My new book, WILD PROBLEMS comes out August 9--how to face the big life decisions that define us, decisions where so-called rationality either misleads or is irrelevant. Pre-order now:

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RT @dylanwiliam: @C_Hendrick There's a powerful discussion on memorizing poetry at 36:14 in this conversation between @DanaGioiaPoet and @E….

EconTalk Book Club: the morality of war, grace under pressure, sacrificing for a cause, Fascism vs Communism, love, style, literary reputation. Episode coming in late August. Read it now!

Adam Smith could have explained why this makes no sense. But his insights haven’t been widely understood, alas.

RT @itamarcaspi: פשוט נפלא בעיני כמה שזה שגוי מבחינה כלכלית.

RT @JeorgeIII: While listening to an @EconTalker podcast from 2006, a question got me thinking. If you designed an education system today,….

Is there a worse name for a fabulous product than ChatGPT? For now, I’m just calling it Claudette.

RT @mosaicmag: The first crime, Cain's murder of Abel, appears to be caused by jealousy. Can Jean-Jacques Rousseau shed light on this primo….

RT @Econlib: How can the state of Colorado have nearly 700 sides? Why is a country's coastline as long as you want it to be? And how come y….

Two Jews in Verona. My latest on getting out of town when the war with Iran ended.

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I underestimated Trump. And Netanyahu. And I don't think people here, especially my Zionist buddies, realize how the last two weeks have changed the world. My thoughts:.

RT @SSinijlawi: Palestinians don’t need a Mandela. We need a Ben-Gurion. For too long, the world has romanticized the Palestinian cause th….

I need some help from my Israeli friends. I have a reservation on an Israir flight that requires a three week stay outside the country. But now with the ceasefire, does that restriction still hold? I have a reservation with ElAl that comes back to Israel 4 days later. Will I be.

Amazing article from my colleague, @IdoHevroni, about what it's like to teach Homer during wartime.