Via @gojomo, I was directed to this article and video about a property rights dispute at a San Francisco public soccer field. As @gojomo points out, the property rights dispute mirrors some of the points I made many months ago about pick-up basketball and Grab-What-You-Can World. On one side of the dispute are neighborhood kids… Continue reading Wonderful Property Rights Dispute In San Francisco
Author: Matt Bruenig
Quick note on student living expenses
One of the weird things people emphasize when tuition subsidies and the like are brought up is that such things don’t even cover the full “cost” of attending. This is because, they explain, students’ housing and food and other miscellaneous expenses cost a good deal of money and tuition subsidies don’t reach those things. The… Continue reading Quick note on student living expenses
Decisive Victory in the Grandpa Sumner Saga
I’ve never seen someone get as thumped as Sumner in this weird exchange (him, me, him, me, him). It’s gotten a bit complicated now, as he’s shifted his position so many times. So it’s probably easiest to start with the certain victories. First, Sumner has had two opportunities to respond to the fact that my… Continue reading Decisive Victory in the Grandpa Sumner Saga
Grandpa Sumner At It Again
Earlier, I responded to Scott Sumner’s rather strange armchair attempt to act like my standard form of poverty statistical analysis was off. It wasn’t and still isn’t. After posting my response, Sumner has another really bizarre post about the topic, which I will address here. Like the first post, this new post utilizes what I… Continue reading Grandpa Sumner At It Again
Cutting Poverty Is Super Easy: A Response to Sumner
I am not really sure what Scott Sumner is all about these days. Many years ago, he was like “monetary policy should utilize an NGDP target” and people were like “that’s an interesting thought.” But now, he’s kind of gone into mission creep mode where he comments on things that he’s not so knowledgeable on.… Continue reading Cutting Poverty Is Super Easy: A Response to Sumner