free trade or fair trade?
What should we do about immigration?
When should we intervene abroad?

“Stumbling and mumbling”

Lane Kenworthy — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 04:09:22 +0000

Read Chris Dillow. It’s good for your brain.

Print-friendly

Lane Kenworthy — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:49:22 +0000

It’s difficult to print blog posts. Few blogs have a “print-friendly” button, and the print-friendly formatting of those that do usually omits graphs that appear in the post.

“Readability” provides a solution. Go to the Readability website at lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability. Choose the font style and size and the margins you prefer. Then drag a Readability link onto your Bookmarks toolbar. Then, whenever you’re at a blog post you’d like to print (to pdf or hard copy), just click once on your new Readability toolbar button and the post is quickly formatted to print. Text and graphs in; ads and other junk out.

I’ve tried it on several blogs, including my own, and it seems to work nicely.

Bail out the automakers?

Lane Kenworthy — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:07:42 +0000

The best no argument I’ve seen.

The best yes argument I’ve seen (more here).

Origins of the financial crisis, in two minutes

Lane Kenworthy — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:11:05 +0000

From “The Marketplace players” (audio)

August

Lane Kenworthy — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:16:24 +0000

Just an advance notice that I’m planning to not post at all in August.

A “normblog profile” of me

Lane Kenworthy — Sat, 03 May 2008 16:08:28 +0000

is here.

Links to others Norman Geras has done, 240 so far, are here.