After Arnold Kling coined the term civil societarian, I took it upon myself to create a wiki outlining the basic philosophy. I haven’t seen the wiki in a while so I googled the term. Now I see the catholic social thinker Pierpaolo Donati has used my wiki for the Proceedings of THE PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF SOCIAL [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Arnold Kling’
January 11, 2009
Surowiecki’s Fallacy
Surowiecki wants to score points against libertarian political economy by pointing out that the stock market is currently recommending one thing (Keynsian surge) while libertarian economists like Arnold Kling are plugging for another (market correction). In his post, he says we ought to read the stock market’s prices–and by this he means the collective wisdom [...]
October 6, 2008
Paulson Uses Nepotism to Provide Financial Stability
Today, the Wall Street Journal reports that Treasury Sec Paulson will name an old disciple from Goldman Sachs, Neel Kashkari, to manage the $700 billion bailout to buy distressed assets from financial institutions. Mr. Kashkari will get to tell his friends he’s the head of the Office Ministry of Financial Stability. Though Kashkari has an MBA from Wharton, [...]
