Art Carden

In 2011, Bryan Caplan introduced me to Rolf Dobelli's essay "Avoid News." It's especially worth reading in a world of endless doom-scrolling and conversations about digital detox. News is like candy: OK in moderation, but it will do to your brain what a steady

A few years ago, I used to post #FreeBookFriday links to gratis ($0) books across my social media channels. It's time to bring that back. You can read or download books using the links below without paying for them. Here are a few recommendations that form the foundation

Why buy into the tenets of public choice (politics-as-exchange, rational choice, methodological individualism)? While it doesn't give us a romantic vision of the world we want to rule--and I use the word "rule" deliberately, noting with H.L. Mencken that "the urge to save humanity

Thus spake Michael Huemer in this episode of the "Ideas Having Sex" podcast about his new book Progressive Myths. My review of Progressive Myths will appear in Regulation sometime this year, but by way of preview, it's a very good book by a learned philosopher and

I visited Europe with my family twice in 2024, visiting Copenhagen during the summer and Paris over Thanksgiving break. Many things stood out, but here are two that I would love to see transported across the Atlantic: posted prices that reflect all the relevant taxes, and no tipping custom. Why?

The holidays are behind us, and no doubt many parents uttered many curses after stepping on many LEGO bricks over the last few weeks. Compared to their competitors and imitators, LEGO bricks command a handsome premium. Why? Is it because people are easily manipulated by slick advertising and legacy brand

Here's a harsh reality: your marginal project- the "last in, first out" project on your to-do list or CV- probably isn't very good. I look back at my CV and see some papers the world wouldn't notice if they disappeared. Bad papers