tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post3512985357734122114..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: More on Yglesias and Buchanangcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-59442612932436671672013-01-13T00:48:31.698-05:002013-01-13T00:48:31.698-05:00I think it's clear that Yglesias has never rea...I think it's clear that Yglesias has never read Buchanan. He has probably read Rawls, but didn't realize that Buchanan and Tullock beat Rawls to the punch (by 10 years) and had a much stronger argument. Maybe Buchanan should be judged also for the vast public choice literature that followed him. <br /><br />Plus, Buchanan did excellent work in Cost and Choice. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-78506426792617656332013-01-13T00:44:33.087-05:002013-01-13T00:44:33.087-05:00Yglesias doesn't understand Buchanan because h...Yglesias doesn't understand Buchanan because he thinks he knows how to engineer society. <br /><br />Maybe he should judge Buchanan on the truly vast literature that followed what he wrote. And, he should be reminded that Buchanan and Tullock essentially beat John Rawls to the punch by 15 or so years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-15041403123747828312013-01-11T12:18:10.053-05:002013-01-11T12:18:10.053-05:00Never heard of Yglesias or any of his articles on ...Never heard of Yglesias or any of his articles on Slate, but after reading that tweet he wrote, I concluded that he was being plain childish and unprofessional. He will certainly be fading into obscurity after he's gone.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05166618601866526009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-86543420491228512962013-01-11T09:43:38.806-05:002013-01-11T09:43:38.806-05:00When Paul Krugman dies, there will be some liberta...<i>When Paul Krugman dies, there will be some libertarian creep doing just what the liberal creep Yglesias has done. And if I outlive Krugman, I will call that creep out on it as well.</i><br /><br />I look forward to it...Bob Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001108408649311528noreply@blogger.com