God Is In Hell
I’m sure C. S. Lewis would agree with R. C. Sproul here:
We need to realize that those who are in hell desire nothing more than the absence of God. They didn’t want to be in God’s presence during their earthly lives, and they certainly don’t want Him near when they’re in hell. The worst […]
To Publish or to Post?
Rodrik again, charts Economics bloggers against the same economists’ articles published.
The results?
Not much relationship. And if you check the comments, not much evidence. (Gavel bang to Newmark’s Door)
What does that mean for me and Jeff? Is FTR a waste of time? Will it help our careers?
Who knows? But its fun, and I’m not ready to […]
Econ Question of the Day:
Are higher world food prices good or bad for the world’s poor?
Two gavel bangs for you if you answered: It depends.
Dani Roderik explains:
it depends on whether a poor household is a net seller or buyer of food (that is, whether it grows more or less food than it consumes). This means that the rural poor […]
What A Monopoly Is Not
A monopoly is not the natural result of increasing returns to scale.
Economists don’t know how to prove this, and so they doubt it. And so do most people.
Let’s put this into English.
Say Huey and Dewy both own bait shops at the lake. Both run a nice business and make a reasonable economic profit. One day […]
Perfect Competition
Is neither perfect nor competitive. Discuss amongst yourselves.
FTR From Making Voltaire Roll Over In His Grave
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
Or not.
Iran’s President is slated to speak at Columbia University. http://chronicle.com/news/article/3068/iranian-president-to-speak-at-columbia-u
Some protesters are opposed to giving such a “messenger of hate” a forum. I’m not so concerned.
Perhaps if I doubted the existence of […]
What Is Really Important
Wanderingstan refers us to Soren Kierkegaard to ask what is really important in life.
The more objective the fact is the less it is important to us relationally – existentially.
On one extreme you have the facts of logic and mathematics; ultimately provable […]
CT on Mark Driscoll
I’ve been interested in the emerging church for about 10 years now.
I got interested when I met Eric Villanueva through his brother Steve (whom I am desperate to re-connect with if it is possible.) Eric told me about the increasing number of young pastors in Europe. Delerious was big at the time and Matt Redman. […]
Karl Barth Belongs in Prison and so do I
Sojourner’s reports on its God’s Politics blog that the nation’s prisons are being culled of a wide variety of religious texts, including Karl Barth, who was pacifist Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s mentor.
In response to this outrage, I will be cataloging my entire collection of over 1000 titles and will publish the list and make available to all […]
Michael Clemens FTR from Sharing My Idea
The Economist reports Michael Clemens sharing my idea,
Our real moral concern should not be the Central African Republic, but its unfortunate denizens. The best thing for their prospects may simply be to get out–to leave for a place where growth has already commenced.
And there’s a book by Lant Pritchett which we can download and read […]